Card #1247 · Shopify App Store
Category metafields missing from product update webhook payload
Category metafields are excluded from Shopify's product update webhook payload, making it impossible for feed apps to sync data to Google Merchant Center. Current workarounds require duplicating data across thousands of products, which is not scalable.
Pain score
0.52/ 1.00 · weighted product of four components
Reach0.63distinct authors (log-normalized)
Recency0.64freshness decay, half-life months
Engagement0.27upvotes + comments, normalized
Monetization0.50willingness-to-pay cues in evidence
§ Evidence — 3 verified quotes
Category metafields are not included in Shopify’s product webhook payload This prevents third-party feed apps (e.g. google app or Simprosys) from syncing category metafield values to Google Merchant Center
Category metafields being excluded from the products/update webhook payload makes it impossible for feed apps like Google or Simprosys to sync that data without a messy workaround.
Workarounds require duplicating data across 3,000+ products, which is not scalable
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