Different Default Sorting per Category
Sets the default product order for specific categories, for example newest first for "New arrivals" and price for "Clearance", while others keep the store default.
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Code
$wpide_category_sorting = array( // Category slug => default sorting.
'new-arrivals' => 'date',
'clearance' => 'price',
);
add_filter( 'woocommerce_default_catalog_orderby', function ( $orderby ) use ( $wpide_category_sorting ) {
if ( ! is_product_category() ) {
return $orderby;
}
$term = get_queried_object();
return ( $term && isset( $wpide_category_sorting[ $term->slug ] ) ) ? $wpide_category_sorting[ $term->slug ] : $orderby;
} );Notes
Values are the sorting keys WooCommerce uses: menu_order, popularity, rating, date, price, price-desc.
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