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title: StandardMetafieldDefinitionTemplate - GraphQL Admin
description: |-
  Standard metafield definition templates provide preset configurations to create metafield definitions.
  Each template has a specific namespace and key that we've reserved to have specific meanings for common use cases.

  Refer to the [list of standard metafield definitions](https://shopify.dev/apps/metafields/definitions/standard-definitions).
api_version: 2025-10
api_name: admin
type: object
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/StandardMetafieldDefinitionTemplate
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/StandardMetafieldDefinitionTemplate.md
---

# Standard​Metafield​Definition​Template

object

Standard metafield definition templates provide preset configurations to create metafield definitions. Each template has a specific namespace and key that we've reserved to have specific meanings for common use cases.

Refer to the [list of standard metafield definitions](https://shopify.dev/apps/metafields/definitions/standard-definitions).

## Fields

* description

  [String](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/String)

  The description of the standard metafield definition.

* id

  [ID!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/ID)

  non-null

  A globally-unique ID.

* key

  [String!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/String)

  non-null

  The key owned by the definition after the definition has been activated.

* name

  [String!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/String)

  non-null

  The human-readable name for the standard metafield definition.

* namespace

  [String!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/String)

  non-null

  The namespace owned by the definition after the definition has been activated.

* owner​Types

  [\[Metafield​Owner​Type!\]!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/enums/MetafieldOwnerType)

  non-null

  The list of resource types that the standard metafield definition can be applied to.

* type

  [Metafield​Definition​Type!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/MetafieldDefinitionType)

  non-null

  The associated [metafield definition type](https://shopify.dev/apps/metafields/definitions/types) that the metafield stores.

* validations

  [\[Metafield​Definition​Validation!\]!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/MetafieldDefinitionValidation)

  non-null

  The configured validations for the standard metafield definition.

* visible​To​Storefront​Api

  [Boolean!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/Boolean)

  non-null

  Whether metafields for the definition are by default visible using the Storefront API.

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## Map

### Fields and connections with this object

* {}[MetafieldDefinition.standardTemplate](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/MetafieldDefinition#field-MetafieldDefinition.fields.standardTemplate)
* <->[StandardMetafieldDefinitionTemplateConnection.nodes](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/connections/StandardMetafieldDefinitionTemplateConnection#returns-nodes)
* {}[StandardMetafieldDefinitionTemplateEdge.node](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/StandardMetafieldDefinitionTemplateEdge#field-StandardMetafieldDefinitionTemplateEdge.fields.node)

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## Queries

* [standard​Metafield​Definition​Templates](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/queries/standardMetafieldDefinitionTemplates)

  query

  Standard metafield definitions are intended for specific, common use cases. Their namespace and keys reflect these use cases and are reserved.

  Refer to all available [`Standard Metafield Definition Templates`](https://shopify.dev/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/StandardMetafieldDefinitionTemplate).

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## \<?>StandardMetafieldDefinitionTemplate Queries

### Queried by

* \<?>[standard​Metafield​Definition​Templates](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/queries/standardMetafieldDefinitionTemplates)

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## Interfaces

* [Node](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/interfaces/Node)

  interface

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## ||-StandardMetafieldDefinitionTemplate Implements

### Implements

* ||-[Node](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/interfaces/Node)