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title: Sort product categories
slug: configured-commerce/docs/sort-product-categories
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createdAt: 2026-08-13T10:46:25.000Z
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Use **Category Product Sorting** in Optimizely Configured Commerce to see a comprehensive view of a website's hierarchy and set sort priority for products in each category. If you set sort priority, products are sorted descending by the highest value within a category. If you do not set sort priority, products are ascending alphabetically.

## Set product sort priority

1. Go to **Admin Console** > **Catalog** > **Category Product Sorting**
2. Select a **website** from the drop-down list to choose which website to **View by Category**.

   ![CategoryProductSorting.png](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/BrbvVORKJ5iIeSMZye5kI/v6HHzDxjgBHKWSZG6RMJB-20260720-144652.png)
3. Select the arrow next to a category to view all associated subcategories. Click **Expand All** to view all nested categories and subcategories. Click **Collapse All** to collapse the hierarchy.
4. Select a category or subcategory to view products assigned to it.
5. Click the **Edit** icon next to a product to edit the product's sort priority. Products sort descending by highest value within a category. For example, 7 shows first, 6 shows second, 5 shows third, and so on.

   ![EditSortOrder_ProductCategory.png](https://api.archbee.com/api/optimize/BrbvVORKJ5iIeSMZye5kI/n6cnpQ6um3NWev21gXKPi-20260720-144652.png)
6. Select the checkboxes next to each product to edit multiple products at once, then click the **Edit** icon in the toolbar.
7. Rebuild the product search index (**Marketing** > **Indexing** > **Rebuild Product Index**) to see sort priority changes on the website.