I am getting an "already taken" error when trying to create a metafield definition for seo.hidden

How to get past this Shopify error when attempting to create the seo.hidden metafield definition for products

The Locksmith app has the ability to automatically manage the seo.hidden metafield for locked products in your store. More information about that here. If you've toggled this setting on at any point, but still wish to create a definition for this metafield, this guide can help.

Shopify allows you to create metafield definitions for products, and other content, in your store, even if the metafield already exists on your products. This is typically done by viewing your unstructured metafields and pressing the "Add definition" button. You can find more general information on creating metafield definitions in this Shopify guide.

For reasons unknown, Shopify has decided to exclude the seo.hidden metafield from this list, even if some of your products have this metafield.

There is a simple trick to get around this.

1. Go to the "Product metafield definitions" page. It should look something like this:

1. In the URL bar for your browser, paste add in the following to the end of the already existing URL:

/migrate/seo/hidden

You should end up with something like:

https://admin.shopify.com/store/YOUR-SHOP-URL/settings/custom_data/product/metafields/migrate/seo/hidden

1. You'll be brought to the page to create a definition for seo.hidden. Change the type to "Integer" all other settings are up to you.