Get started with Metascheduler

Metascheduler is a calendar for changes to your Shopify store. You tell it what to change and when, and it makes the change on time, then puts things back when the window ends. It works on its own, or alongside Shopify Rollouts.

This tutorial takes about five minutes.

Install the app#

1. 1

   Add Metascheduler to your store

   Install Metascheduler from the Shopify App Store, or from the Add to Shopify button on this site. Shopify asks you to approve the access the app needs at install: metaobjects and rollouts. Everything else is optional and asked for later, when you need it.

2. 2

   Open it from your admin

   Metascheduler opens inside your Shopify admin, under Apps. The first time, it starts a short setup.

Go through the setup#

The setup has four steps. You can skip any step, or all of them with Skip setup.

1. 1

   Welcome

   A quick overview of what Metascheduler does and how it works with Rollouts.

2. 2

   What do you want to schedule?

   Check the kinds of change you plan to make: Metaobjects and metafields, Products and prices, Online store. When you continue, Shopify asks once for the access those need. If you decline, you can grant it later in Settings > Access.

3. 3

   Confirm your time zone

   Metascheduler shows your store's time zone. New schedules use it unless you choose another one.

4. 4

   Create your first schedule

   Start from a template, Follow a rollout, or Start blank. Each one opens the schedule editor with that start point filled in. Schedule your first change walks through the editor.

Find your way around#

The app has five pages in your admin's sidebar:

Use the setup guide#

Until you've done the basics, the Calendar shows a setup guide with five steps: Grant access, Create a schedule, Schedule it, See it run and Connect Flow (optional). A step stays done once it's done. You can hide the guide, and show it again from Settings > Setup guide.

Next steps#