WooCommerce: sort products from oldest to newest
<?php
// Filters
add_filter( 'woocommerce_get_catalog_ordering_args', 'custom_woocommerce_get_catalog_ordering_args' );
add_filter( 'woocommerce_default_catalog_orderby_options', 'custom_woocommerce_catalog_orderby' );
add_filter( 'woocommerce_catalog_orderby', 'custom_woocommerce_catalog_orderby' );
// Apply custom args to main query
function custom_woocommerce_get_catalog_ordering_args( $args ) {
$orderby_value = isset( $_GET['orderby'] ) ? woocommerce_clean( $_GET['orderby'] ) : apply_filters( 'woocommerce_default_catalog_orderby', get_option( 'woocommerce_default_catalog_orderby' ) );
if ( 'oldest_to_recent' == $orderby_value ) {
$args['orderby'] = 'date';
$args['order'] = 'ASC';
}
return $args;
}
// Create new sorting method
function custom_woocommerce_catalog_orderby( $sortby ) {
$sortby['oldest_to_recent'] = __( 'Oldest to most recent', 'woocommerce' );
return $sortby;
}