BulkMeta

About this plugin

Are you tired of wasting time manually editing component descriptions and documentation URLs in Figma? Streamline your design system management with BulkMeta! BulkMeta allows you to export all component metadata from your Figma libraries, including descriptions, documentation URLs and names, as a JSON file. With the exported JSON file, you can easily make quick sweeping changes to your component metadata using an external editor like VS Code. Once you're done, simply import the modified JSON file back into Figma, and voila! Your design system is updated with minimal effort.

How To Use

1. Run the BulkMeta plugin and click the "Export" button to generate a JSON file containing your component metadata
2. Open the JSON file in a text editor like VS Code and modify the component metadata
3. Create a new branch of your current Figma library if you have the option
4. Run the BulkMeta plugin and click the "Import" button and select the updated JSON file
5. Watch all the component metadata update with your new changes
6. If you are happy with the changes, merge the branch
7. Profit

Export Component Variants

You can choose to include component variants in your export so you can be ultra detailed on your documentation. Though, depending on how many variants you have, you could be spending a lot of time editing your metadata.

Editing JSON File

A couple of quick rules when editing your JSON file:

• DO NOT EDIT THE ID - The ID is what is used to match your updated metadata to the component when importing your updated JSON file.
• If you have paragraphs in your descriptions they are represented as \n\n in the description metadata
• If you have exported component variants you will see parentName metadata. THIS IS NOT USED, it is only a reference for you so you can be sure what component set the variant belongs to
• You CAN modify the component name!

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