How to Configure Product Listings in Magento 2

In this post, we will discuss how to configure product listings in Magento 2. Setting the effective way to show your product listings will help encourage customers to buy more and customers will conveniently and easily find their preferred products. You can set the default number product listing to appear as a list or in a grid. In the backend, you can also determine the selection number of products appearing per page and select which attribute is used to sort the list. Moreover, you can even set to allow customers to view all products per page or not. Build a product recommendation system like Amazon such as “You also may like” feature, frequently bought together, who bought this also bought is also a good idea. Now, let’s start with Configuring Product Listings in Magento 2.

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Steps to configure Product Listings in Magento 2

On the Admin panel, click Stores. Select Configuration under the Settings section
Click Catalog in the lept panel and then select Catalog
Open the Storefront section, and follow steps:

How to Configure Product Listings

Select default List Mode by choosing one of the following lists
- Grid Only
- List Only
- Grid (default) / List
- List (default / Grid
In the Products per page on Grid Allowed Values field, enter the number of products that shown per page on grid as you want. If you want to set a list of values, please separate each number by a comma.
In the Products per Page on Grid Default Value field, enter the number you want to set default for product appearing per page on grid.
In the Products per Page on List Allowed Values field, enter the number of products that shown per page on list as you want. If you want to set a list of values, please separate each number by a comma.
In the Products per page on List Default Value field, enter the number you want to set default for product appearing per page on list.
In the Allow All Products on Page field, choose Yes to allow customers to show a list of all products
In the Product Listing Sort by field, set the default attribute to sort products, one of the following lists:
- Position
- Name
- Price
If you use a flat catalog, do the following
- In the Use Flat Catalog Category, select Yes
- In the Use Flat Catalog Product, set to Yes
In the Allow Dynamic Media URLs in Products and Categories field, set to Yes if you want to allow dynamic references for media assets in category and product URLs

When complete, click Save Config.

Final words

Product listings are considered guidelines for customers in the product search process. A good product listing display can encourage more views and generate more sales. In addition, you can use Product Labels to gain customers’ attention, or other product recommendation tools to give related suggestions. Therefore, this tutorial hopefully provides you with ideas to optimize your product listings. If you have any concerns, don’t hesitate to leave comments below.

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