WooCommerce - Change default catalog sort order

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/**
 * This code should be added to functions.php of your theme
 **/
add_filter('woocommerce_default_catalog_orderby', 'custom_default_catalog_orderby');

function custom_default_catalog_orderby() {
     return 'date'; // Can also use title and price
}

Same issue as @silentptnr - Any known solutions for this?

I used the Sort by SKU code and it works. Only problem is numeric sku's are sorting like text instead of numbers. 1,10,100,101 etc. How change I make it so the order is normal numeric. 1,2,3,4,5 etc?

Thank you!

There is wordpress woocommerce plugin available which sort featured product first and then make regular sorting. Please see plugin WooCommerce Featured First Wordpress Plugin

Hi guyz and thank you for the helpful info.

The code works for me, but i have an issue with the order of the products on the product category page.
Product with sku B 3.10 is showing right after product with sku B 3.1 ...is there a solution for this?

just like @razorfrog and @silentptnr

@razorfrog, @silentptnr to sort sku as numeric replace:
$args['orderby'] = 'meta_value';
with
$args['orderby'] = 'meta_value_num';
This gives strict numeric order e.g 10, 90, 101
@CovinoDaPoet - don't know what it will do if you have alpha and numeric in your sku though

Hey can anyone help with the following:
I used the code to override the default sort order with a custom meta key:
add_filter('woocommerce_get_catalog_ordering_args', 'custom_default_catalog_orderby');

function custom_default_catalog_orderby( $args ) {
if(!isset( $_GET['orderby'] ) ) {
$args['orderby'] = 'meta_value';
$args['order'] = 'asc';
$args['meta_key'] = 'pa_materiaal';

return $args;

}
}

but I would like have the custom meta key sorted on product title as well. So sort first on custom meta key and then sort on product title. Does anyone have suggestions for me?

Hi, I need to set the default sorting by price BUT only for one specific category.
Can someone help?

Is it possible to sort by stock status?

Q:- How to sort differently for a particular category e.g. XYZ category? Please help me

add_filter('woocommerce_get_catalog_ordering_args', 'pnp_woocommerce_catalog_orderby');
function pnp_woocommerce_catalog_orderby( $args ) {
	$args['meta_key'] = 'xyzEventsDate';
	$args['orderby'] = date('Y-m-d', strtotime('meta_value_date'));
	$args['order'] = 'DESC';
    return $args;
}

#1 Till now I have now idea how to run the filter function only for a particular category?
#2 Am I doing right in the above code?

I would like for one category to be sorted, by default, a different way to the others.
eg - 'new arrivals' default sorted by date - all other categories sorted by popularity.
I have set the default sorting to 'popularity' within the woocommerce settings.

My code below results in the /product-category/new-arrivals page returning no products.

Here is my code to change the sorting order for /product-category/new-arrivals.

`add_filter('woocommerce_get_catalog_ordering_args','tolka_change_ordering',10,1);

function tolka_change_ordering($args)
{
if(is_product_category())
{
global $wp_query;
$cat = $wp_query->get_queried_object();
var_dump($args);

      if($cat->term_id === 68)  //new arrivals
    {
    $args['orderby'] = 'date ID';
	$args['order'] = 'ASC';
	$args['meta_key'] = '';
    }

}
var_dump($args);
return $args;
}
`
Here is the output of the var_dumps:

`array(3) { ["orderby"]=> string(16) "menu_order title" ["order"]=> string(3) "ASC" ["meta_key"]=> string(11) "total_sales" } 
array(3) { ["orderby"]=> string(7) "date ID" ["order"]=> string(3) "ASC" ["meta_key"]=> string(0) "" }`

Any input would be appreciated :)
Dee
ps - not sure what's going on with the formatting - couldn't get the full function in a code block.

Thanks
It help me in setup default sorting order for specific category only.

code :
function custom_default_catalog_orderby() {
if( is_product_category('jeans-women')) // jeans-women slug of category for which u want default sort on Date
return 'date'; // Can also use title and price
}

None of the code on this page works completely.

Here's a blog post that explains exactly what everyone is trying to do:

https://webhostingbuddy.com/blog/woocommerce-default-sort-method-for-specific-category/

TY :)

Obrigado!

Thank you so much. I try to re-order by modified date and got stuck. Now I see your code. It's save my day.

add_filter('woocommerce_get_catalog_ordering_args', 'am_woocommerce_catalog_orderby');
function am_woocommerce_catalog_orderby( $args ) {
$args['meta_key'] = '';
$args['orderby'] = 'modified';
$args['order'] = 'desc';
return $args;
}

Thanks you i have success in my site

Hi everyone, I'm deal with default sorting with meta key. Using ReHub theme + Woocomerce. I need to have sorted all product regarding their rehub_review_overall_score - it's meta key in ReHub theme.

//Adding custom sort
add_filter( 'woocommerce_get_catalog_ordering_args', 'custom_product_sorting' );
function custom_product_sorting( $args ) {
// Sort score DESC
if ( isset( $_GET['orderby'] ) && 'score-desc' === $_GET['orderby'] ) {
$args['meta_key'] = 'rehub_review_overall_score';
$args['orderby'] = 'meta_value_num';
$args['order'] = 'desc';
}
return $args;
}

//have custom sort as default
add_filter('woocommerce_default_catalog_orderby', 'default_catalog_orderby');
function default_catalog_orderby( $sort_by ) {
return 'score-desc';
}

The code is working properly only when I use it in URL, like ?orderby=score-desc but for default it's not sorting the products regarding their score.

Do you know where is the problem and how to solve it?

Thak you very much

If you want the catalog ordering to still work properly you should wrap your code in something like:

function woocommerce_catalog_orderby( $args ) {
if(!$_GET['orderby']) {
$args['orderby'] = 'menu_order';
$args['order'] = 'asc';
}
return $args;
}

I was having a problem with a client wanting a specific order while also wanting the sorting to still function. This worked.

Thank you sir! 👍

@hoaiphatcr YOU saved my day!!!! thanks!!!

This Gist has been mentioned on Stack Overflow a few times:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47627079/sort-products-by-desc-order-in-woocommerce

A few other related threads:

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70472545/query-products-and-order-by-date-and-stocks-status-in-woocommerce

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/49293087/woocommerce-default-sorting-not-working-when-set-custom-ordering