I’m currently trying to figure out if there is any way to have categories and sub-categories behave differently in terms of sort order. We’re using /categories as our home page and due to the nature of our products, certain categories are likely to have hundreds of sub-categories. I’ve managed to …

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It’s well within the limits that Sam mentioned in his post. Is there an actual solution to the question at hand though?

Different category and sub-category order behaviour

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Falco (Falco) February 10, 2020, 5:39pm 4

You will need a custom theme-component to get that behavior.

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Different category and sub-category order behaviour

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