Shopify rolled out a redesigned bulk product editor that users find significantly worse than the previous version. The new interface removed several key features that merchants relied on daily.
Main complaints include:
Shopify’s stated improvements:
Current status:
Users report these promised features don’t work reliably (bulk saves often fail). A workaround removing ‘/products’ from the URL initially allowed access to the old editor but was later disabled. Multiple users threaten to switch platforms. After over a year, Shopify added column width adjustment, but most core issues remain unresolved. Some users resort to paid third-party apps like Hextom Bulk Product Editor ($10/month) as alternatives.
The bulk editor layout is much different than it was, and it’s now more difficult to use. No longer does the order in which I select columns have any effect on their displayed order, which makes differentiating between things like “cost” and “selling price” less intuitive; I can no longer expand titles to view what item I’m looking at; and the list goes on…
Can someone please advise me on why this is better than the old version?
Hi @Jordan42
Thank you for reaching out and sharing your feedback on this. Would you be able to share some screenshots of what you are referring to in your bulk editor? It’s possible that your account is part of a slow rollout of new features. For reference, when I view the bulk editor in my own store, it looks like this:
Are you seeing the same thing? The columns appear in the order I add them to bulk editor and I am able to resize them as well.
Thank you for the screenshot! I was able to confirm that we are in the process of rolling out a new bulk editor with more robust features for day to day use. Our product team confirmed that the arrangement of the columns and the column widths have changed but they are planning on continuing to update the new workflow for ease of use.
They sincerely appreciated the feedback about this and if there is any other feedback you want to share, please let me know.
The benefits of the new bulk editor and why we made this change are:
If you want to revert the bulk editor back to its original state, simply delete ‘/products’ from the URL and reload the page. Hopefully changes continue to be made to the new edition of the bulk editor because its functionality is incredibly stilted.
It is absolutely, in no way better.
and by “stilted” you mean…
Hello Shay,
There is nothing good about the new format, frankly the page is now useless
the columns are fixed width and I can’t see my whole product title for editing
any item with 4 tags shows the first 2 and a “+2”, despite the fact there is easily room for 5 tags in the ridiculously wide fixed width column
The columns are not persistent, every time i open the bulk editor i have to select the columns i want
after having to open the 6-7 columns i normally use, the last columns are no longer visible without scrolling, despite the fact the the columns visible are far wider than necessary for the data in them
the tag function has changed, surprisingly for the worse!
I’d like to add ‘New Arrivals’ tag on 5 products, 2 of these products are already tagged with ‘Mens’ and 3 with ‘Womens’; I’d like to add new tags and keep the current tags as they are.
Under the Old UI, I can select all 5 products and add the new tag at once, all current tags stay the same.
Under the New UI, all the products will be unified having the same tags as the product I’m editing. If the product being edited is tagged with ‘Womens’, then all the products will be tagged with ‘New Arrivals’ and ‘Womens’ only.
It is a complete disaster in every way
I agree! Put it back the way it was before. It went from good to bad!
If the bulk editor remains this way, we will be finding a new provider.
I can confirm the changes to the tags function- you can no longer add a tag to a list of items without making them all match, completely useless again.
The change to the bulk editor has vastly made it more difficult updating inventory. I shouldn’t have to continually add columns every item I need to make an edit to a different product. Before, I would add the columns once and it would remember which columns I was using. I cannot change the size of the columns, it’s an absolute headache.
Hey Shay,
the points you are stating are not improvements (except loading more products). The new editor requires more time for each and every small operation and you have a massive display challenge for items (products, tags, etc.)
Instead of “planning to continue to update”, why not publish when all is ready? Furthermore, why not simply publish something that is an improvement, a time-saver?
A little time wasted x number of Shopify customers = a lot of time wasted caused by Shopify.
Thank you.
Hello again,
Every day I use the new and “improved” what is no longer a bulk editor I am reminded of the time I am wasting. Not even able to copy-paste prices nor select multiple fields, I keep asking myself the question: what if Shopify one day sought to improve something before publishing, as opposed to “publish and continuing to improve along the way”?
Would be really swell.
Paal
Hello Shay,
I need an update on this issue - the bulk editor page is now completely useless.
for now, you can use the trick above - take “products/” out of the URL and it reverts to the good old useful bulk editor. For now…
Sadly, I think they “fixed” this workaround. I wish there’s a way we can select if we want the new editor or the old.
I am working on a brand new iMac. The bulk editor is painstakingly slow. My computer keeps telling me the bulk editor page is using so much energy that closing the window will speed the computer.
You want to know what Shopify’s solution to the problem is? Download and pay for a third party app to fix a problem that they broke 
