{"id":4263,"date":"2020-03-27T09:26:10","date_gmt":"2020-03-27T09:26:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/docs\/shopping-cart-questions\/shopify\/where-can-i-find-some-extra-data-after-shopify-migration\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T03:09:39","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T03:09:39","slug":"where-can-i-find-some-extra-data-after-shopify-migration","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/docs\/shopping-cart-questions\/shopify\/where-can-i-find-some-extra-data-after-shopify-migration\/","title":{"rendered":"How to import custom fields\/attributes to Shopify?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can import custom fields or attributes to Shopify through product metafields by following these steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>From your Shopify admin, go to <strong>Settings > Metafields and metaobjects<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select <strong>Products<\/strong>, then click <strong>Add definition<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter the metafield name, namespace and key, and choose the correct data type. For example, a \u201cMaterial\u201d field could use <code>custom.material<\/code> with the <strong>Single line text<\/strong> type.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"697\" src=\"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/add-product-metafield.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7619\" srcset=\"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/add-product-metafield.webp 960w, https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/add-product-metafield-300x218.webp 300w, https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/add-product-metafield-768x558.webp 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Prepare your product CSV and add a new column for the metafield. The header should follow this format: <code>product.metafields.custom.material<\/code>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter the appropriate metafield value for each product in that column.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Go to <strong>Products > Import<\/strong>, upload your CSV, review the import summary, and click <strong>Import products<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the import finishes, open several products to confirm that the custom fields and values appear correctly. If the attributes are selectable choices such as size or colour, add them through the product option columns instead, including <code>Option1 Name<\/code> and <code>Option1 Value<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In case you have any other questions, please reach out to us via:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/litextension.zendesk.com\/hc\/en-us\/signin?return_to=https%3A%2F%2Flitextension.zendesk.com%2Fhc%2Fen-us%2Frequests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ticket system<\/a> (highly recommended)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Email us at <a href=\"mailto:contact@litextension.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">contact@litextension.com<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":23,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_tag":[4128,1309,476],"class_list":["post-4263","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_tag-import-custom-fields","doc_tag-shopify-migration","doc_tag-shopping-cart-migration"],"comment_count":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/4263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4263"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/4263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7620,"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/4263\/revisions\/7620"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/23"}],"next":[{"title":"Can I migrate categories and subcategories of products to Shopify?","link":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/docs\/shopping-cart-questions\/shopify\/can-i-migrate-categories-and-subcategories-to-shopify\/","href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/331"}],"prev":[{"title":"Will our customers\u2019 accounts be retained when we migrate to Shopify?","link":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/docs\/shopping-cart-questions\/shopify\/will-our-customers-accounts-retained-when-migrate-to-shopify\/","href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/4287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/litextension.com\/faq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=4263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}