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How to Use the CrawlHunt Shopify App

This guide shows merchants how to install the CrawlHunt Shopify app, connect their store to CrawlHunt, run an SEO audit, and review fixes inside the app.

Before You Start

What you'll need

A Shopify store with admin access
A CrawlHunt account
Permission to install apps in the Shopify admin
Your store domain and primary catalog ready for auditing
Don't have a CrawlHunt account yet? Create one for free before you begin.
Step-by-Step Guide

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Follow each step in order. Open any screenshot at full size to see the details.

01Step 1 of 6

Add your Shopify store in CrawlHunt

Go to the Integrations page in your CrawlHunt dashboard and click Add Integration. Select Shopify as the platform, enter your Shopify store name (without .myshopify.com), and click Add Integration to proceed.

Navigate to Integrations in your CrawlHunt dashboard
Select Shopify from the platform list
Enter your store name — only the subdomain, not the full URL
Click Add Integration to connect
CrawlHunt Add Integration modal with Shopify selected
CrawlHunt Add Integration modal with Shopify selectedOpen Full Screenshot
02Step 2 of 6

Approve permissions in Shopify

Shopify will redirect you to an Update data access screen for the Crawl Hunt app by THEMESHOPY PRIVATE LIMITED. Review the requested permissions and click Install to authorize the app.

Review permissions — staff data and store data access
Confirm the app is published by THEMESHOPY PRIVATE LIMITED
Click Install to approve and complete the installation
Shopify Update data access screen for Crawl Hunt
Shopify Update data access screen for Crawl HuntOpen Full Screenshot
03Step 3 of 6

Launch the CrawlHunt app from Shopify

After installation, Shopify will open the CrawlHunt embedded app directly inside your Shopify admin. From the welcome screen, click Start Free SEO Scan to begin your first audit.

The CrawlHunt app opens inside the Shopify admin
Click Start Free SEO Scan to launch your first crawl
No credit card required — the scan is Shopify approved and safe
CrawlHunt embedded Shopify app welcome screen
CrawlHunt embedded Shopify app welcome screenOpen Full Screenshot
04Step 4 of 6

View your crawl results

Once the crawl completes, CrawlHunt will create a project for your store. Head to the Projects page in your CrawlHunt dashboard to see the results, including site health score, errors, warnings, crawlability, HTTPS status, and internal linking score.

Open the CrawlHunt dashboard and go to Projects
Find your Shopify store listed under Your Projects
Review site health, errors, warnings, and crawlability metrics
Click Run Again to trigger a fresh crawl at any time
CrawlHunt Projects dashboard showing Shopify store crawl metrics
CrawlHunt Projects dashboard showing Shopify store crawl metricsOpen Full Screenshot
05Step 5 of 6

Review detected SEO issues

Click View on your project to open the audit report. Navigate to the Issues tab to see a full list of detected SEO issues for your Shopify store, including 4xx errors, missing canonical tags, short page titles, missing meta descriptions, and H1 issues, sorted by type and priority.

Switch to the Issues tab in your audit report
Review errors (high priority) before warnings and opportunities
Click View URLs on any issue to see the affected pages
Export results as CSV or PDF for your records
CrawlHunt Audit Results Issues tab for Shopify store
CrawlHunt Audit Results Issues tab for Shopify storeOpen Full Screenshot
06Step 6 of 6

Apply AI fixes to SEO issues

Open any crawled page from the Crawled Pages tab to view its Page Details. Switch to the SEO tab to see fields like Page Title, Meta Description, and Page Handle. Use AI Fix for instant suggestions or Edit to make manual changes, or use Bulk AI Fixes to fix multiple fields at once.

Open a page from the Crawled Pages tab
Click the SEO tab in the Page Details panel
Use AI Fix next to any field for an instant AI-generated suggestion
Use Bulk AI Fixes to apply fixes across all fields at once
CrawlHunt Page Details SEO tab with AI Fix and Edit buttons
CrawlHunt Page Details SEO tab with AI Fix and Edit buttonsOpen Full Screenshot
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Ready to run your first SEO audit?

Open CrawlHunt to start auditing, or head back to the integration overview.