Importing products with category metafields like “Mounting Type” or “Material” now works even when the spreadsheet contains translated values. Altera resolves the correct taxonomy value and creates the necessary metaobject entries automatically.
🚀 What’s New # Translated category values – imports with non-English category values (e.g., German “Hängend” instead of “Hanging”) are resolved to the correct Shopify taxonomy entry. Automatic metaobject creation – missing metaobject entries for category metafield values are created during import, even when values are provided in a non-English language.
When exporting data, metafield columns previously appeared in the order returned by the Shopify API, with no regard for which definitions were pinned in your store’s custom data settings. This made it harder to find the most important metafields in large exports.
🚀 What’s New # Smarter metafield column ordering – within each metafield group (e.g. product metafields, variant metafields), columns now appear in this order: SEO metafields (title_tag, description_tag) first, then pinned definitions ordered by their pinned position in your Shopify admin custom data settings, then remaining unpinned metafields, then Shopify standard metafields (namespaces starting with shopify) alphabetically. Applies to all object types – products, variants, orders, customers, collections, articles, blogs, companies, locations, and draft orders all respect the new ordering.
File reference metafields now support multiple input formats, making it easier to reference files in your Shopify store without needing to know the exact GID.
🚀 What’s New # URL support – Import file reference metafields using external URLs or Shopify CDN URLs Filename lookup – Reference existing files by filename instead of GID Automatic file upload – External URLs are automatically uploaded to Shopify and linked 🔧 Improvements # More flexible imports – Use GIDs, filenames, CDN URLs, or external URLs for file references Smarter file handling – Shopify CDN URLs from your store are automatically matched to existing files Seamless workflow – External URLs are uploaded and linked without manual steps 📝 How It Works # When importing file reference metafields, you can now use:
Metafield imports now handle blank values consistently with Matrixify, making migrations seamless.
🔧 Improvements # Blank metafield values – metafield columns with blank values will now delete the metafield from Shopify, matching Matrixify’s behavior and simplifying bulk metafield removal.
You can now use simpler column headers when working with SEO metadata for your products, collections, and pages.
🚀 What’s New # SEO Title and SEO Description columns – use these friendly names instead of Metafield: title_tag and Metafield: description_tag syntax. Pages SEO support – SEO columns now work for pages in addition to products and collections.
Moving variant-linked data between stores is now simpler and more readable.
🔧 Improvements # Variant reference exports – now use [product handle].[variant title] for clearer spreadsheets and easier cross-store moves (Metafields reference). Variant reference imports – accept the same handle.title format; escape commas in variant titles with a backslash (e.g., Red \, Large) (Metafields reference). Lists supported – works for list.variant_reference columns as well.
When importing products with rich text metafields (rich_text_field), you can now use HTML content and it will automatically convert to Shopify’s required JSON format.
🔧 Improvements # Rich text metafields – HTML values are now automatically converted to Shopify’s JSON format during product imports. Import reliability – eliminates format errors when importing rich text content from external systems.
