Tag Based Filtering - Hiding Unavailable Variants

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Topic summary

Main issue: On the Empire 7.0.1 theme, tag-based filters on the collection page show many greyed-out (unavailable) options. The request is to hide options with zero available results across all filters (e.g., Brand, Category), and to sort filter values alphabetically.

Technical context: Filters are the standard theme filters (not an app). The store is built around tags; Faceted Filtering was tested but the same visibility issue persists, so the preference is to keep tag-based filtering.

Evidence: A screenshot of the Riding Gear collection filtered by the “100%” brand shows only “Goggles” selectable while other categories are greyed out. The image is central to understanding the desired behavior (hide zero-result options).

Updates: A helper requested a preview link and confirmation of the filter source. The OP provided the collection URL (bentlever.com/collections/riding-gear) and confirmed use of the theme’s default filters.

Status: Another participant reported the same problem on Empire. No solution or code provided yet; guidance on hiding unavailable options and enabling alphabetical sorting is still pending. Discussion remains open.

Summarized with AI on December 24. AI used: gpt-5.
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Hello Everyone. I need assistance with my filtering. The theme is Empire 7.0.1.

We are using tag-based filtering on our site and need to find out how to hide the unavailable selections.

In the screenshot provided, it will show a great example. In the example, we are in the entire 'Riding Gear" collection. I have selected the brand 100% from the brand filter that only produces goggles. Under the category, you can see “Goggles” are available to be selected while every other option is greyed-out.

We need all of these greyed-out options to not be visible and to only display the selectable options. This needs to apply to every filter, not just category and brand.

Is this something I can fix with code? I am barely familiar with it but the concept of “if grey/0 available → no show” sounds simple but if it was, guess I wouldn’t be having this issue.

A big bonus for this would be if the filter selections could be alphabetically sorted as well.

I still have this issue when trying out Faceted Filtering, and with our site/products being built around tags, id like to keep it.

Thank you for any help. PM me or reply here.

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Hi @Logan102
Awesome to see you around,

Can you share a preview link of the collection page where this happens?
Can you also confirm the filtering you’re using is the original from the theme or is it an app?

Cheers!

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Hello.

Here is the link to the main collection page. This will have the most variants in the filters

https://bentlever.com/collections/riding-gear

And yes, these are the standard filters from the theme.

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I need help for this same issue for Empire theme