Title: Extra Product Sorting Options for WooCommerce Author: SkyVerge Published: July 29, 2014 Last modified: March 2, 2026 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/assets/banner-772x250. png?rev=3303778) ![](https://ps.w.org/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/assets/icon-256x256. png?rev=3303778) # Extra Product Sorting Options for WooCommerce By [SkyVerge](https://profiles.wordpress.org/skyverge/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options.2.11.0.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/) ## Description Extra Product Sorting Options for WooCommerce provides options that extend the default WooCommerce orderby options on the shop page. You can optionally set a new name for the default sorting (helpful if you’ve used this to create a custom sorting order), and can enable up to **5 new sorting options**: alphabetical, reverse alphabetical, on sale, review count, and availability product sorting. You can also remove core sorting options, or remove the sorting dropdown completely. > **Requires: PHP 7.4, WooCommerce 3.9+ and WordPress 5.6+** #### Features Includes options to: * rename default product sorting (i.e., change to “Our Sorting”) * enable alphabetical product sorting * enable reverse alphabetical sorting * enable on sale sorting (**note**: works only for simple products) * enable sorting by inventory / availability * enable sorting by review count (most reviews to least) * remove core sorting options #### Rename Default Sorting You can customize your product sorting order on your shop pages – [here’s a handy tutorial](http://www.sellwithwp.com/create-woocommerce-custom-product-sorting/) to do so. However, many shop admins like to then rename this from “Default Sorting” to something more descriptive, such as “Our Sorting” or “Our Selection”. You can optionally enter a new name for this sorting order if desired. #### Adding Sorting Options When you create a customized sorting order, you lose the ability to sort products alphabetically. This plugin gives you the ability to add new sorting options to list products by title A to Z or in reverse order (Z to A). Want to show items with the highest stock first? You can enable sorting by availability, which will enable sorting from high stock to low stock (See FAQ for more details). You can also sort by the number of product reviews. You can add the option to sort items by sale status – there’s a sorting option to show “On Sale” items first in the shop catalog. Please note that only simple products can be sorted by sale status, and variable products will display mixed with non- sale products. #### Remove Sorting Options You can remove the core sorting options as well! If all sorting options have been removed, the sorting dropdown will become hidden on shop pages. #### Translations **The plugin text domain is**: `woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options` #### More Details * View more of SkyVerge’s [free WooCommerce extensions](https://profiles.wordpress.org/skyverge/) * View all [SkyVerge WooCommerce extensions](http://www.skyverge.com/shop/) * View the FAQ for some tips. ## Screenshots * [[ * Plugin Settings in the WooCommerce customizer panel * [[ * Some new sorting options on the shop page * [[ * Change sorting label (in shop dropdown) with the [Say What plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/say-what/) ## Installation 1. Be sure you’re running WooCommerce 3.5+ and WordPress 4.4+ in your shop. 2. Upload the entire `woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options` folder to the `/wp- content/plugins/` directory, or upload the .zip file with the plugin under **Plugins > Add New > Upload** 3. Activate the plugin through the **Plugins** menu in WordPress 4. Go to **WooCommerce > Settings > Products > Display**. The new settings are added after “Default Product Sorting”. If you enable more sorting options, you can set these as new defaults as well. 5. View [documentation on the product page](http://www.skyverge.com/product/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/) for more help if needed. ## FAQ ### Do I need to rename the default sorting? Nope. You can use this plugin to simply add new sorting options to your shop pages. Any of the settings are entirely optional. ### How do I set my new sorting option as the default? When you check to enable these options, save your Product settings. You’ll now be able to select your new options as a default under the “Default Product Sorting” list. ### Can I change the sorting label in the shop dropdown? Yep! You can use the [Say What plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/say-what/) to change the text – for example, you could change the label that says “Sort by name: A to Z” to “Sort alphabetically”. See the screenshots for an example. The text domain to use is `woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options`. ### Why doesn’t sorting by availability work? Don’t worry, it does 🙂 It’s possible to sort by stock, but this will work for parent products rather than using the stock available at the variation level. You can set this under Product Data > Inventory by enabling “Manage stock”. Set the available stock for _all_ variations, and this will be used to sort the item. You can still manage stock at the variation level. If you don’t manage your stock, you should **disable** this option – it will simply work as an alphabetical sort if all products are just “In Stock” without inventory managed. ### Why can’t on-sale sorting work for variable products? Simple products and variable products use two different “keys” to indicate if they’re on sale. As a result, we can’t order products using two different meta keys, so we’ve used the key that indicates a simple product’s sale price in this plugin. We don’t anticipate changing this in the foreseeable future, as we’ve spent a couple hours trying to get the custom search query to work, but WooCommerce core adds search parameters that conflict with it, and we haven’t found a suitable work-around. ### This is handy! Can I contribute? Yes you can! Join in on our [GitHub repository](https://github.com/skyverge/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/) and submit a pull request 🙂 ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d0033d93efc0a12337b61e86c29f485aff5f9c5e1e7935e041f8d160fa3d56f4? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works as it says](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-as-it-says-21/)󠁿 [GregW](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gwmbox/) December 24, 2025 1 reply I was unsure if this would work with the latest Wordpress (6.9 now) due to another reviewer, but it does. It is great that you can add and remove sorting options. Really helpful so thanks. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/09a75c3e53baa93df108e9967c509cbd7ade41d11814818f1bd71e41335969a8? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works like a charm!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-like-a-charm-2429/)󠁿 [OutBoxed](https://profiles.wordpress.org/outboxed/) October 31, 2025 1 reply Exactly what I needed and was a breeze to install and implement. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e1a3d8b9119ea26a1c1d9ff4ef13920168a745a8246cdda27ddeb4061e152680? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[The best plugin ever](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-best-plugin-ever-107/)󠁿 [Martín](https://profiles.wordpress.org/caparros07/) June 12, 2024 2 replies Thanks at all! I don´t understand how WooCommerce doesn´t have any f.. option to alphabetical sorting or reset the manual sorting in the backend products panel. Genius ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a592d656733310b8dfa26badcb50f0cc65d9668ef3635968fc79be87363d9004? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Plugin indispensable](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-indispensable-15/)󠁿 [antoniorios88](https://profiles.wordpress.org/antoniorios88/) March 25, 2024 2 replies Plugin necesario y obligado para Woocommerce. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ca2688be88d77e62adb97e7b44abe56b37d665a48a5f4159628ba231866cecd9? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Does not work with the Blocksy Theme](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-not-work-with-the-blocksy-theme/)󠁿 [](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kit-coda/) November 22, 2023 1 reply I’ve been able to use this plugin on themes other than Blocksy. It’s unfortunate since the Blocksy Free Theme is one of the best to use for Woocommerce. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1db3d8f481aee12030d636fbb9eb5e1e1961d30ff36c23ce09dd62192f9f2cb4? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[“Sale” sorting ONLY works for simple products](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sale-sorting-only-works-for-simple-products/)󠁿 [vahanavagyan1](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vahanavagyan1/) May 17, 2023 3 replies Hi guys, Why is the “Sale” sorting limited to ONLY simple products? This is bad design — basically customers missing on all on-sale items that are variations. We’ll have to remove your plugin solely due to this problem. This said, any plans including variations? And when? [ Read all 31 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Extra Product Sorting Options for WooCommerce” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ SkyVerge ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/skyverge/) * [ Beka Rice ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bekarice/) * [ tamarazuk ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tamarazuk/) “Extra Product Sorting Options for WooCommerce” has been translated into 6 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Extra Product Sorting Options for WooCommerce” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 2025.03.25 – version 2.11.0 * Fix – “Show on sale first” should not exclude products lacking sale price meta * Misc – Add support for WooCommerce 9.7 #### 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](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/other_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](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/other_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](http://bryceadams.com/order-products-sale-woocommerce/) 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 ## Meta * Version **2.11.0** * Last updated **2 months ago** * Active installations **10,000+** * WordPress version ** 5.6 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Languages * [Czech](https://cs.wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/), [Danish](https://da.wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/), [Japanese](https://ja.wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/), [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/), [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/), and [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options) * Tags * [orderby](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/orderby/)[product sorting](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/product-sorting/) [sorting](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sorting/)[woocommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/woocommerce/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.6 out of 5 stars. * [ 25 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 2 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 2 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 1 2-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 1 1-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/woocommerce-extra-product-sorting-options/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ SkyVerge ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/skyverge/) * [ Beka Rice ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bekarice/) * [ tamarazuk ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tamarazuk/) ## Support Got something to say? 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