How can I sort out of stock items last on a collections page?

Technical Q&A

Topic summary

Goal: Move out‑of‑stock (sold‑out) products to the end of Shopify collection pages (collections = product groupings).

Platform capability: No built‑in automatic sort to push out‑of‑stock items last. Native option is manual reordering within collections in the admin (set Sort Filter to Manually and drag items).

Guidance/resources: Staff confirmed manual collections as the primary approach and linked Shopify help docs and a detailed forum post that also mentions an app option.

App-based solutions: Multiple third‑party apps were suggested to automate this:

  • Nada – Sort/Hide Out of Stock (real‑time sorting; returns items when restocked).
  • Push Down & Hide Out of Stock (automatically moves sold‑out items down; restores original position when restocked).

Scalability concern: Manual sorting is impractical for stores with many collections or large product counts (e.g., 100+ collections, some with 1,000 products). A user requested a code or sitewide setting; none was provided.

Status: No native automatic solution; practical paths are manual sorting or using third‑party apps. Discussion remains open for a code/sitewide setting approach.

Summarized with AI on December 21. AI used: gpt-5.
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For Collections:

Its very simple to put Sold Out Product(s) Last On The Collection. On admin panel, on collection page simple use the Sort Filter: Manually to reorder the products in collection in whatever order you want. Simply drag the Sold Out Products to the last. Enjoy!