---
title: 29 new Shopify metafield measurement types
date: 2026-04-30
description: Import and export all 32 of Shopify's measurement metafield types, including temperature, voltage, frequency, pressure, capacitance, and more.
tags: ["Products","Imports","Exports"]
categories: ["Changelog"]
url: https://www.getaltera.com/changelog/2026-04-30-new-shopify-metafield-measurement-types/
---


Altera now imports and exports the full set of Shopify measurement metafield types - adding 29 new types alongside the existing weight, dimension, and volume.

### What's New

- **New measurement types** - Adds support for `antenna_gain`, `area`, `battery_charge_capacity`, `battery_energy_capacity`, `capacitance`, `concentration`, `data_storage_capacity`, `data_transfer_rate`, `display_density`, `distance`, `duration`, `electric_current`, `electrical_resistance`, `energy`, `frequency`, `illuminance`, `inductance`, `luminous_flux`, `mass_flow_rate`, `power`, `pressure`, `resolution`, `rotational_speed`, `sound_level`, `speed`, `temperature`, `thermal_power`, `voltage`, and `volumetric_flow_rate` (plus the `list.` variant of each).
- **JSON value format** - Values use Shopify's standard `{"value": 21.5, "unit": "celsius"}` format. Unit names match Shopify's canonical strings and are case-insensitive (see the [metafields reference](/reference/metafields)).

### Heads-up

- Inline shorthand like `2.5kg` or `10cm` continues to work for `weight`, `dimension`, and `volume`. The new types only accept the JSON form, since many of them share ambiguous abbreviations (for example, "c" could mean celsius, centimeters, or calories).