How to set default shop product sorting to “Oldest to Newest”

Hello @lukabp,

By default, WooCommerce does not provide an “Oldest first” option in Appearance → Customize → WooCommerce → Product Catalog → Default product sorting.

You can add this sorting option using a small custom code snippet:

add_filter( 'woocommerce_default_catalog_orderby_options', 'etheme_custom_add_oldest_orderby_option' );
add_filter( 'woocommerce_catalog_orderby', 'etheme_custom_add_oldest_orderby_option' );

function etheme_custom_add_oldest_orderby_option( $options ) {
	$options['date-asc'] = 'Sort by oldest';
	return $options;
}

After adding the code, go to:

Appearance → Customize → WooCommerce → Product Catalog → Default product sorting

and select:

“Sort by oldest”

This will sort products on the Shop and product archive pages from the oldest published products to the newest ones.

We have implemented the solution on your web-site in child-theme/functions.php, so the modification is not lost after theme updates. please, check now.

Theme Settings: https://gyazo.com/2f858105a116a8173c7f0b96d09ed0d1
Frontent example: https://gyazo.com/a08e9a61d2176f4226a323cb480d172d

Also, you can check similar solutions for other sorting types in our replies:
https://www.8theme.com/topic/list-of-woocommerce-products-shorted-as-per-the-date-modified/#post-414825
https://www.8theme.com/topic/having-problem-with-default-sorting-of-the-products/#post-325616

Kind regards,
Jack Richardson
The 8theme’s team