What Is Default Sorting in WooCommerce?

When you first install WooCommerce, the default sorting option for products is set to “Sort by popularity”. This means that products with the most sales will be displayed first. While this option may work well for some stores, others may want to change the default sorting to better suit their needs. For example, you may want to sort by “Newness” so that your newest products are displayed first, or by “Price” so that your most expensive products are displayed first.

There are two ways to change the default sorting in WooCommerce. The first method is to go to WooCommerce > Settings > Products > Default product sorting.

From here, you can select the default sorting option that you want from the dropdown menu. The second method is to add a line of code to your functions.php file. You can add the following code:

add_filter( 'woocommerce_default_catalog_orderby', 'custom_default_catalog_orderby' );
function custom_default_catalog_orderby( $orderby ) {
$orderby = "price";
return $orderby;}

This code will change the default sorting to “Sort by price”. You can change “price” to any of the other options listed above (e.g., “newness”, “popularity”, etc. ).