WooCommerce business owners are interested in a variety of tactics for increasing sales. The order in which WooCommerce goods are presented can significantly impact conversions. In this post, we will examine one of the WooCommerce reordering options, WooCommerce Product Sorting.
This article describes what product sorting is and how you can sort WooCommerce products. So, without further ado, let’s get started.
What is WooCommerce Product Sorting?
WooCommerce Product Sorting allows users to refine their product searches to quickly and easily locate the desired items. It seems straightforward, right? But brace yourselves; it is more complicated than that.
WooCommerce Product Sorting can be pretty advantageous for both customers and merchants. Customers, for instance, rank things by Best Seller/Most Viewed alternatives when searching for the most popular product and by Newest Option for freshly introduced items.
In turn, this will improve their UX and purchasing experience, which will eventually please the seller behind the screen.
Product sorting Options of WooCommerce
With WooCommerce’s default settings, you can rearrange products in multiple ways. So, let’s check them out!
Default WooCommerce Sorting
- The WooCommerce customizer can be accessed through Appearance → Customize → WooCommerce.
- Then go to the Product Catalog section.
- Under default product sorting, there are five choices for setting the default product display sort.
These are:
- Default sorting with custom ordering and name.
- Sort by Price (asc)
- Sort By Price (desc)
- Average rating
- Sort by most recent
- Popularity (sales)
Global Attribute and Attribute Value Sorting
So, if you want to add or modify your global attribute for variable products, you can do that in WooCommerce.
- For that, go to Dashboard→Products→Attributes.
Suppose you want to add color and size for products; you can add them here. You can also select sorting order here. You’ll see Custom order, Name, Name numeric, and Term ID. The name clarifies exactly how they sort.
- Then you can go to the configure terms to add different colors (attribute values).
You’ll also see a dragging option to sort out the colors (values) as per your own sequence.
And the same thing goes for the size attribute.
Then again, let’s assume you want to show the colors attribute first and then the size attribute for a specific product. You can do that as well.
- Just go to the product page → edit product.
- Scroll down a little bit, and you’ll see product data.
- Select attributes, and you’ll see the Size and Color attribute.
You’ll have the dragging option to sort them just like this.
Menu Order
So, on your shop page, suppose you want to showcase a specific product in the first position.
To do that:
- Click on that product.
- Click edit product.
- Scroll down a little bit, and you’ll see product data.
- Select Advanced, and you’ll see a menu order option.
- Give the value 0 if you want to showcase that product in the first position.
If you have multiple products with the value 0, the shop page will showcase those products alphabetically.
ProductX Sorting
Now that we have seen the default WooCommerce sorting options, what happens if you want to create your shop page with a plugin? Well, there are multiple plugins to do that. One of the main things people look for when making a customized shop is customized sorting. You’ll need another plugin to do that.
But. But.. But…
ProductX is a fantastic plugin that not only creates a custom shop page. But the cherry on the top is that ProductX is an all-in-one solution for those who want to sort their products on a custom shop page.
Using ProductX, you can create a custom shop page and do product sorting without needing any other plugin. Amazing, right?
So, let’s see how it’s done.
- First, you’ll add a new page, then select a product grid.
In the right sidebar, you’ll see settings options.
- First, go to the query builder option.
In a query, the options are premade, meaning the sortings are already pre-designed.
You’ll have the following options in the quick query setting.
- Recent View Products
- Random Product
- Random Product (7 Days)
- Random Product (30 Days)
- Top Rated Product (Average)
- Most Rated Product (Review Count)
- Most Sales (Last 24hr)
- Most Sales (Last 7 Days)
- Most Sales (Last 1 Month)
- Most Sales (Last 3 Months)
- Most Sales (All-Time)
- Most View (All-Time)
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WooCommerce Product Sorting by Rating
One of the most craved options for product sorting is via its rating. ProductX knows it and, for obvious reasons, handpicked these options for your shop page.
- Top Rated Product (Average)
- Most Rated Product (Review Count)
WooCommerce Random Product Sorting
You can do that with the query builder to sort your shop page by random products.
ProductX has three ready-made randomized sorting options. To select this sorting:
- Go to settings.
- Go to the query option.
- Click the Quick Query dropdown menu.
There you can select the following options.
- Random Product
- Random Product (7 Days)
- Random Product (30 Days)
WooCommerce Trending Product Sorting
Sorting the shop page with trending items is an excellent way of making the shop appealing. So, ProductX has the setting to do that as well.
- Recent View Products
- Most View (All-Time)
You’ll find the options in the same place in the query.
WooCommerce Product Sorting by Sales
If you want to sort your shop by most sold products, ProductX’s query builder has the option ready for you.
You can sort by the following options:
- Most Sales (Last 24hr)
- Most Sales (Last 7 Days)
- Most Sales (Last 1 Month)
- Most Sales (Last 3 Months)
WooCommerce Product Sorting by Order
Sorting products by the order is another top-tier priority option for shop page owners and sellers. So, to fulfill them, ProductX brings out the order with multiple options.
You’ll have the following options to sort your shop page by order.
- New To Oldest
- Oldest To New
- Title Alphabetical
- Title Alphabetical Reversed
- Date
- Price High To Low
- Price Low To High
- Popular By Sales
- Popular By View
- Last Modified Date
- Random
ProductX also has the filter sorting option. You can turn it on from general settings. In filter sorting, you can sort your products into different categories.
👉🏼Product filter can help you make your page more organized.
WooCommerce Product Sorting by Category
Then you’ll have the option to select a category. For this example, we have the following categories:
- Clothing
- Hoodies
- Accessories
- Tshirts
- Music
- Decor
After that, You’ll see the Action filter option with the following options:
- Top Sale
- Popular (View)
- On Sale
- Most Rated
- Top Rated
- Featured
- New Arrival
The name clarifies exactly how they sort. The user will have the option to pick a suitable category while looking for products.
WooCommerce Product Sorting by Popularity
Sorting the list of items by popularity is one of the most selected categories for users, so giving them this option to choose will make your shop page more appealing.
You can select the Popular (View) from the action filter to add this.
WooCommerce Product Sorting by Sales
Top sale and on sale are some of the most popular product searching options.
You can select the Top sale and On Sale option from the action and filter to add this.
WooCommerce Product Sorting by Featured Product
Displaying featured items on a shop page is a great idea to boost sales.
You can select the Featured option from the action filter to add this.
WooCommerce Product Sorting by Newest Arrival
Showcasing newly added items on a shop page guarantees a higher buying count.
You can select the New Arrival option from the action filter to add this.
WooCommerce Product Sorting by Rated Products
Ratings of a product definitely increase the selling game for any product. So, ProductX has added two amazingly refined filter options: Most Rated and Top Rated.
To add this, you can select the Most Rated and Top Rated option from the action filter.
Conclusion
So, now you have a basic idea of how you can use WooCommerce’s default option to sort your products. And also how to sort products with the ProductX plugin. If you have any questions feel free to let us know.
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