Woocomerce sort by date problem.

If the dropdown is setting the orderby parameter to post_date and that is not changing the order of the results, something else may override the orderby parameter elsewhere.

If you add this snippet to your site (theme functions.php, for example), does that sort the posts correctly?

add_filter( 'relevanssi_modify_wp_query', function( $query ) {
  $query->set( 'orderby', 'post_date' );
  $query->set( 'order', 'desc' );
  return $query;
} );

Thread Starter
JapeNZ

(@japenz)

Hi @msaari
Thank you for taking a look at this for me!

Your snippet does make the search result order by date, but it also overrides the other sort options.
If I have the snippet active, selecting the other options such as relevance or alphabetical gives the same ‘post_date’ result.

Any thoughts on how I can target or replace the existing orderby post date for the one in your snippet, without effecting the other orderby options?

Thanks again!

Kind regards,
JP

Yes, this snippet should override anything else. It was just to check that the date sorting is working.

If you choose date sorting from your search results page, does it set the orderby parameter to post_date or something else? Can I see your site?

Thread Starter
JapeNZ

(@japenz)

Ah right okay, good to know it works 😀

My website is:

If you search ‘cgc’ you can see the results as they currently are, then let me know and I’ll add your snippet so you can see how the orderby date should look.

If that’s okay.

Kind regards,
JP

When I set the order to date, I get this URL:

This, I assume, is the right order:

You can try this:

add_filter( 'relevanssi_modify_wp_query', function( $query ) {
  if ( 'date' === $query->get( 'orderby' ) ) {
    $query->set( 'orderby', 'post_date' );
  }
  return $query;
} );

Thread Starter
JapeNZ

(@japenz)

The new snippet posts the date back in reverse order for some reason.
I assume I should add asc or desc somewhere?

add_filter( 'relevanssi_modify_wp_query', function( $query ) {
  if ( 'date' === $query->get( 'orderby' ) ) {
    $query->set( 'orderby', 'post_date' );
    $query->set( 'order', 'desc' );
  }
  return $query;
} );

Thread Starter
JapeNZ

(@japenz)

Oh damn it, sorry I used your link rather than the snippet to check… doh!

Snippet isn’t doing anything unfortunately.

That’s weird. The filter works on my test site. Also, it shouldn’t even be necessary – Relevanssi should convert date to post_date without extra help.

What’s in the $query->query_vars? You can find debugging instructions here: .

Thread Starter
JapeNZ

(@japenz)

Yeah, I figured it was strange! xD

Unfortunately, new stock got delivered and I had to go take care of that… sorry for not following up sooner.

Is this what you mean?

array(71) { ["s"]=> string(3) "cgc" ["post_type"]=> array(2) { [0]=> string(7) "product" [1]=> string(17) "product_variation" } ["error"]=> string(0) "" ["m"]=> string(0) "" ["p"]=> int(0) ["post_parent"]=> string(0) "" ["subpost"]=> string(0) "" ["subpost_id"]=> string(0) "" ["attachment"]=> string(0) "" ["attachment_id"]=> int(0) ["name"]=> string(0) "" ["pagename"]=> string(0) "" ["page_id"]=> int(0) ["second"]=> string(0) "" ["minute"]=> string(0) "" ["hour"]=> string(0) "" ["day"]=> int(0) ["monthnum"]=> int(0) ["year"]=> int(0) ["w"]=> int(0) ["category_name"]=> string(0) "" ["tag"]=> string(0) "" ["cat"]=> string(0) "" ["tag_id"]=> string(0) "" ["author"]=> string(0) "" ["author_name"]=> string(0) "" ["feed"]=> string(0) "" ["tb"]=> string(0) "" ["paged"]=> int(0) ["meta_key"]=> string(0) "" ["meta_value"]=> string(0) "" ["preview"]=> string(0) "" ["sentence"]=> string(0) "" ["title"]=> string(0) "" ["fields"]=> string(0) "" ["menu_order"]=> string(0) "" ["embed"]=> string(0) "" ["category__in"]=> array(0) { } ["category__not_in"]=> array(0) { } ["category__and"]=> array(0) { } ["post__in"]=> array(0) { } ["post__not_in"]=> array(2) { [0]=> string(6) "132201" [1]=> string(6) "132216" } ["post_name__in"]=> array(0) { } ["tag__in"]=> array(0) { } ["tag__not_in"]=> array(0) { } ["tag__and"]=> array(0) { } ["tag_slug__in"]=> array(0) { } ["tag_slug__and"]=> array(0) { } ["post_parent__in"]=> array(0) { } ["post_parent__not_in"]=> array(0) { } ["author__in"]=> array(0) { } ["author__not_in"]=> array(0) { } ["orderby"]=> string(9) "relevance" ["order"]=> string(4) "DESC" ["meta_query"]=> array(0) { } ["tax_query"]=> array(3) { [0]=> array(4) { ["taxonomy"]=> string(18) "product_visibility" ["field"]=> string(4) "slug" ["terms"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(10) "outofstock" } ["operator"]=> string(6) "NOT IN" } [1]=> array(4) { ["taxonomy"]=> string(18) "product_visibility" ["field"]=> string(4) "slug" ["terms"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(19) "exclude-from-search" } ["operator"]=> string(6) "NOT IN" } ["relation"]=> string(3) "AND" } ["wc_query"]=> string(13) "product_query" ["posts_per_page"]=> int(20) ["iconic_ssv_query"]=> int(1) ["ignore_sticky_posts"]=> bool(false) ["suppress_filters"]=> bool(false) ["cache_results"]=> bool(true) ["update_post_term_cache"]=> bool(true) ["lazy_load_term_meta"]=> bool(true) ["update_post_meta_cache"]=> bool(true) ["nopaging"]=> bool(false) ["comments_per_page"]=> string(2) "50" ["no_found_rows"]=> bool(false) ["search_terms_count"]=> int(1) ["search_terms"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(3) "cgc" } ["search_orderby_title"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(173)

Yes, that’s it. It shows the orderby is set to relevance – is this from the default value? What if you set the order to post date from the dropdown?

Thread Starter
JapeNZ

(@japenz)

Okay, so this one?

array(71) { ["s"]=> string(3) "cgc" ["paged"]=> int(1) ["orderby"]=> string(7) "date ID" ["post_type"]=> array(2) { [0]=> string(7) "product" [1]=> string(17) "product_variation" } ["error"]=> string(0) "" ["m"]=> string(0) "" ["p"]=> int(0) ["post_parent"]=> string(0) "" ["subpost"]=> string(0) "" ["subpost_id"]=> string(0) "" ["attachment"]=> string(0) "" ["attachment_id"]=> int(0) ["name"]=> string(0) "" ["pagename"]=> string(0) "" ["page_id"]=> int(0) ["second"]=> string(0) "" ["minute"]=> string(0) "" ["hour"]=> string(0) "" ["day"]=> int(0) ["monthnum"]=> int(0) ["year"]=> int(0) ["w"]=> int(0) ["category_name"]=> string(0) "" ["tag"]=> string(0) "" ["cat"]=> string(0) "" ["tag_id"]=> string(0) "" ["author"]=> string(0) "" ["author_name"]=> string(0) "" ["feed"]=> string(0) "" ["tb"]=> string(0) "" ["meta_key"]=> string(0) "" ["meta_value"]=> string(0) "" ["preview"]=> string(0) "" ["sentence"]=> string(0) "" ["title"]=> string(0) "" ["fields"]=> string(0) "" ["menu_order"]=> string(0) "" ["embed"]=> string(0) "" ["category__in"]=> array(0) { } ["category__not_in"]=> array(0) { } ["category__and"]=> array(0) { } ["post__in"]=> array(0) { } ["post__not_in"]=> array(2) { [0]=> string(6) "132201" [1]=> string(6) "132216" } ["post_name__in"]=> array(0) { } ["tag__in"]=> array(0) { } ["tag__not_in"]=> array(0) { } ["tag__and"]=> array(0) { } ["tag_slug__in"]=> array(0) { } ["tag_slug__and"]=> array(0) { } ["post_parent__in"]=> array(0) { } ["post_parent__not_in"]=> array(0) { } ["author__in"]=> array(0) { } ["author__not_in"]=> array(0) { } ["order"]=> string(4) "DESC" ["meta_query"]=> array(0) { } ["tax_query"]=> array(3) { [0]=> array(4) { ["taxonomy"]=> string(18) "product_visibility" ["field"]=> string(4) "slug" ["terms"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(10) "outofstock" } ["operator"]=> string(6) "NOT IN" } [1]=> array(4) { ["taxonomy"]=> string(18) "product_visibility" ["field"]=> string(4) "slug" ["terms"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(19) "exclude-from-search" } ["operator"]=> string(6) "NOT IN" } ["relation"]=> string(3) "AND" } ["wc_query"]=> string(13) "product_query" ["posts_per_page"]=> int(20) ["iconic_ssv_query"]=> int(1) ["ignore_sticky_posts"]=> bool(false) ["suppress_filters"]=> bool(false) ["cache_results"]=> bool(true) ["update_post_term_cache"]=> bool(true) ["lazy_load_term_meta"]=> bool(true) ["update_post_meta_cache"]=> bool(true) ["nopaging"]=> bool(false) ["comments_per_page"]=> string(2) "50" ["no_found_rows"]=> bool(false) ["search_terms_count"]=> int(1) ["search_terms"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(3) "cgc" } ["search_orderby_title"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(173)

This is the same with or without your snippet applied.

  • This reply was modified 35 minutes ago by JapeNZ.

Ok, that’s the problem. The orderby value isn’t date, it’s date ID. That’s weird.

This should help:

add_filter( 'relevanssi_modify_wp_query', function( $query ) {
  if ( 'date ID' === $query->get( 'orderby' ) ) {
    $query->set( 'orderby', 'post_date' );
    $query->set( 'order', 'desc' );
  }
  return $query;
} );

Thread Starter
JapeNZ

(@japenz)

Perfect, nailed it!

Thank you so much for all your help 🙂

 

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