How can I set recent products to appear first in my view all section?

Shopify Discussion

Topic summary

Goal: Make the “View all products” page show newest items first instead of oldest.

Proposed solution (admin-only steps):

  • Create an automated collection that includes all products (e.g., condition: Inventory > 1 or Price > $0.1). Automated = products are added automatically when they meet the condition.
  • Set the collection’s Sort to “Newest.”
  • Update Online Store > Navigation so the “View all products” menu item links to this new collection.

Outcome so far:

  • One user reported the steps did not resolve their issue.
  • Shopify staff advised that account-specific troubleshooting is needed and directed them to the Help Center. Use the Virtual Assistant and request “contact support” for live assistance.

Status: Guidance provided; issue remains unresolved for at least one user pending direct support.

Summarized with AI on January 8. AI used: gpt-5.
1

In my menu I have a view all products button. How do I make the most recent products come up first as the default setting, at the moment it’s the oldest first comes up.

Thank you

2

Hey, @Pookie !

Thanks for reaching out in our Community forums and for sharing your concern, I’d be happy to help.

It sounds like you are looking for a way to sort all your products by newest. This is a great idea as it allows your customers to see the newest releases at the top of the page. You can do this directly from your admin in a few steps.

Firstly, you will need to create a new collection and add a condition, so that all of your products will be added automatically. Then, you will want to sort by newest. Here are the steps:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Products > Collections.

  2. Click Create collection.

  3. Enter a title and description for the collection.

  4. In the Collection type section, click Automated.

  5. Under Conditions, you can set the Inventory to be greater than 1, or set a condition of Price being over $0.1. Either option works.

  6. Click Save.

  7. Then, under Sort, click on the dropdown menu and select Newest.

  8. Save once more.

Now that your collection is set up, you will need to update your navigation to link to this new collection. Here are the steps:

  1. From your Shopify admin, go to Online Store > Navigation.
  2. On the Navigation page, click the title of the menu that you want to edit.
  3. Find the existing menu item and click on the Link field.
  4. Then Collections and add the collection we created earlier.
  5. Click Add to save your menu item.
  6. Click Save menu.

If you have any other questions, feel free to follow up and let me know! Additionally, I’m always looking to help out merchants with ideas or feedback related to their stores. How is business going thus far?

3

Hey Mac, i followed all the steps and this is didn’t help me as well. so am not sure what is going wrong.

4

Hi, @fvrdead !

Thanks for joining this thread.

I understand that you went through the process of reorganizing your collection and adding it to your stores navigation, but are still having issues. We may need to access your account to gather more information. While we are unable to provide account-specific support through the Community Forums, we would be happy to continue assisting you through our Help Center. To access our live support, you can ask the Virtual Shopify Assistant to “contact support.” It will then guide you on the next steps to connect with a team member who can assist you further.

Let me know how that goes!