Product categories sort > how to sort just the sub-terms / sub-categories

Hi,
Interesting question ??

If I get it right, on any page you want to use the setting as “alphabetical” and on the product page you want the setting as “custom order”.
Could it be a solution to create a PHP filter so that on this products page the setting gets dynamically changed to “custom order”? That filter can check the page ID or maybe a WooCommerce template function for checking the products page.
I see there is no filter for that yet, but if desired that should be possible.

Would this help you?
Did I get it wrong or do you prefer a different approach?

I do understand this plugin has a singular approach to sorting, all terms in a taxonomy get sorted the same way accross the whole website. It might be good to offer more options for a finer grained approach.

Yes, you understood correctly. Just to clarify – I talk only for product category pages,not other taxonomies. Would be nice as a function. As the shop page is the face of each online shop I think that feature could be of good use to many users. As exactly there noone wants the alphabetical order. But underneath in the sub-category many would want alphabetical. Especially if it’s about car brands. Could this be added?

Hi,
In git there is now a filter added that should make this possible:
https://gitlab.com/toomanybicycles/custom-taxonomy-order-ne
It is the only change since 3.3.2, so it should be safe to use.

After installing that, you can use this custom code in functions.php of your theme or your own custom plugin.
I am not sure which pages all identify as is_shop(), I do hope it is all the translated pages, but no other archive pages.

/*
 * Settings:
 * 0: orderby Term ID
 * 1: orderby Custom Order
 * 2: orderby Term Name (alphabetical)
 * 3: orderby Term Slug (alphabetical)
 */
function my_customtaxorder_settings( $settings ) {
	//var_dump( $settings['product_cat'] );
	if ( function_exists( 'is_shop' ) ) {
		if ( is_shop() ) {
			$settings['product_cat'] = 1;
		}
	}
	//var_dump( $settings['product_cat'] );
	return $settings;
}
add_filter( 'customtaxorder_settings', 'my_customtaxorder_settings' );