Shopify removed feature to print multiple orders in random sequence (non-chronological)

Shopify Discussion

Topic summary

Shopify recently removed the ability to select and print packing slips for multiple orders in non-chronological sequence, forcing merchants to process orders one at a time.

Impact on workflow:

  • Businesses organizing orders by geographical zones (rather than chronologically) are severely affected
  • Processing hundreds of daily orders now takes an additional 1-2 hours
  • The filtering function appears broken: selecting an order, then filtering for another order causes the first selection to be lost

Shopify’s response:

  • Provided only generic acknowledgment (“we are listening to your feedback”)
  • No timeline or commitment for restoration
  • Official advice is to print one order at a time

Current status:

  • No known workarounds exist
  • Multiple users confirm experiencing the same issue
  • The problem emerged suddenly (“overnight” change)
  • Community is seeking collective solutions or alternative tools to address the bottleneck
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We organize and pack our orders by geographical zones. For instance, all West zone orders are grouped together for the logistics team assigned to the West region.

Because of this, when we print packing slips in Shopify, the orders won’t appear in chronological or sequential order. Previously, we could select and print multiple packing slips at once. Now, we’re forced to print them one by one, which is incredibly inefficient.

With several hundred orders a day, this new process easily eats up 1–2 hours just on printing. Shopify quietly removed this feature overnight and brushed off our feedback with a vague “we are listening to your feedback, and we will definitely pass it along to them” without any clear timeline or commitment. The advice is to print packing slip for one order at one time, for now.

It’s frustrating and feels like a step backward. Shopify does not seem to be interested to address this issue. Is anyone else experiencing this issue? If so, maybe we can collectively brainstorm some workarounds or tools to help ease the bottleneck. Thank you.

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This is also an issue with having to select orders to fulfill them using the filter search bar. If you filter for one order number, select it, and then try to filter to another order - it will be unselected. Requiring you to resort back to fulfilling each order separately. It seems like these changes as of yesterday have broken filtering options.

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Yes, you’re right. That’s exactly what I meant and you explained it better. Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be any workaround at the moment, apart from fulfilling one order at a time, which is incredibly inefficient. It really feels like the filtering function is broken. If anyone has figured out a workaround, I’d really appreciate you sharing it. Thank you!