Bulk Edit Product Titles in Shopify and WooCommerce: A Guide
To bulk edit product titles, export your products to a spreadsheet, change the title column and import the file back, or use your platform’s bulk editor or a bulk editing app. In Shopify, the built-in bulk editor lets you edit titles in a grid, while WooCommerce needs its CSV importer or a plugin, since its built-in bulk edit doesn’t include titles.
Updating titles in bulk helps when you add brand names, standardize a naming pattern, fix capitalization or remove outdated words like “New” or “Sale.” Planning the change carefully keeps product pages, search results and feeds consistent.
How to Bulk Edit Product Titles in Shopify
Shopify gives you two native ways to change many titles at once. The bulk editor suits manual edits to a group of products, while a CSV works better for large catalogs or formula-based changes.
Use the bulk editor
The bulk editor shows your selected products in a spreadsheet-style grid, with one title per product. Follow these steps:
- In your Shopify admin, go to Products.
- Filter the list if needed, such as by vendor, product type or tag, then select the products.
- Click Bulk edit.
- Click Columns and make sure Title is shown.
- Click a title cell and type the new title, or paste titles from a spreadsheet in the same order.
- Click Save.
The bulk editor handles up to 50 products at a time, so work through larger selections in batches. It has no find and replace or formula tools, so use a CSV or an app when the same change applies to hundreds of titles.
Use a product CSV
A CSV lets you use spreadsheet tools, such as find and replace and formulas, to change many titles quickly. Follow these steps:
- Export your products. Go to Products > Export and download the products you want to change.
- Keep a backup. Save an untouched copy of the file.
- Edit the Title column. Change titles directly or use formulas, and leave the URL handle column unchanged.
- Import the file. Go to Products > Import, select Overwrite products with matching handles and import.
Shopify matches each row to a product by its handle, so changing the handle in the file can create new products instead of updating existing ones. When updating products, both the handle and title columns are required, and you can remove unrelated columns to keep the file small.
Changing a title doesn’t change the product’s URL handle. If you want URLs to match the new titles, update handles separately and add redirects for the old URLs.
How to Bulk Edit Product Titles in WooCommerce
WooCommerce’s built-in tools are more limited for titles. Quick Edit changes one product’s title at a time from the product list, and the standard bulk edit action covers fields such as categories, prices and stock, but not titles.
Use the WooCommerce CSV importer
The built-in product CSV importer can update titles for existing products. Follow these steps:
- Export your products. Go to Products > All Products, select Export and include the ID, SKU and Name columns.
- Edit the Name column. Change titles in a spreadsheet and keep the ID and SKU values as they are.
- Start the import. Go to Products > All Products, select Import and choose your file.
- Select Update existing products. WooCommerce matches rows to products by ID or SKU.
- Run the importer. Check the column mapping, select Run the importer and wait without leaving the page.
Columns you don’t map are ignored, so a file with only ID, SKU and Name changes titles without touching other fields. To export only some products, select them in the product list and choose to export the selected items.
Use a bulk editing plugin
Bulk editing plugins add title tools that WooCommerce lacks. Plugins such as WP Sheet Editor, PBULKiT and BEAR Bulk Editor let you filter products and then append, prepend or replace text in every matching title.
Some plugins can also insert values from other fields. For example, WP Sheet Editor can prepend each product’s brand using a placeholder, and PBULKiT can append a SKU or price to each title.
Common Title Edits and How to Do Them
Most bulk title changes fall into a few patterns. This table shows how to handle each one in a spreadsheet, where column A holds the current title:
| Change | Example | Spreadsheet approach |
|---|---|---|
| Add a brand at the start | “Linen Shirt” to “Acme Linen Shirt” | ="Acme "&A2 |
| Add text at the end | “Linen Shirt” to “Linen Shirt – Organic” | =A2&" - Organic" |
| Replace a word | “Personalized” to “Customizable” | =SUBSTITUTE(A2,"Personalized","Customizable") |
| Remove a word | “New Linen Shirt” to “Linen Shirt” | =TRIM(SUBSTITUTE(A2,"New","")) |
| Fix capitalization | “LINEN SHIRT” to “Linen Shirt” | =PROPER(A2) |
| Build from other fields | Brand, product and color in one title | =B2&" "&C2&" - "&D2 |
After using formulas, copy the results and paste them back as plain values in the title column before importing. Check a sample of titles, because functions like PROPER can change brand names or abbreviations, such as turning “USB” into “Usb.”
When replacing or removing words, watch for partial matches. Removing “New” also affects words like “Newport,” so search for whole words or include spaces in your search term.
Use Apps for Rule-Based Title Changes
Apps are useful when you want to apply rules without editing a spreadsheet. Shopify apps such as Bulk Product Edit by Hextom let you filter products, then add, remove or replace words in titles, and some offer AI tools that rewrite titles.
Review AI-generated titles before applying them across your catalog. They can introduce inaccurate details or repetitive wording, so test on a small batch and check the results.
If you manage product data across Shopify, WooCommerce or Wix, Bulkflow supports bulk import, export and updates to existing product records with field mapping. That can help when you want to export titles, edit them in one file and update many records at once.
Tips for Better Product Titles
A bulk edit is a good moment to make titles more consistent and useful. Keep these guidelines in mind:
- Use one pattern. Follow a consistent structure, such as brand, product type and key attribute.
- Lead with what shoppers search for. Put the product name and most important detail near the start.
- Keep titles readable. Avoid stuffing titles with keywords or repeating words.
- Leave out details that change. Words like “Sale” or a year can make titles outdated quickly.
- Check SEO titles separately. Search engine titles can be set on their own, so review them after changing product titles.
- Consider your sales channels. Marketplaces and shopping feeds may have their own title rules and length limits.
Common Problems When Bulk Editing Titles
Most title issues come from how imports match products or from overly broad replacements. Watch for these:
- A Shopify import created duplicate products. The handles in the file changed, so they no longer matched existing products.
- WooCommerce titles didn’t change after an import. Update existing products wasn’t selected, or the ID and SKU didn’t match.
- Unexpected words changed. The search term matched parts of other words.
- Brand names lost their capitalization. A capitalization formula changed them, so fix those rows by hand.
- Product URLs still show old names. Titles and handles or slugs are separate, so update them separately if needed.
- Bulk edit in WooCommerce has no title field. Use the CSV importer or a plugin instead.
Conclusion
Learning how to bulk edit product titles saves hours when you rebrand, standardize names or clean up an imported catalog. Whether you use Shopify’s bulk editor, a CSV import or a plugin, testing a small batch first keeps your titles accurate and consistent. We hope this guide helps you bulk edit product titles with confidence. To export and update product data in bulk, you can explore Bulkflow.
