diff --git a/src/Stache/Indexes/Index.php b/src/Stache/Indexes/Index.php
index 7e437258e70..f1ae2b2e856 100644
--- a/src/Stache/Indexes/Index.php
+++ b/src/Stache/Indexes/Index.php
@@ -116,7 +116,36 @@ public function updateItem($item)
     {
         $this->load();
 
+        $this->putItem($item);
+
+        $this->cache();
+    }
+
+    private function putItem($item)
+    {
         $this->put($this->store->getItemKey($item), $this->getItemValue($item));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Updates a number of items and writes the index once, where updating
+     * them one at a time would write the whole of it once for each.
+     */
+    public function updateItems($items)
+    {
+        // An index with its own way of updating an item gets to use it.
+        if ((new \ReflectionMethod($this, 'updateItem'))->getDeclaringClass()->getName() !== self::class) {
+            collect($items)->each(fn ($item) => $this->updateItem($item));
+
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (collect($items)->isEmpty()) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        $this->load();
+
+        collect($items)->each(fn ($item) => $this->putItem($item));
 
         $this->cache();
     }
diff --git a/src/Stache/Stores/CollectionEntriesStore.php b/src/Stache/Stores/CollectionEntriesStore.php
index a5be77798da..c76d57b0023 100644
--- a/src/Stache/Stores/CollectionEntriesStore.php
+++ b/src/Stache/Stores/CollectionEntriesStore.php
@@ -414,10 +414,7 @@ private function updateEntriesWithinIndex($index, $ids)
             return $index->update();
         }
 
-        collect($ids)
-            ->map(fn ($id) => Entry::find($id))
-            ->filter()
-            ->each(fn ($entry) => $index->updateItem($entry));
+        $index->updateItems(collect($ids)->map(fn ($id) => Entry::find($id))->filter());
     }
 
     private function updateEntriesWithinStore($ids)
diff --git a/tests/Stache/Stores/StructuredEntryIndexUpdatesTest.php b/tests/Stache/Stores/StructuredEntryIndexUpdatesTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d4da1b0acd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Stache/Stores/StructuredEntryIndexUpdatesTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Tests\Stache\Stores;
+
+use Facades\Tests\Factories\EntryFactory;
+use Illuminate\Cache\Events\KeyWritten;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Event;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Test;
+use Statamic\Facades\Collection;
+use Statamic\Facades\Stache;
+use Statamic\Stache\Indexes\Value;
+use Tests\PreventSavingStacheItemsToDisk;
+use Tests\TestCase;
+
+class StructuredEntryIndexUpdatesTest extends TestCase
+{
+    use PreventSavingStacheItemsToDisk;
+
+    private function writesTo(string $index, callable $callback): int
+    {
+        $writes = 0;
+
+        Event::listen(KeyWritten::class, function ($event) use ($index, &$writes) {
+            if ($event->key === "stache::indexes::entries::pages::$index") {
+                $writes++;
+            }
+        });
+
+        $callback();
+
+        return $writes;
+    }
+
+    private function pages()
+    {
+        $collection = tap(Collection::make('pages')->routes('{parent_uri}/{slug}')->structureContents(['root' => false]))->save();
+
+        collect(['one', 'two', 'three'])->each(fn ($id) => EntryFactory::collection('pages')->id($id)->slug($id)->create());
+
+        return $collection;
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function updating_the_order_of_several_entries_writes_the_index_once()
+    {
+        $collection = $this->pages();
+        $store = Stache::store('entries')->store('pages');
+        $store->index('order')->load();
+
+        $collection->structure()->in('en')->tree([['entry' => 'three'], ['entry' => 'one'], ['entry' => 'two']])->saveQuietly();
+
+        $writes = $this->writesTo('order', fn () => $store->updateOrders(['one', 'two', 'three']));
+
+        $this->assertSame(1, $writes);
+        $this->assertEquals(['one' => 2, 'two' => 3, 'three' => 1], $store->index('order')->items()->all());
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function updating_the_parents_and_uris_of_several_entries_writes_each_index_once()
+    {
+        $collection = $this->pages();
+        $store = Stache::store('entries')->store('pages');
+        $store->index('parent')->load();
+        $store->index('uri')->load();
+
+        $collection->structure()->in('en')->tree([['entry' => 'one', 'children' => [['entry' => 'two'], ['entry' => 'three']]]])->saveQuietly();
+
+        $this->assertSame(1, $this->writesTo('parent', fn () => $store->updateParents(['two', 'three'])));
+        $this->assertSame(1, $this->writesTo('uri', fn () => $store->updateUris(['two', 'three'])));
+
+        $this->assertEquals(['one' => null, 'two' => 'one', 'three' => 'one'], $store->index('parent')->items()->all());
+        $this->assertEquals(['one' => '/one', 'two' => '/one/two', 'three' => '/one/three'], $store->index('uri')->items()->all());
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function ids_that_arent_entries_are_passed_over()
+    {
+        $this->pages();
+        $store = Stache::store('entries')->store('pages');
+        $before = $store->index('order')->load()->items()->all();
+
+        $this->assertSame(0, $this->writesTo('order', fn () => $store->updateOrders(['missing'])));
+        $this->assertEquals($before, $store->index('order')->items()->all());
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function an_index_with_its_own_way_of_updating_an_item_is_still_asked_to()
+    {
+        $this->pages();
+        $store = Stache::store('entries')->store('pages');
+
+        $index = new class($store, 'title') extends Value
+        {
+            public array $updated = [];
+
+            public function updateItem($item)
+            {
+                $this->updated[] = $item->id();
+            }
+        };
+
+        $index->updateItems(collect(['one', 'two'])->map(fn ($id) => \Statamic\Facades\Entry::find($id)));
+
+        $this->assertSame(['one', 'two'], $index->updated);
+    }
+}