How can I manually sort products in the Empire Theme?

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.

Oh I’ve seen it, thanks!!