Hi guys Is there a way to set a ‘default’ sort on the Products page in admin, so that we can sort by ‘created’ and ‘newest first’ all the time, without having to manually select this sort each time the page is loaded? thanks

Hi, @milnedaniel Thanks for bringing your question to the Forums. Unfortunately, there currently isn’t a way to say the preferred sorting method for your Products within your Admin. I can definitely see why this would be convenient, so will be providing this feedback to our developers on your beha…

Hello @milnedaniel , As per my understanding, you want to sort the order by a specific order for each collection. If so, then you can easily do this by following the steps below. Go to the Shopify admin dashboard Open a collection that you want to sort by any order Under products, simply choose t…

Hello @milnedaniel , As per my understanding, you want to sort the products of the collection in a specific order. If so, you can easily do this by following the steps below. Visit the Shopify admin dashboard Go to collections and choose any collection you want Under products, sort them by any or…

You can sort products by Oldest or by Newest on the Collection page itself. If you want to change all collection sorts at once you can select all and then click Bulk Edit. Choose the option “Sort By” and change all of them at once. The “Filters” on the front end of the collection are there for custo…

Yes, this can be done by editing the code if you want me to examine your theme kindly share collabrator access and i will do that for you

You’ll go to Products and then click the “Arrow Up / Arrow Down” symbol on the right. Sort by “Created”. Is that what you’re looking for? [Screenshot 2023-09-21 at 3.08.44 PM.png]

yes, but I want this saved as default so I don’t need to do it every time I load the product page…

yes, the code will automatically apply the filter

thanks @Skye_1 - much appreciated - please let me know if this does go into development. Our store is www.stillspirit.com, just launched this week and still lots of optimisation to do.

Would love to have this option as well!

Set default sort on "Products" page in Shopify admin

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milnedaniel September 21, 2023, 8:25pm 5

Thanks Nadia, but the problem I am having is on the Products page in the back end, not the presentation of products on the front end. Can the sort be set as default on the Products page in the back end?

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Set default sort on "Products" page in Shopify admin

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