shopify-admin-metafield-definition-audit

Auditing Shopify metafield definitions involves querying the Admin GraphQL API to enumerate all definitions across owner types, flagging unused or duplicate namespace.key entries, and exporting the results to a CSV or JSON summary.

Metafield definition sprawl occurs when unused, undocumented, or duplicate definitions accumulate across owner types, cluttering Shopify Admin search and causing theme or app bugs during refactoring.

To clean up Shopify metafields before theme refactoring, run a read-only audit that queries metafield definitions with pagination, identifies zero-usage entries, and outputs a CSV foundation for safe manual deletion.

Yes, you can use a metafieldDefinitions GraphQL query with pagination to find undocumented Shopify metafield definitions by identifying entries with missing descriptions across supported owner types.

No, the metafield audit process is strictly read-only and does not delete or mutate store data; it only queries definitions and generates a CSV or JSON summary of flagged quality issues.

A metafield quality audit supports standard Shopify owner types such as PRODUCT, VARIANT, CUSTOMER, and ORDER, capturing usage counts and metadata to identify duplicate namespace.key collisions.