Bulk edit categories & collections
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When your catalog grows past a handful of categories, opening each one to fix its name or SEO text becomes a chore. Bulk edit turns the listing into a flat editable table so you can sweep the whole store in one pass.
It works the same for BigCommerce Categories, Shopify Collections and the Content list (pages).
Every edit is saved to Clione's copy of the entity. Nothing is written to BigCommerce or Shopify from this table. Your Meta Title and Meta Description edits reach the storefront when you publish the entity — see Publish. Name, Slug, Description and Image URL stay in Clione.
Where to find it
On the Categories (or Collections) page, or the Content page, use the Tree / Bulk edit switch in the toolbar. Bulk edit flattens the hierarchy into one alphabetical table with an input in every cell. Tree takes you back.
What's editable
| Column | Categories / Collections | Content (pages) |
|---|---|---|
| Name | ✓ | ✓ |
| Slug | ✓ | ✓ |
| Meta Title | ✓ | ✓ |
| Meta Description | ✓ | ✓ |
| Description | ✓ | ✓ |
| Image URL | ✓ | Present but disabled (pages have no image field) |
Meta Title and Meta Description show a character counter against the length cap, and the input stops at the cap.
The Status column shows Visible or Hidden, or the save state of the row: Saving…, then ✓ Saved or ✗ Error on Categories and Collections, Saved or Error on Content.
How saving works
There's no Save button. Each cell saves when you click out of it:
- When you click into a row, Clione remembers its current values.
- Edit freely — the table updates as you type.
- When you leave a cell, Clione compares it with the remembered value. If it changed, that field alone is saved.
- On success the row shows the saved state (✓ Saved, or Saved on Content) for two seconds.
- On failure the row shows the error state (✗ Error, or Error on Content), goes back to the remembered values, and a message explains what went wrong.
Editing the Meta Title or Meta Description counts as a manual edit: the next time you enrich that entity, Clione warns you that enriching replaces your edits.
Publishing your edits
Only the Meta Title and Meta Description you edit here reach the storefront. To publish them, open the entity's Publish tab, or publish several at once from the listing. See Publish.
Two things to know before you publish:
- Meta title on categories, collections and pages is off by default. Clione doesn't overwrite their
<title>unless you turn on Push meta_title to categories, collections, and pages in Store Settings → General. Products always get it. - Editing the slug here doesn't change the live URL.
Tips
- If a category has no meta title or meta description, shoppers and AI assistants see your raw name and description. Filling these two is one of the highest-value things you can do from this screen.
- Meta descriptions read best as one or two full sentences, written for a person deciding whether to click.
Troubleshooting
A cell shows an error and goes back to its old value — The save was refused; the message says why. Fix the value and try again.
The switch is disabled — The list is loading or a sync is running. Wait for it to finish.
My edit is saved but the storefront still shows the old text — Bulk edit only changes Clione. Publish the entity: the meta title and meta description reach the storefront; the other columns don't.