WooCommerce - Change default catalog sort order

gistfile1.txt

/**
 * 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
}

@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