Sort products by multiple criteria, including name, ID, date, price, sales, reviews, and stock quantity or use a custom drag and drop to rearrange products for categories, subcategories, and tags.
Installation and Activation
↑ Back to top- Download the .zip file for Sort Products for WooCommerce.
- Go to: WordPress Admin > Plugins > Add New to upload the file you downloaded with Choose File
- Now, Install and Activate the extension.
More information at: Install and Activate Plugins/Extensions.
Sort Products for Categories/Subcategories
↑ Back to topGo to: Sort Products > Now Click on the Sort Out Products for each Category (All the categories and subcategories on your store will be displayed
here).
- Click on desired Category to Expand
- Check to Activate Sorting for the Category
- Select Ascending or Descending Order
- Now Select Sorting Order from the Drop-down Menu
- Save Settings
Note: You can apply only one sorting order for one category. It is impossible to apply multiple sorting orders for one category.
Sort Products for Tags
↑ Back to topNow Click on the Sort Out Products for Each Tag (All the tags on your store will be shown here).
- Click on a Tag to Expand
- Check to Activate Sorting for the Tag
- Select Ascending or Descending Order
- Now Select Sorting Order from the Drop-down Menu
- Save Settings.
Custom Sorting Using Drag & Drop Option
↑ Back to topNow, click on the Custom Products Sorting, and select your desired category/subcategory or tag.
Simply drag & drop to position your products on the category pages and tag pages. All products are shown in a
grid, you can simply drag & drop products to the desired position.
Note: if you have hundreds of products then you can display the “All Products” on a single page in grid to custom sort. As, you cannot drag & drop products from navigation pages. You need to increase the number of product entries in product grid as shown below.
If you have 100+ products and entries limit is set to 20, then you can’t drag products from position 21 or onward to top position. For this, first you need to increase the entries limit as shown below.
Hide Sorting Order on Front-end
↑ Back to topYou can hide the drop-down menu of sorting order from the front-end to show products to the customers in the way you sorted.
- Click on General Settings within Sort Products.
- Enable Manage Default WooCommerce Ordering To Show Or Hide From The Archive Pages.