How to add a new search drop down for the Filter by

Shopify Discussion

Topic summary

A Shopify store owner wants to add a custom filterable dropdown for meal types (Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner) across all product collections.

Currently, their store has standard filters including Availability, Price, Product Type, and Brand.

They need guidance on:

  • Creating a new searchable filter option
  • Applying meal-type tags to individual products
  • Making this filter available across all collections

The store appears to be a food/restaurant business (Turkish cuisine) requiring meal-period categorization for their menu items. No solutions or responses have been provided yet.

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I need to have a structural filter for my food items such as Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner for all collections and I need to add for each product these 3 options in a new drop-down. How to add this new searchable filter.

https://berkeleyandlords.com/collections/turkish-cuisine

Currently, I have Availability, Price, Product Type & Brand.

How can I add a new filter?