How can I duplicate a navigation menu for seasonal changes?

Shopify Discussion

Topic summary

Shopify merchants are requesting a native menu duplication feature, particularly for seasonal navigation changes like Christmas promotions. The original poster highlighted the problem: they cannot duplicate complex menus for testing before going live, forcing them to either recreate entire menus manually (time-consuming and error-prone) or edit live menus directly without preview capability.

Community Response:

  • Multiple users confirmed experiencing the same frustration, especially those with seasonal businesses or complex automotive/category menus
  • The issue has persisted for at least 2+ years without official Shopify resolution
  • Users express disappointment that such a basic feature remains unavailable

Current Workarounds:

  • Third-party Chrome extension (~$10 one-time cost)
  • Paid apps like Matrixify (export/import menus via Excel)
  • Menufy app (includes free tier)
  • Free community-created tool (shared via tutorial link)
  • Manual technical solution using browser developer tools (video tutorial provided)

Status: The discussion remains unresolved with no official Shopify response. Users continue advocating for this as a standard platform feature rather than requiring paid apps or technical workarounds.

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Great news, everyone: In July, you will finally be able to duplicate menus in Shopify. :grinning_face:

Shopify just announced 3 relevants APIs this week for managing menus:

  1. menus - List all menus
  2. menu - Get a specific menu by ID
  3. menuCreate - Create a new menu

Even if you’re not a coder, you can probably imagine how this would make it possible to easily manage menus.

These APIs will be available in Shopify’s 2024-07 API, but I’m pretty sure you can already use that app today.

Personally, I’m very busy running 1 app already, and I’m willing to bet Shopify will eventually build this into the platform themselves, so I’m not planning to build an app for this at the moment.

But this is a pretty popular thread, so I wouldn’t be surprised if another developer introduced a solution within the next 90 days.

You can also just find a developer on your own to custom build an app like this for you. Also, this API doesn’t seem to require Shopify Plus, so I think every store can use it.

(Though, if you want me specifically to build this, you can reply, and maybe I’ll consider it.)

Best,

Tobe

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