The Ranking Rules list supports multi-select so you can publish or unpublish many rules in a single action. This is useful when iterating on ranking experiments, rolling out a set of rules across searches, or reverting changes after a test. You can also change a single rule’s status, or delete it, from its row actions menu without entering selection mode.
Toggle status from the row actions
- Go to Relevancy → Ranking Rules.
- Find the rule you want to publish or unpublish.
- Click the actions menu on its row.
- Select Publish if the rule is currently a draft, or Unpublish if it is currently published.
The change applies immediately and the status badge updates.
Steps
- Go to Relevancy → Ranking Rules.
- Use the search box or any column filter to narrow the list to the rules you want to act on.
- Open the actions menu on any row and click Select to enter selection mode.
- Tick the checkbox on each rule. To select a range, click the first checkbox, then hold Shift and click the last one. Every row in between is selected automatically.
- (Optional) Open the selected dropdown next to the row count and click Select all results (or Select all in this store when no search or filters are applied) to extend your selection to every matching rule, including rules on other pages.
- Click one of the actions in the toolbar:
- Publish — Turns on every selected rule so its actions (promote, demote, pin, or sort) apply to matching searches on the storefront.
- Unpublish — Turns off selected rules without deleting them. Their conditions and actions are preserved, and you can republish them at any time.
- When you’re done, open the selected dropdown and click Unselect all to exit selection mode.
Selection scope
The dropdown next to the selection count shows how many rules are currently selected and lets you switch between two scopes:
- Page selection (default) — Only the rows you ticked are included.
- All results — Every rule matching your current search, filters, and sort is included, even rules on other pages. The count shows the full filtered total.
To narrow an All results selection, click Unselect all from the same dropdown and re-tick individual rows.
Delete a rule
Bulk selection doesn’t include a delete action. To remove a rule, open its row actions menu and click Delete. A confirmation dialog appears before the deletion runs.
Pause an entire ranking experiment by selecting its rules and clicking Unpublish. Republish later to resume. There’s no need to rebuild the rules.
Delete is permanent. If you only want to pause a rule, use Unpublish so you can republish later without rebuilding its conditions and actions.
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