I need to change the default product sorting option to "Newness" for a specific product category on my site. I know you can go to WooCommerce > Settings > Product > Display to globally change the default sorting option, but thats not what I need to do. I need something like:
function change_default_sorting_option(){
if(is_product_category('3555')){
//change default sorting option to newness
}
}
add_action('', 'change_default_sorting_option');
I haven't done much with the sorting functionalities so I'm not exactly sure where to start. I know the function should go in my child theme's functions.php.
here is the correct hook and the way to get for a specific product category archive page, the default sorting by "Newness":
add_filter( 'woocommerce_get_catalog_ordering_args', 'custom_catalog_ordering_args', 20, 1 );
function custom_catalog_ordering_args( $args ) {
$product_category = 't-shirts'; // <== HERE define your product category
// Only for defined product category archive page
if( ! is_product_category($product_category) ) return $args;
// Set default ordering to 'date ID', so "Newness"
$args['orderby'] = 'date ID';
if( $args['orderby'] == 'date ID' )
$args['order'] = 'DESC'; // Set order by DESC
return $args;
}
Code goes in function.php file of your active child theme (or active theme). Tested and works.
Assuming you're working within a custom page template, this should be relatively easy. Not entirely sure if your approach will work with utilizing is_page() to force the sorting of the product to change, however... You can utilize the global WP_Query
to create a custom query, sorting your products however you'd like. Here's an example:
<?php
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'product',
'posts_per_page' => -1, //or... set your post per page and utilize pagination if required.
'orderby' => 'title',
'order' => 'ASC',
);
$loop = new WP_Query( $args );
while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
global $product;
//this is where you can output your products
//which will be ordered according to the set arguments above.
endwhile;
wp_reset_query();
?>
EDIT:
If you're looking for this kind of functionality for a specific category, I would simply create a new page in your system and use the WooCommerce product short-code. You don't need to add anything in your functions.php or hook onto anything this way. The following short-code is an example you can use to...for example order your products on a specific category page by title.
[products category="yourcategory" orderby="title" ]