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Overview

Sort Orders determine the sequence in which products appear on collection pages. You can fine-tune product visibility using a combination of priority rules, product attributes, weighted attribute groups, and soft boost. These expressions help align product sorting with your marketing strategies and customer preferences.

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Enable as storefront sort

When creating or editing a sort order, you can control whether it is synced to Shopify as a metaobject using the Enable as Storefront Sort toggle. This option is enabled by default, allowing sort orders to be referenced in Shopify’s admin and Storefront API. Learn more about how sort orders are synced to Shopify in Metaobjects & Metafields.

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Sort order architecture

Sort Orders build upon the attribute foundation and can be enhanced with sequences, while being subject to merchandising rule overrides. For a visual overview of how sorting connects to attributes, sequences, and merchandising, see Sorting — Core Concepts. Sort Orders can also leverage segmented metrics to automatically personalize product rankings based on visitor context like geographic location or marketing channel.

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Why sort orders matter

Sort Orders shape how products are presented on collection pages so shoppers find the right items faster. Use priority rules, attributes, and weighted groups to reflect your brand strategy and customer preferences. For step-by-step instructions, see:

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Bulk actions

You can select multiple sort orders from the list and perform actions on them at once. To enter selection mode, click Select in the actions column header. Checkboxes appear next to each sort order row. Select the sort orders you want to act on, then open the Actions dropdown to choose an action.

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Bulk duplicate

Select one or more sort orders and choose Duplicate from the Actions dropdown. Each selected sort order is copied with an auto-generated name and code to avoid conflicts. Duplicated sort orders default to unpublished and are not enabled as storefront sorts, so they won’t affect your live storefront until you configure and activate them.

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Bulk delete

Select one or more sort orders and choose Delete from the Actions dropdown. A confirmation prompt appears before the deletion proceeds.
You cannot delete a sort order that is currently referenced by a merchandising rule, used by a product sequence, or has received API requests in the past 24 hours. If any selected sort order meets one of these conditions, the entire operation is blocked and an error message identifies the conflict.
When you are done selecting, click Actions → Done selecting to exit selection mode.

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Best practices

  • Balance weights: Avoid extreme weight differences to ensure fair influence of attributes.
  • Monitor impact: Regularly review conversion rates and customer behavior to refine sorting strategies.
  • Use priority rules wisely: Use descending direction to promote products and ascending direction to demote them. Priority rules are always applied first as hard overrides — promoted products appear at the top and demoted products appear at the bottom, with other expressions sorting within those groups.
  • Leverage recipes: Start with pre-configured sort orders and customize them based on your specific merchandising goals.
  • Test configurations: Preview sort orders with different priority rule configurations to verify they produce the desired ranking. Use sort effect annotations to see exactly which rules affected each product.
For further details, see the Browse API or contact support.

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