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Learn how the Filter Menu works and the steps to follow after adding the app to your store.

Filter Menu Overview - Start here!

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Chris Durkan

Kaye Dante

Filter Menu

This guide contains instructions for how to enable the Theme app Extension and a quick guide for initial setup

How to Set Up the Filter Menu Theme App Extension

This guide shows the options for different layouts and how to set them up in your theme editor.

How to set the layout for the Filter Menu Theme Extension

This guide outlines the Filter Menu settings available in the "App Embed" section in your theme editor.

Theme Extension Settings

Details on how to find the correct selector for the existing sidebar

How to find the selectors for the Existing Sidebar setting

How to find additional classes for the Smart Sidebar setting

Articles about how to use the Filter Menu Theme App Extension

Theme App Extension

Find out how to install use the Theme Installer to add the Filter Menu app to your theme

How to use the Theme Installer

Use our full installation service if you would like us to help install the app and set up your filters.

Full installation service

Information on how to manually install the Filter Menu on your theme

Manual Installation

Most themes use sidebar filters. Learn how to set the filters up horizontally with drop downs, in your theme (Advanced).

Installing the filters to show horizontally, and with drop downs

Learn if it's possible to add Filter Menu to the different sections of your Shopify store

Adding filters to the search, home, product pages

How to remove or uninstall the Filter Menu app from your theme and clean up any other changes.

How do I remove the app

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Articles about how to use the Filter Menu when it's installed on your theme using the "Theme Installer" in the app

Theme Installation

Learn how to add filters in the Filter Menu

How to set up filters

Use Smart Filters to scan your product catalog and create starter filters for the Filter Menu.

How to use Smart Filters

Learn about the different filter modes, such as Single, Multi-select, Replacer, and Collection List

Filter Modes - Multi-select and other modes

Merging your filters using the Alias feature allows you to tidy up your filters, while keeping your descriptive names on the products

How can I merge similar sizes and colors, or other filters?

If you have run the theme installer, and can see the Filter Menu, but none of the filters, here are some steps to take

My filters are not showing on my store

If some of your filters are not showing, here are some steps to finding out why and how to fix it.

Some of my filters are not showing

Learn why the Filter Menu may remove tags that you add, and how to avoid the issue or use it to your advantage.

Why are my tags being removed?

The Filter Menu will remove tags from items that aren't in the matching collections - this is to keep your filters and products in sync.

Using collections with inventory conditions in the Filter Menu

What to do if you've deleted some filters but they have been added back

Why do the filters come back after I delete them?

Learn how to add inventory based filters in the Filter Menu

How can I add filters for "in stock" or "out of stock" items

Learn what features of the app can automatically populate your filters

Why are my filters being automatically added back after I delete them?

Is it possible to transfer the existing filter menu setup to a new store?

Duplicating filters on another store

How to update filter collection titles and display names.

How can I change the Filter titles

Adding and setting up filters

Use the theme settings to adjust how the filters appear and work on your theme

Adjust the design and features of your menu

Use the theme settings and Filter Menu 'Display' options to make your filters more compact

How can I make the filters more compact on desktop and mobile devices?

Add color swatches to your Filter Menu easily

How do I add Color Swatches

Use the Visibility options to show a group only when a parent group has been selected

Nested menu - filters and subfilters

Enable AJAX to prevent the page from reloading when you click the filters.

How do I enable AJAX reloading of the filters

Learn about how the Filter Menu works with search engines

Filter Menu and SEO

Most themes will show the default product image, regardless of the filters. Learn how to show the matching variant image (Advanced)

Show the variant image that matches the selected filter(s)

Show the collection counts next to the filters

How can I show the number of items that match each filter

If your store uses a language other than English these tips may be helpful

Translation and language settings

Design customisation

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