Customise sorting option on Collection page

Topic summary

Customizing the collection “Sort by” in Shopify (Narrative/Dawn): users want to remove options, rename labels, add new sorts (e.g., by SKU), and control mobile behavior.

Key constraints

  • Sort options are generated by Shopify; you cannot add new back-end sort types (e.g., SKU) or rename built-in labels dynamically.
  • Supported sort values: manual, best-selling, title-ascending, title-descending, price-ascending, price-descending, created-ascending, created-descending.

Workarounds/solutions

  • Hide options: edit Sections > collection-template.liquid, loop over collection.sort_options, and exclude values with an unless condition (e.g., hide title-ascending/Z-A).
  • Rename labels: replace the dynamic loop with a hard-coded
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