# Shopify Image Size Checker: Merchant Center 500x500 (2027) (`donrulezz/shopify-image-size-checker`) Actor

From 31 January 2027 Google Merchant Center requires product images of at least 500x500 px in every category. Check whole Shopify stores in bulk and list every product image that is too small, with product and image links.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/donrulezz/shopify-image-size-checker.md
- **Developed by:** [Ashish Agarwal](https://apify.com/donrulezz) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce, SEO tools, Developer tools
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $3.50 / 1,000 store checkeds

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Shopify Image Size Checker: Merchant Center 500x500 (2027)

**From 31 January 2027, Google Merchant Center requires product images (`image_link` and `additional_image_link`) of at
least 500x500 pixels in every product category and marketing method.** Smaller images are disapproved; some are upscaled
automatically with a warning in *Needs attention*. Merchant Center already warns "Image too small for upcoming
enforcement". (Source: [Merchant Center product data specification update](https://support.google.com/merchants/answer/16989427).)

This Actor checks **whole Shopify stores in bulk** — your own, your clients', or prospects' — through each store's public
`products.json`, and lists every product image that is too small, with the product handle, title, image URL and size.

Built for **Shopify agencies and freelancers** (audit client stores, find stores that need image work), **feed managers**
and **merchants** who want the list before Merchant Center starts disapproving products.

### Input

```json
{ "storeUrls": ["https://www.example-store.com", "another-store.myshopify.com"], "maxPagesPerStore": 10 }
```

### Output (one item per store)

```json
{
  "store": "https://www.kettleandfire.com",
  "status": "at-risk",
  "productsChecked": 97,
  "imagesChecked": 441,
  "imagesUnder500": 16,
  "productsAffected": 13,
  "smallImages": [{"handle": "...", "title": "...", "src": "https://cdn.shopify.com/...", "width": 480, "height": 480}],
  "action": "Upload images of at least 500x500 px for these products..."
}
```

(Real counts from a check on 27 Oct 2026.)

### Pricing

Pay per store checked. Stores that can't be read (not Shopify, products.json disabled, rate-limited) are free.

### Good to know

- Requests are paced (Shopify rate-limits bursts); one store is checked at a time, 250 products per request.
- Images without width/height in products.json are skipped.
- This covers the size rule only; Merchant Center also has rules on watermarks, text overlays and placeholders.

### More tools from the same author

- [Shopify Script Tag Shutoff Scanner](https://apify.com/donrulezz/shopify-script-tag-scanner): which apps stop on 1 March 2027.
- [Google Merchant Center Q\&A Writer](https://apify.com/donrulezz/merchant-center-qa-writer): the new question_and_answer attribute, as a supplemental feed.
- [Website 2027 Breakage Audit](https://apify.com/donrulezz/website-2027-breakage-audit): every 2026-2027 deadline in one report per site.

*Shopify and Google Merchant Center are trademarks of their owners. This Actor is independent and not affiliated with either.*

# Actor input Schema

## `storeUrls` (type: `array`):

Store URLs, one per line (custom domains or example.myshopify.com). The public products.json is read.

## `maxPagesPerStore` (type: `integer`):

250 products per page. 10 pages = up to 2,500 products.

## `listImages` (type: `boolean`):

Include each image under 500x500 (product handle, title, image URL, size), up to 500 per store.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "storeUrls": [
    "https://www.kettleandfire.com",
    "shop.example.com"
  ],
  "maxPagesPerStore": 10,
  "listImages": true
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `overview` (type: `string`):

Counts per store.

## `results` (type: `string`):

Includes the list of small images.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "storeUrls": [
        "https://www.kettleandfire.com"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("donrulezz/shopify-image-size-checker").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "storeUrls": ["https://www.kettleandfire.com"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("donrulezz/shopify-image-size-checker").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "storeUrls": [
    "https://www.kettleandfire.com"
  ]
}' |
apify call donrulezz/shopify-image-size-checker --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,donrulezz/shopify-image-size-checker"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/lmpvwx3MdBajWQJF5/builds/CHaNdjgR4KijKIgad/openapi.json