Change default sorting for specific Woocommerce product category archive pages

Question

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 > Displa

Answer 1

Here better and WORKING solution

add_filter('woocommerce_get_catalog_ordering_args', 'woocommerce_catalog_orderby');
function woocommerce_catalog_orderby( $args ) {
    if( is_product_category( 'shirts' ) ) {  // <- define category slug- returns true or false
        $args['orderby']  = 'meta_value_num';
        $args['order']    = 'ASC'; // <- order ASC or DESC
        $args['meta_key'] = '_price'; // <- _price is meta_value_num's key - required
    }
    return $args;
}

Please also read about WP_Query order & orderby here: https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_query/#order-orderby-parameters

Answer 2

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" ]

Answer 3

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.