Sort products by Metafield

✨Want to let customers sort your products by values like “Release Date”, “Popularity”, or any other custom field? You can do this using Shopify Metafields and the Smart Product Filter & Search app.

Here’s how to enable sorting based on a metafield — and how to remove it from the sorting dropdown later if needed.

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🔹Enable Metafield in the App Settings

1. Open the Smart Product Filter & Search app in your Shopify Admin.

2. From the left menu, click Settings → go to the Metafields tab.

3. Click Add Field → Choose Metafield.

4. Enter your metafield namespace and key (e.g., custom.material).

5. Under Applies to:

   • Ensure to enable the Sort option so that customers can sort product data by this metafield.

6. Click Add, then Save your changes.

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🔹Remove the Metafield from the Sorting Dropdown

If you no longer want customers to sort products using that metafield:

1. Go back to the metafield settings in Smart Product Filter & Search app.

2. Uncheck the “Sort” option.

3. Save the changes.

By doing that, the sort option will automatically be removed from the app’s sorting dropdown.

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💡 Example

Let’s say you have a metafield called custom.release_date. If the Sort option is enabled, customers can choose “Sort by Release Date” on the storefront. Disabling that option will hide it from the dropdown.

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💬 Need Help?

Not sure how to define your metafields or can’t find the right setting? Reach out to us at [email protected] — we’re here to assist you.