Make sections on a collection page on order by date, the other one order by popularity, etc.

Shopify Discussion

Topic summary

Goal: show the same Shopify collection (“audio”) twice on its collection page—one section sorted by newest (date desc) and another sorted by popularity (best sellers).

Constraints noted: theme support says product order is controlled at the collection level in Shopify Admin and can’t be changed per section within the theme.

Clarification: the built‑in “Sort by” on a collection page affects the collection as a whole and can’t render two differently sorted views simultaneously.

Latest update/conclusion: another participant confirms the desired layout is possible, but only with custom code added to the theme. No specific code, app, or implementation steps were provided.

Key terms: collection = a group of products; sorting by popularity typically means best‑selling products.

Status: unresolved/ongoing. A path forward (custom development) is identified, but concrete instructions, example code, or recommended apps are not provided.

Summarized with AI on January 10. AI used: gpt-5.
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I would like to make sections on a collection page, so I would like to show products in the collection.
Let’s say the collection name is ‘audio’
I want to make one section(or container) on the ‘audio’ collection page to show products of ‘audio’ in order of date, so want to show the newest product first.
On the next section I want to show best seller products in the ‘audio’ collection. etc.
I contacted theme support asking that, but they answered the order of products are controlled at the collection level, in the Shopify admin, and there isn’t a way to change this in the sections in the theme.

Is there any way that I can implement that? How can I add a section on the collection page with certain orders?
If there’s a code or an app, please let me know.
Thank you!

2

I might be misunderstanding, but on the collection page in admin, there should be a sort by option. Does that not solve it?

3

I want to show the same collection twice on the bottom of the collection page, one sorted by date, desc. order, and the other one sorted by popularity(which will show best sellers first). So the sort by option in the collection page can’t make 2 sections possible.

4

Ahhh I see. That is possible but only with custom code added.