Create multiple metafield definitions through shopify graphql

Shopify Discussion

Topic summary

Developers are encountering limitations when trying to create multiple metafield definitions for products using Shopify’s GraphQL API.

Core Issue:

  • The Shopify documentation only covers creating a single metafield definition at a time
  • No documented method exists for batch creation of multiple definitions

Impact:

  • Creating definitions one-by-one causes performance problems when many metafield definitions are needed
  • The current approach produces loading issues at scale

Status: The discussion remains open with no solution provided. Multiple users confirm experiencing the same limitation, suggesting this is a gap in Shopify’s current GraphQL API capabilities.

Summarized with AI on November 14. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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I want to create multiple meta field definitions for product through qraphql but I can’t find any proper way. In Shopify documentation there is no details to add multiple definitions

https://shopify.dev/apps/metafields/definitions#create-a-metafield-definition

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I am experiencing the same problem as well. Making a single metafield definition per query is producing loading issues if you have to make a lot of metafield definitions.

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