Schedule menus and items

How-to guide All plans 3 min read

Schedule a whole menu, such as a Black Friday menu for one weekend, or a single item, such as a Flash Sale link that shows only while the sale runs.

Schedule a whole menu

Note

Scheduling a whole menu needs Pro Navigation. On other plans, Schedule publishing is disabled with This option is only available to PRO plan.

1. Open the Publish dialog

   In the editor, click Save if needed, then Publish. Or click Publish on a draft menu’s row in Menu manager.

   

   Publish menu dialog: (1) Choose theme, (2) Preview and Publish

2. Choose the theme

   Under Choose theme (1), select the theme. Your live theme is marked (Live theme).

3. Set the dates

   Tick Schedule publishing (2) and fill in a start, an end, or both (see Schedule fields).

   

   (1) Choose theme, (2) Schedule publishing with start and end, (3) Publish

4. Publish

   Click Publish (3). The menu becomes Active with a calendar icon in Menu manager; hover over it to see Publish on: and Unpublish on:.

Schedule fields

Start date + Start time

When the menu starts showing. Leave the date empty to show it from the moment you publish.

End date + End time

When the menu stops showing. Leave the date empty for no end.

Dates use YYYY-MM-DD; times are picked in 30-minute steps, and past times are greyed out. All times use your store’s time zone (Settings > General in Shopify admin).

After the end date, the menu is hidden but not disabled

It still shows as Active in Menu manager until you Disable it, and another active menu for the same place shows instead. See Which menu is shown.

Change or remove a schedule

• Change the dates — click Publish, edit the current dates, and click Publish again.
• Keep the menu live with no schedule — untick Schedule publishing in the Publish dialog and click Publish.
• Take the menu down now — click Disable. This also clears the schedule.
• Run a campaign — keep your regular menu active with no schedule next to a scheduled campaign menu. See Multiple menus and campaigns.

Schedule a single item

1. Open the item

   Click the item in Elements, or hover over it in the preview and click Edit Item.

2. Set the dates

   Under Visibility, tick Schedule publishing and set a start, an end, or both. The end must be in the future and after the start.

   

   The Visibility section of Edit Item

3. Save and publish

   Click Save, then Publish again.

You can combine a schedule with other Visibility options, such as Hide on mobile or Only show when logged in.

Troubleshooting

You must set at least one of publish from or publish to

Fill in at least a start date or an end date.

Start date must be in the future / End date must be in the future

Pick a date and time later than now.

Publish from must be before publish to

Make the start earlier than the end.

Related pages

• Multiple menus and campaignsKeep several menus ready, switch between them for campaigns, and understand which menu is shown.
• Publish a menuPublish your menu to a theme and choose where it appears on your storefront.
• Edit a menu itemChange an item's title, link, icon, colors, badge, submenu and visibility, or duplicate, move and delete it.

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