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Autocomplete, InstantSearch, and Recommend in the Algolia app blocks now support version 5 of the Algolia API client. Most stores only need to switch the search client version setting to Version 5. If you use custom storefront JavaScript, follow the version 5 upgrade guide. Support for version 4 ends on August 14, 2026.
Algolia AI Search & Discovery lets you customize the sort order and facets of individual collection pages. If you’re using the Collection Search Page feature of Algolia AI Search & Discovery, you can customize collections.

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Enable customization for a collection

Go to Collection Pages and scroll down to the list of collections. Screenshot of a list of collections showing 'Fixed Gear Cycles' with a 'Merchandised' label, and 'Edit' and 'Customise' buttons. Select a collection, click Customise and click Enable. Screenshot of the 'Fixed Gear Cycles' collection customization page showing a description and an 'Enable' button.

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Configure sort orders and facets

Once the customization is enabled, each active sort order and from the Collection Pages feature is copied over for the selected collection. You can then customize them for the collection.

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Sort orders

You can choose which sort orders you want to activate for this particular collection, how you want to call them, and which ones you want to display first. Collection customization sort orders settings in the Shopify admin Each sort order uses a replica . Standard replicas duplicate the from your main index. Virtual replicas don’t. Check that the increased record count stays within your plan’s quota. If you activated the same sort order in Search options and Collection Pages, no new index is created. The app uses the existing replica instead of creating a new index.
Collections share replicas with Search options. If the same sort order is active in Search options and Collection Pages, changing its type in one place also changes it in the other. This can change sorting on other collection or search pages.
For more information, see Sorting.

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Facets

You can choose which facets to activate for this particular collection, how you want to call them, and which ones you want to display first. The Collection customization facets settings in the Shopify admin Facets are primarily used to refine searches. For more information, see Faceting.

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Merchandising

This feature isn’t available on every plan. Refer to your pricing plan to see if it’s included.
You can either create a new merchandising rule for the collection, or edit a previously created rule. The Collection customisation merchandising settings in the Shopify admin To learn more, see Visual merchandising tool.

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Turn off collection customization

Shopify admin showing the option for turning off collection customization To turn off customization for a specific collection, go to the bottom of the page and click Disable. The collection reverts to using the sort orders and facets defined in Collection pages.
Last modified on August 27, 2026