Hi WPCLEVER team,

in your plugin "WPC Composite Products for WooCommerce" you can sort options by name, by price, … .

Is it possible to sort the options by attribute values?

Example:

3 shirts in the colors "blue", "green" and "red" are listed like this:

Shirt A Blue
Shirt A Green
Shirt A Red
Shirt B Blue
Shirt B Green
Shirt B Red
Shirt C Blue
Shirt C Green
Shirt C Red

I would like to sort the output by the color attribute:

Shirt A Blue
Shirt B Blue
Shirt C Blue
Shirt A Green
Shirt B Green
Shirt C Green
Shirt A Red
Shirt B Red
Shirt C Red

The code could look something like this:

function wooco_options_order_by_color ( $orderby )
{
    $orderby = "
        CASE 
            WHEN {$wpdb->term_taxonomy}.taxonomy  = 'pa_color' THEN '1'
        ELSE
            2
        END ASC,
        {$wpdb->terms}.term_order ASC";
    return $orderby;
}
add_filter( 'wooco_options_order', 'wooco_options_order_by_color' );

If this is to much work, can you tell me the filter, that would be the right one for this kind of customization?

Thank you very much,
Jan

Hello Dustin,

thank you very much for your helpful reply!

I did some modifications, to sort the values by the custom order in the WooCommerce attribute settings in the backend.

If anyone needs the same:

add_filter( 'wooco_product_data', function ( $data, $product ) {
    $data['order'] = 999;
    if ( is_a( $product, 'WC_Product_Variation' ) )
    {
        global $wpdb;
        $product_id = $product->get_id();
        $sql = $wpdb->prepare( "SELECT IFNULL(tm.`meta_value`, 0) AS `order` FROM `{$wpdb->prefix}postmeta` AS pm LEFT JOIN `{$wpdb->prefix}terms` AS t ON ( t.`slug` = pm.`meta_value` ) LEFT JOIN `{$wpdb->prefix}termmeta` AS tm ON ( tm.`term_id` = t.`term_id` AND tm.`meta_key` = 'order' ) WHERE pm.`post_id` LIKE %d AND pm.`meta_key` = 'attribute_pa_color' LIMIT 1", $product_id );
        $data['order'] = $wpdb->get_results( $sql )[0]->order;
    }
    return $data;
}, 99, 2 );
add_filter( 'wooco_get_products', function ( $products ) {
    $column_1 = array_column( $products, 'order' );
    $column_2 = array_column( $products, 'name' );
    
    array_multisort( $column_1, SORT_ASC, $column_2, SORT_ASC, $products );
    return $products;
}, 99 );

Have a great day. :-)

Jan

If you have a list of items that have attributes such as color, size, or other values, and you want to order them by attribute values, there are several ways to do this. you can import the list of items into a spreadsheet such as Excel or Google Sheets and sort the list scrap metal prices by the attribute column. To do this, select the column that contains the attribute values and click on the sort function to sort the list by that column. if you have a large dataset or need to perform more complex sorting operations, you can use a database or programming language such as SQL or Python to sort the list by attribute values. You can create a database table with columns for the items and their attributes, and then use SQL queries to sort the list by attribute values. 

To order options by attribute values, such as color, you can follow these steps:

1. Define the attribute you want to order the options by. For example, let's use "color."
2. Assign each option a value for the attribute you defined. For example, you could assign the values "red," "green," and "blue" to different options based on their color. Scaler Academy Review
3. Create a list of options, where each option is represented by an object or a data structure that contains the attribute value. For example:

   Option 1: { color: "red", ... } Option 2: { color: "green", ... } Option 3: { color: "blue", ... }

4. Use a sorting algorithm or function to sort the options based on their attribute values. In this case, you would sort the options based on the "color" attribute. The specific sorting algorithm or function you use will depend on the programming language or framework you're working with.
5. After sorting, the options will be ordered based on their attribute values. In this example, the options would be ordered as follows:

   Option 1: { color: "blue", ... } Option 2: { color: "green", ... } Option 3: { color: "red", ... }

By following these steps, you can order options based on any attribute value, not just color. Simply replace "color" with the desired attribute, and assign appropriate values to each option based on that attribute.

Determine the specific criteria for sorting the options. For example, you might want to sort them according to lesturf alphabetically by color name or follow a specific color hierarchy (e.g., red, blue, green, etc.). Depending on the programming language or framework you're using, you can utilize built-in sorting functions or implement custom sorting algorithms. Most programming languages provide sorting functions that allow you to define custom comparison criteria.