How can I manually sort products in the Empire Theme?

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Topic summary

A user asks how to manually sort products within collections in the Empire Theme.

Key Points:

  • Manual sorting is only available for standard collections, not automatic collections
  • To access sorting: Navigate to Products > Collection > Open the collection, then use the dropdown menu above the product list
  • The last option in the dropdown allows drag-and-drop reordering

Workaround for Automatic Collections:

  • Keep automatic collections unlisted
  • Use them to populate standard collections
  • Manually sort products in the standard collections

Limitation Identified:

  • The user has many products in automatic collections
  • Each product must be manually added to a standard collection before it can be manually sorted

The discussion concludes with the user acknowledging this is their only option and thanking the respondents for clarification.

Summarized with AI on November 23. AI used: claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929.
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Hi,

How can I sort the products shown in each collection manually?

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Hi @Wellanie

The collection sort options you are looking for will be managed inside each individual collection. Automatic collections cannot be sorted manually, but standard collections can. If you generally use automatic collections to create your collection groups I recommend having the automatic collections unlisted and use them as a way to quickly update your standard collections so you can sort them manually if you prefer.

When you go to Products > Collection > Open collection, you will see a drop down menu with sort options just above the list of products in the collection. The last option in the menu will be to sort manually. From there you can drag and drop the products to change their order in the list.

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Hello @Wellanie
open the collection at admin and sort manually from there like shown in screenshot

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Oh right, I remember that option.
The only problem is, I use automatic because there are quite a lot of products in each collections. If I want to sort it manually, I also have to add it manually in the collection.

i guess that’s my only option, right?

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Hello @Wellanie

Yes Thats it

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Oh I’ve seen it, thanks!!