Shop by Brand add-on settings

Brand attribute: This setting allows you to specify the global attribute field that should be used for brands. If you have any global attribute fields configured in your store, their names will be provided in the drop-down box as a list so you can select one of them. If you do not have any global attribute fields, you will need to create at least one to become available for selection here.

Default order to sort products on brand pages: This setting defines the default sorting order applied to products displayed on brand pages in the storefront.

A brand page is a page like https://example.com/4play-wheels (where https://example.com/ is your store's address, and "4Play Wheels" is the brand name); one can access such a page from the brand listing page https://example.com/all-brands/ or from the Shop by Brand block on the Front page.

The available options are:

Show brand name along with product name: This setting controls whether the brand name is displayed together with the product name in product listings and on the product details page.

If enabled, and provided that the Shop By Brand add-on is active, the product has a brand assigned, and the brand name is not empty, the product name will be displayed in the following format:

[ Brand Name ] – [ Product Name ]

If the add-on is disabled, no brand is assigned to the product, or the brand name is empty, only the product name will be displayed:

[ Product Name ]

By default, this setting is disabled.

Sort brands by: This setting determines the order in which brand names are listed on the Brands page. The available options are “Brand names” (alphabetically), “Admin-defined order,” and “Number of products.”

Enable pagination: This should be enabled only if the store has many brands.

Max number of brands per page: Set the maximum number of brands that can be displayed per page by default when a user views the store’s brands on the Brands page. (The user may choose to reset this number).

Jump bar: This setting enables the ability for shoppers to filter the brands on the Brands page by the initial letter of the brand name; a storefront screen with A-Z lettering is provided.

For example, in the screenshot below you can see brand names filtered by the letter "M".

Search by name: This setting enables the ability for shoppers to search for brands on the Brands page by the name. For example, in the screenshot below you can see the result of brand name search using the search string "moto".

Show block on Front page: If enabled, the Brands block is displayed in the sidebar column on the store’s Home page. Not displayed if disabled.

Show block on category pages: If enabled, the Brands block is displayed in the sidebar column on the store’s category pages. Not displayed if disabled.

Show block on Make/Model/Year pages: If enabled, the Brands block is displayed in the sidebar column on the store’s Make/Model/Year pages (pages like https://example.com/audi/a1-8x-/2011-2015/1-4-tfsi-185-). Not displayed if disabled.

Sort brands by: This setting determines the order in which brand names are listed within the Brands block. The available options are “Brand names” (alphabetically), “Admin-defined order,” and “Number of products.”

Max number of brands: Set the maximum number of brands that can be displayed in the Brands block in the sidebar column on the storefront. Brands over this number will be visible on the Brands page, to which a link will be provided at the bottom of the block.

Show block on Front page: If enabled, the Brands section is displayed in the central column on the store’s Home page. Not displayed if disabled.

Show block on category pages: If enabled, the Brands block is displayed in the central column on the store’s category pages. Not displayed if disabled.

Show block on Make/Model/Year pages: If enabled, the Brands block is displayed in the central column on the store’s Make/Model/Year pages (pages like https://example.com/audi/a1-8x-/2011-2015/1-4-tfsi-185-). Not displayed if disabled.

Sort brands by: This setting determines the order in which brand names are listed within the Brands block. The available options are “Brand names” (alphabetically), “Admin-defined order,” and “Number of products.”

Max number of brands: Set the maximum number of brands that can be displayed in the Brands block in the central column on the storefront. Brands over this number will be visible on the Brands page, to which a link will be provided at the bottom of the block.