Create a Custom WooCommerce Product Loop (The Right Way). See https://cfxdesign.com/create-a-custom-woocommerce-product-loop-the-right-way

woocommerce_loop-custom.php

<?php

  if(!function_exists('wc_get_products')) {
    return;
  }

  $paged                   = (get_query_var('paged')) ? absint(get_query_var('paged')) : 1;
  $ordering                = WC()->query->get_catalog_ordering_args();
  $ordering['orderby']     = array_shift(explode(' ', $ordering['orderby']));
  $ordering['orderby']     = stristr($ordering['orderby'], 'price') ? 'meta_value_num' : $ordering['orderby'];
  $products_per_page       = apply_filters('loop_shop_per_page', wc_get_default_products_per_row() * wc_get_default_product_rows_per_page());

  $featured_products       = wc_get_products(array(
    'meta_key'             => '_price',
    'status'               => 'publish',
    'limit'                => $products_per_page,
    'page'                 => $paged,
    'featured'             => true,
    'paginate'             => true,
    'return'               => 'ids',
    'orderby'              => $ordering['orderby'],
    'order'                => $ordering['order'],
  ));

  wc_set_loop_prop('current_page', $paged);
  wc_set_loop_prop('is_paginated', wc_string_to_bool(true));
  wc_set_loop_prop('page_template', get_page_template_slug());
  wc_set_loop_prop('per_page', $products_per_page);
  wc_set_loop_prop('total', $featured_products->total);
  wc_set_loop_prop('total_pages', $featured_products->max_num_pages);

  if($featured_products) {
    do_action('woocommerce_before_shop_loop');
    woocommerce_product_loop_start();
      foreach($featured_products->products as $featured_product) {
        $post_object = get_post($featured_product);
        setup_postdata($GLOBALS['post'] =& $post_object);
        wc_get_template_part('content', 'product');
      }
      wp_reset_postdata();
    woocommerce_product_loop_end();
    do_action('woocommerce_after_shop_loop');
  } else {
    do_action('woocommerce_no_products_found');
  }

woocommerce_loop-unmodified.php

<?php

if ( have_posts() ) {
	do_action( 'woocommerce_before_shop_loop' );
	woocommerce_product_loop_start();
	if ( wc_get_loop_prop( 'total' ) ) {
		while ( have_posts() ) {
			the_post();
			do_action( 'woocommerce_shop_loop' );
			wc_get_template_part( 'content', 'product' );
		}
	}
	woocommerce_product_loop_end();
	do_action( 'woocommerce_after_shop_loop' );
} else {
	do_action( 'woocommerce_no_products_found' );
}

How are we able to do $featured_products->total when clearly wc_get_products returns an array?

https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/blob/dd49f89e77acaaa097251fe0a5dd69320ded48c6/includes/wc-product-functions.php#L25

ah, yes. I forgot to pass the paginate property.

Thx for the snippet.

To avoid the PHP Notice,
array_shift(explode(‘ ‘, $ordering[‘orderby’]));
you can change it to
@reset(explode(' ', $ordering['orderby']));

price filter will not work if use this

@honeyamin ok thanks for letting us all know

Use WC_Product_Query if you want everything to work.