Newest products first in the shop

The shop and category pages list the newest products first, unless the visitor picks another order.

Type PHP
Runs Everywhere (runs as WordPress loads)
Needs WooCommerce
Category WooCommerce
Tested with WordPress 7.1, WooCommerce 11.1

PHP

<?php

add_filter( 'woocommerce_default_catalog_orderby', static fn() => 'date' );

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WooCommerce: shop and product pages: Badges, price display, tabs and layout for your shop and product pages.

Install it in one click

It's already in the Snipfire plugin's library. Enter your site's address and it opens there, ready to install. It arrives switched off, and Snipfire checks the code and test-loads your site before you switch it on.

Needs Snipfire on that site and you logged in as an administrator. Your address stays in this browser; we don't see it. Get Snipfire free

Or add it by hand

Click + New and choose PHP.
Paste the code and give it a name.
Where: Everywhere (runs as WordPress loads).
Save and switch it on.

Works in any snippet plugin, or a child theme's functions.php. Without the safety net, though.

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