Sort WooCommerce Products by SKU

wc-sku-sorting.php

<?php // ONLY COPY THIS LINE IF NEEDED!

/**
 * Adds the ability to sort products in the shop based on the SKU
 * Can be combined with tips here to display the SKU on the shop page: https://www.skyverge.com/blog/add-information-to-woocommerce-shop-page/
 *
 * @param array $args the sorting args
 * @return array updated args
 */
function sv_add_sku_sorting( $args ) {

	$orderby_value = isset( $_GET['orderby'] ) ? wc_clean( $_GET['orderby'] ) : apply_filters( 'woocommerce_default_catalog_orderby', get_option( 'woocommerce_default_catalog_orderby' ) );

	if ( 'sku' == $orderby_value ) {
		$args['orderby'] = 'meta_value';
		$args['order'] = 'asc'; // lists SKUs alphabetically 0-9, a-z; change to desc for reverse alphabetical
		$args['meta_key'] = '_sku';
	}

	return $args;
}
add_filter( 'woocommerce_get_catalog_ordering_args', 'sv_add_sku_sorting' );


/**
 * Add the option to the orderby dropdown.
 *
 * @param array $sortby the sortby options
 * @return array updated sortby
 */
function sv_sku_sorting_orderby( $sortby ) {

	// Change text above as desired; this shows in the sorting dropdown
	$sortby['sku'] = __( 'Sort by SKU', 'textdomain' );

	return $sortby;
}
add_filter( 'woocommerce_catalog_orderby', 'sv_sku_sorting_orderby' );
add_filter( 'woocommerce_default_catalog_orderby_options', 'sv_sku_sorting_orderby' );

Thank you, you saved my time 👍

How to make sort by sku as default? Thankyou very much.

Awesome thanks so much. Did exactly what I needed it to.

Thank you, it solved my problem :)

Really really useful, thank you! Is there an easy way of forcing WC to use this new SKU sort as the default sorting option?

You can choose it as the default in your settings when this snippet is applied

So you can! I had totally forgotten the "default product sorting" was under Appearance -> Customize now.

Many, many thanks - great snippet. Virtual beer heading your way!

Maybe you can help us, this code works perfectly, the problem is with the numbers example:

A-01
A-02
A-03
....
A-09
A-10
A-100
A-11
A-12
.....

any suggestion? thanks in advance

I'm having the same problem .. any guess yet? thanks

natural sorting isn't possible without more extensive customization of WordPress, you can read more here. Not something you could do with these filters since they use WP_Query.

Thanks a lot for this, i thought it would be harder to do

Great code, thank you very much. I want to order a machinery catalog by brand and between each brand by year, and between year by price. That is, for example:
John Deere machines go first. Among all the John Deere, the order must be by year descending, and when the year coincides, the more expensive go first. How can I achieve this? I read a lot of material but nothing helpful. Thanks.

Thank you, this works for me.

I am unable to find the string in WPML for translating it. Any idea? Thank you!

How can I enable this in Woocommerce REST API too ?

It works great, thank you! Any way to add both alphabetical and reverse alphabetical without getting error on frontpage?
I just:

• cloned the snippet
• changed function name
• changed 'asc' to 'desc'
• changed describing text for dropdown

... but that's not enough since I still get error on frontpage.

Thanks a ton

It works! Thank you, you saved my time!

Maybe you can help us, this code works perfectly, the problem is with the numbers example:

A-01 A-02 A-03 .... A-09 A-10 A-100 A-11 A-12 .....

any suggestion? thanks in advance

if you use alphabet & number in SKU, change
$args['orderby'] = 'meta_value';
to
$args['orderby'] = 'meta_value meta_value_num';

if just number, change to
$args['orderby'] = 'meta_value_num';

Would appreciate help
I want the products listed for "order"
Will be sorted in ascending or descending order by SKU

In short all my orders will be with a list of products arranged in order of SKU

Is there a way to make this or a supplement?
Thanks in advance

Great code! Thanks :)

This code worked perfect! And setting the default order by Appearance Settings did the trick! Thanks!

Awesome! Thnx!

Thank you 💥