How to change a products sort order in a Magento 2 category?

Magento 2 Commerce Edition

Step 1. Navigate to Catalog > Categories and change the Store View on the top of the page, if needed.

Step 2. Choose the required category from the category tree.

Step 3. Expand the Products in Category tab, and then click the tiles icon to display the product tiles on a grid.

Step 4. You can sort the products in 2 ways Manual or Automatic.

Step 5. For manual changing of the sort order in the Magento 2 category, choose the needed option from the Sort Order dropdown and click on the Sort button to apply for the sort order. Also, you can use a Visual merchandiser and change the position of products with the drag-and-drop tool. Update any invalid indexers if needed and save the category.

Step 6. For automatic sorting, choose the Yes option in the Match products by rule field and then choose the needed variant form the Automatic Sorting dropdown. Moreover, you can add conditions to the category. Click on the Add condition button and choose the needed Attribute for your rule. Choose one of the following options for the Operator:

• Equal;
• Not equal;
• Greater than;
• Greater than or equal to;
• Less than;
• Less than or equal to;
• Contains;

And fill in the Value.

Repeat these steps for all the conditions you need.

Step 7. When you are ready, save the category and clean the cache. Then go to your store frontend and check the result of the new Magento 2 sort order.

For more information about product sorting, in Magento 2 Commerce, check the official documentation.