# Manage product lists

> The catalogs your storefront shows — membership, ordering, and templates.

Source: CBX documentation, version 4.0 preview (unreleased). Canonical page: https://docs.configbox.at/docs/4.0-preview/admin-guide/products/manage-product-lists. Last updated 2026-08-02.

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> **Audience:** store admins · **Scope:** the Product Lists screen · **Last reviewed:** 2026-07-20

**What this does** — Product lists are the catalogs customers browse ("Demo Products" in the demo
store). A list decides which products appear together and in what order; a product can sit in
several lists, and a list typically backs one storefront page.

> **Platform note:** on **Magento 2** product lists don't exist — Magento's own catalog plays
> that role, so the menu entry is absent by design. On **Joomla** and **WordPress** a list
> becomes a storefront page only when something points at it: on Joomla create a **menu item**
> of type *CBX → Product List*; on WordPress the plugin maintains a page per list
> automatically, and you can also place one on any page with the
> `[configbox view="productlist" id="…"]` shortcode. See
> [CBX on Joomla](https://docs.configbox.at/docs/4.0-preview/admin-guide/getting-started/platform/cbx-on-joomla) and
> [CBX on WordPress](https://docs.configbox.at/docs/4.0-preview/admin-guide/getting-started/platform/cbx-on-wordpress).

## Steps

1. Go to **Product Lists**, open a list or **Add**:

   ![The product list form](./img/product-list-edit.jpeg)

2. The fields:
   - **Title** per language, and an optional **Description** shown atop the list page.
   - **Template** — the layout that renders this list (Default unless your site has custom
     layouts).
   - **Active** — live or not.
   - **Sort products by** — **Title** (alphabetical) or manual: with manual sorting, drag the
     rows in **Products in this list** into the order you want on the storefront.
3. Manage membership from either side, whichever is handier:
   - here: **Add** / **Remove** products in the **Products in this list** table, or
   - on the product form: tick the lists under *"In which product lists do you want to show
     this product?"*.
4. **Save**.

## What happens next

The storefront list page reflects membership and order immediately. Each tile shows the
product's image, title, price block and (if enabled) review stars — what the tile offers
(buy/details buttons, short description) is set per product in its *Display in productlistings* section.

## Good to know

- A product in **no** list is reachable only by direct link — fine for hidden or link-only
  offers, usually an oversight otherwise.
- **Settings → Checkout → Product List for continue shopping** picks the list customers return to after
  adding to cart — point it at your main catalog.
- Lists are also a scoping device in the back office: the product tree's filter dropdown narrows
  to one list.