Extra Product Sorting Options for WooCommerce

About Extra Product Sorting Options for WooCommerce

Extra Product Sorting Options for WooCommerce is a plugin that adds additional sorting options to your WooCommerce shop page. You can rename the default sorting, enable alphabetical or reverse alphabetical sorting, sort by sale status, inventory availability, or review count, and even remove core sorting options if desired. It requires PHP 7.4, WooCommerce 3.9+, and WordPress 5.6+ to work.

Screenshots

Extra Product Sorting Options for WooCommerce screenshot

Frequently asked questions

What are the requirements for this plugin?

This plugin requires PHP 7.4, WooCommerce 3.9+, and WordPress 5.6+ to function correctly.

Can I rename the default product sorting option?

Yes, you can rename the default product sorting option to something more descriptive like "Our Sorting" or "Our Selection".

What new sorting options can I add?

You can add up to 5 new sorting options, including alphabetical, reverse alphabetical, on sale, review count, and availability product sorting.

Does on-sale sorting work for all product types?

No, the on-sale sorting feature only works for simple products.

How does sorting by availability work?

Sorting by availability enables products to be listed from high stock to low stock.

Changelog

2023.07.28 – version 2.10.0

Misc – Add compatibility for WooCommerce High Performance Order Storage (HPOS)
Misc – Require PHP 7.4+, WordPress 5.6+ and WooCommerce 3.9+

2022.07.31 – version 2.9.1

Misc – Rename to Extra Product Sorting Options for WooCommerce

2021.04.27 – version 2.9.0

Feature – Allow users to remove core sorting options
Misc – Require WordPress 4.4+
Misc – Require WooCommerce 3.5+
Misc – Require PHP 5.6+

2020.05.04 – version 2.8.4

Misc – Add support for WooCommerce 4.1

2020.03.10 – version 2.8.3

Misc – Add support for WooCommerce 4.0

2020.02.05 – version 2.8.2

Misc – Add support for WooCommerce 3.9

2019.10.24 – version 2.8.1

Misc – Add support for WooCommerce 3.8

= 2019.08.15 – version 2.8.0
* Misc: Add support for WooCommerce 3.7
* Misc: Remove support for WooCommerce 2.6

= 2019.06.12 – version 2.7.4
* Misc: Declare support for WooCommerce 3.6

2018.10.30 – version 2.7.3

Fix: Respect product shortcode ordering on product pages
Misc: Add support for WooCommerce 3.5

2018.08.10 – version 2.7.2

Localization – Bundled French translation, thanks Jérôme Wymann!

2018.02.13 – version 2.7.1

Fix: PHP warnings for themes that don’t support WooCommerce product column and row settings

2018.02.08 – version 2.7.0

Tweak: Move settings to customizer panel in WooCommerce 3.3+
Fix: Ensure default sorting can be renamed if translated
Misc: Add support for WooCommerce 3.3
Misc: Require WooCommerce 2.6.14 and WordPress 4.4

2017.08.22 – version 2.6.1

Fix: PHP warning when WooCommerce is outdated

2017.03.23 – version 2.6.0

Feature: Sort products by review count
Misc: Removes ‘featured first’ sorting in shops running WooCommerce 3.0+ since featured meta is no longer available for products (see notes for further details)
Misc: Added support for WooCommerce 3.0
Misc: Removed support for WooCommerce 2.3.x

2016.07.28 – version 2.5.0

Misc: removed ‘randomized’ sorting due to issues with larger catalogs (see notes for further details)

2016.05.31 – version 2.4.0

Misc: added support for WooCommerce 2.6
Misc: removed support for WooCommerce 2.2

2016.01.18 – version 2.3.0

Misc: updated textdomain to woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options – please update translations!
Misc: WooCommerce 2.5 compatibility

2015.09.07 – version 2.2.3

Fix: properly use orderby attributes when passed in via shortcode

2015.08.17 – version 2.2.2

Misc: introduced wc_extra_sorting_options_fallback_order filter
Misc: pass in $orderby_value to wc_extra_sorting_options_fallback and wc_extra_sorting_options_fallback_order filters to let you change them for particular orderby

2015.07.27 – version 2.2.1

Misc: WooCommerce 2.4 compatibility

2015.07.13 – version 2.2.0

Feature: added title fallback to use as secondary sorting parameter
Misc: introduced wc_extra_sorting_options_fallback filter
Misc: dropped WooCommerce 2.1 support since 2.2 added orderby = rand support

2015.02.06 – version 2.1.1

Fix: bug with loading translations

2015.02.03 – version 2.1.0

Misc: WooCommerce 2.3 compatibility

2015.01.09 – version 2.0.1

Fix: Squished a bug affecting random sorting

2015.01.05 – version 2.0.0

Misc: Refactored to simplify code and add upgrade routine
Feature: Added “Featured” sorting
Feature: Added “Availability” sorting
Tweak: Changed settings to multi-select instead of checkbox group
Tweak: Text domain is now wc-extra-sorting-options instead of woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options

2014.07.30 – version 1.2.0

Feature: Added “On Sale” sorting (thanks Bryce Adams for the idea)

2014.07.29 – version 1.1.0

Feature: Added reverse alphabetical sorting option

2014.07.28 – version 1.0.0

Initial Release