---
title: Setting up product filters
url: https://support.troopthemes.com/guide/blockshop/setting-up-product-filters/
theme: Blockshop
theme_styles: Radiance, Stone, Valla
---

# Enabling product filtering in Blockshop

Collection filters on current Troop themes are Shopify’s native filters. You must install Shopify’s free [Search & Discovery](https://apps.shopify.com/search-and-discovery) app first. You configure filters in that app, not in Theme settings → Colors or a tag list.

Shopify admin → **Search & Discovery** app → **Filters**. The theme only displays what that app publishes.

Product tags alone do not create filters on current versions. Checkout and other apps are unchanged.

> **Info**
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> For the full Shopify walkthrough, see [enable product filtering](https://help.shopify.com/en/manual/online-store/themes/customizing-themes/common-customizations/storefront-filters).

## Steps (Blockshop)

1. Install [Search & Discovery](https://apps.shopify.com/search-and-discovery) from the Shopify App Store if it is not already installed, then open the app in Shopify admin.
2. Open **Filters** and add the filters you want (for example Availability, Price, Color).
3. Save. Preview a **collection** page in **Edit theme**, not the homepage.
4. If the **Filter** button or drawer is missing, open the collection template in **Edit theme**, select **Collection navigation**, and turn on **Enable filtering**. You can also turn on **Enable sorting** and **Enable layout switcher** there. Filter tag **Shape** (Round or Square) is in the same section.

Filters need products that actually have those options or metafields. Empty filters do not appear.

![Blockshop collection filters in Theme editor](https://support.troopthemes.com/_images/blockshop/product-filters--settings.jpg)

## Troubleshooting (Blockshop)

- **No filter UI at all**: Search & Discovery is not installed, you are previewing the homepage, or **Enable filtering** is off in **Collection navigation**. Open a collection template and turn it on.
- **A filter you added is missing**: no products in that collection have that option/metafield, or the filter is set not to show when empty.
- **You are still adding product tags expecting a Refine list**: current versions use Search & Discovery filters, not tag groups.