ADVANCED CATEGORY SORTING FOR MAGENTO 2

ADVANCED CATEGORY SORTING FOR MAGENTO2.

This extension is also included in the Pearl Theme.

About Advanced Category Sorting For Magento 2.

Category Sorting is a key component in the user’s ability to find what they are looking for. If certain sort types are hard to use or missing, it can quickly result in the user’s inability to find the products that he is looking for. This can often result in the user abandoning the website and therefore loosing a potential sale. We expanded the default Magento sorting capability by simplifying the sorting process and adding multiple new most frequently used sort types such as “low to high” and “high to low” functionality and multiple quality related sorting options. Price sorting is one of the most popular ones used by users along with Best Seller and Most Reviewed. When the user manages to narrow down a list of products using either the Navigation or the Filters, he will sort the products to find the best-valued products for the money. For this reason it is important to have sort options such as Best Seller, Highest Rated, Most Reviewed. These sorting options will allow the user to take a more educated decision when measuring the product Value or Quality.

Advanced Category Sorting is a tool for extending the sorting options from category page, in order for customers to find products easier and faster.

With our extension we took the initial capabilities of the default Magento functionality and enhanced them with the most needed ones by your customers. Let your customer sort product from category page - by Newest Arrivals, Best Selling, Top Rated or Most Reviewed products, or intuitive order from A to Z / Z to A for Product Name, and Low to High / High to Low for Product Price.

You can easily setup from admin your own order for sorting options in dropdown.

Functionalities included in the extension:

New sorting options
Rename sorting options
Reorder sorting options
Enable/Disable Sort by Position
Enable/Disable Sort by Product Name
Enable/Disable Sort by Price
Enable/Disable Sort by Newest Arrivals
Enable/Disable Sort by Best Selling
Enable/Disable Sort by Top Rated
Enable/Disable Sort by Most Reviewed
Multi-store compatible

New sorting options.

You can remove core sorting options and enable other ones.

Rename labels

Rename sorting options to match your own vision.

Reorder sorting options.

Reorder options from sorting.

Features of the Extension.

New sorting options
Rename sorting options
Reorder sorting options
Enable/Disable Sort by Position
Enable/Disable Sort by Product Name
Enable/Disable Sort by Price
Enable/Disable Sort by Newest Arrivals
Enable/Disable Sort by Best Selling
Enable/Disable Sort by Top Rated
Enable/Disable Sort by Most Reviewed
Multi-store compatible

HOW TO INSTALL

This extension is FREE and OPEN-SOURCE. The source code and installation files are available on GitHub.

GitHub Repository

Access the extension source code and download the installation files from our GitHub repository:

https://github.com/Weltpixel/magento2-weltpixel-category-sorting

Installation Instructions

Please refer to the README file in the GitHub repository for detailed installation instructions.

General Installation Steps

Step 1: Download or clone the repository from GitHub
Step 2: Copy the extension files to your Magento 2 app/code/ directory

Step 3: Run setup commands:

php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento setup:di:compile
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy -f

Step 4: Flush cache: php bin/magento cache:flush

CONFIGURATION.

GENERAL SETTINGS.

Go to Admin > WeltPixel > Advance Category Sorting > General Settings

Enable [Yes / No] - enable Advance Category Sorting module

Sort by Position.

Go to Admin > WeltPixel > Advance Category Sorting > Sort by Position

Status [Enable / Disable] - Enable/Disable the sort by Position functionality. Go to your categories and set product positions.
Name [input] - Insert custom label for this option.
Position [input] - Insert position for this option in the dropdown.

Sort by Product Name.

Go to Admin > WeltPixel > Advance Category Sorting > Sort by Product Name

Status [Enable / Disable] - Enable/Disable the sort by Product Name functionality.
Name [input] - Insert custom label for this option.
Position [input] - Insert position for this option in the dropdown.

Sort by Price.

Go to Admin > WeltPixel > Advance Category Sorting > Sort by Price

Status [Enable / Disable] - Enable/Disable the sort by Price functionality.
Position [input] - Insert position for this option in the dropdown.

Sort by Newest Arrivals.

Go to Admin > WeltPixel > Advance Category Sorting > Sort by Newest Arrivals

Status [Enable / Disable] - Enable/Disable the sort by Newest Arrivals functionality.
Name [input] - Insert custom label for this option.
Position [input] - Insert position for this option in the dropdown.

Sort by Best Selling.

Go to Admin > WeltPixel > Advance Category Sorting > Sort by Best Selling

Status [Enable / Disable] - Enable/Disable the sort by Best Selling functionality.
Name [input] - Insert custom label for this option.
Position [input] - Insert position for this option in the dropdown.

Sort by Top Rated.

Go to Admin > WeltPixel > Advance Category Sorting > Sort by Top Rated

Status [Enable / Disable] - Enable/Disable the sort by Top Rated functionality.
Name [input] - Insert custom label for this option.
Position [input] - Insert position for this option in the dropdown.

Sort by Most Reviewed.

Go to Admin > WeltPixel > Advance Category Sorting > Sort by Most Reviewed

Status [Enable / Disable] - Enable/Disable the sort by Most Reviewed functionality.
Name [input] - Insert custom label for this option.
Position [input] - Insert position for this option in the dropdown.

Magento Settings.

Config Default Sort by.

If necessary, you can go to Admin > Settings > Configuration > Catalog > Catalog > Storefront > Product Listing Sort By and you can set the default method used to sort the catalog. You have the ability to set the ideal presentation for the users first impression on the catalog.

For example, you can set the Default Sorting Option as Price (Low to High) or (High to Low), as opposed to the default Most Relevant option.

After installing this extension, the new sort options are available.

Category settings.

If you want to have different sort options per each category, go to Admin > Catalog > Categories > [select a category] > Display Settings

Available Product Listing Sort [multiselect] - To customize the sorting option, clear the Use All Available Attributes checkbox and select the attributes you want to use. You can define and add attributes as needed. Note: Category settings override extension settings.
Default Product Listing Sort By [dropdown] - To define the default “Sort By” option, clear the “Use Config Settings” checkbox and select an attribute. Note: Category settings override config settings.

Change Log.

What's new in v.1.17.5 - September 16, 2026

Security release: 1.17.5 is a catalog-wide security and hardening release for every WeltPixel extension, published alongside Adobe's September 2026 Magento security bulletins (APSB26-138 and APSB26-146, the actively exploited CVE-2026-75650). Upgrading is strongly recommended for every store.
WeltPixel Backend (shared by every WeltPixel extension): the licence lookup now uses bound database parameters instead of building its query from the module name, TLS certificate verification is enforced on the licence activation call, and the module information and cron status pages escape their output.
Fixed a crash on category and search pages when the sort order or direction parameters were submitted in an unexpected form. Both parameters are now read as plain values, so a crafted URL can no longer turn every category page into an error page.
Availability: version 1.17.5 of this extension ships in the edition bundled with the Pearl Theme and Marketing Suite PRO packages, delivered through Composer on an active Support & Updates plan. As a one-time decision for this security release, the public GitHub repository was also updated to 1.17.5 on September 17, 2026; this is not a commitment to publish future releases there, and the bundled editions remain the way to receive future versions.

What's new in v.1.17.0 - May 18, 2026

New Feature: Introduced compatibility with the newly released Magento 2.4.9, as well as the latest Magento Security Patches for previous versions.
New Feature: Introduced compatibility with PHP 8.5.

What's new in v.1.16.0 - January 7, 2026

Giving back: As a celebration of over 10 years of activity within the Magento 2 ecosystem, and as a way to give back to the community, a number of WeltPixel extensions (both FREE and paid) have officially gone fully Open Source via public Github repositories. Find the full list on Github.
This extension has moved to a fully Open Source model and is available publicly on Github. See the link in the Change Log entry above to find it.

What’s new in v.1.15.9 - October 28, 2025

Magento Compatibility: Introduced compatibility with the latest released Magento 2 Security Patches - Magento 2.4.8-p3, Magento 2.4.7-p8, Magento 2.4.6-p13, Magento 2.4.5-p15 & Magento 2.4.4-p16.
New Feature: Added improvements to Magento Admin messaging around Product Updates to ensure visual clarity for users not running the latest product release.
New Feature: Added .ddev.site and .cloudwaysapps.com as accepted development domains. These domains will no longer require additional license keys.
Fixed a bug that prevented sorting options from being renamed via the Magento Admin settings.

What’s new in v.1.15.7 - September 2, 2025

Magento Compatibility: Introduced compatibility with the latest released Magento 2 Security Patches - Magento 2.4.8-p2, Magento 2.4.7-p7, Magento 2.4.6-p12, Magento 2.4.5-p14 & Magento 2.4.4-p15.
Added additional validations to prevent Magento Admin errors when the Backend extension could not fetch the current server user due to permissions issues.
Added adjustments to frontend templates to adhere to Magento Best Practices regarding XSS validations.
Fixed a CSP issue that would sometimes prevent orders from being created via the Magento Admin.

What’s new in v.1.15.3 - June 20, 2025

Magento Compatibility: Introduced compatibility with the latest Magento 2.4.8-p1, 2.4.7-p6, 2.4.6-p11 & 2.4.5-p13 Security Patches releases. Upgrade ASAP to keep your store secure.
Fixed the Backend functionality that enables users to change the default Magento CSP Restriction Mode via the Magento Admin. This was broken starting with Magento 2.4.7.

What’s new in v.1.15.0 - April 22, 2025

Magento Compatibility: Introduced compatibility with the new Magento 2.4.8 release, as well as the accompanying 2.4.7-p5, 2.4.6-p10, 2.4.5-p12 and 2.4.4-p13 Security Patches.
PHP Compatibility: Introduced compatibilty with PHP 8.4, which is now officially compatible with the latest Magento 2.4.8 version.
New Feature: Added magento2.docker as a valid domain for development purposes.
New Feature: Added ddev.site as a valid domain for development purposes.
Fixed an issue that would prevent certain extension options from correctly applying in Single Store Mode instances.
Added backend licensing adjustments for compatibility with the Google Analytics & Social Marketing Suite PRO.

What’s new in v.1.14.13 - February 17, 2025

Magento Compatibility: Introduced compatibility with the newly released Magento 2.4.7-p4, 2.4.6-p9, 2.4.5-p11 and 2.4.4-p12 versions.
Fixed an issue related to licensing which would prevent license keys from being validated various subdomains.

What’s new in v.1.14.11 - January 15, 2025

Removed deprecated Magento 2.2.x code version from extension package.

What’s new in v.1.14.9 - November 26, 2024

Fixed an error that would, in some cases, be thrown when using various custom attributes as sorting options.
Fixed an error that would be thrown when the sort by position option was disabled in Magento.
Added minor Magento Admin adjustments to the module status section for increased clarity and compatibility with server-side Social Pixel addons.

What’s new in v.1.14.7 - October 11, 2024

Compatibility: Introduced compatibility with the latest Magento 2.4.7-p3, 2.4.6-p8, 2.4.5-p10 and 2.4.4-p11 versions, which come with critical security adjustments for the platform. Magento 2 merchants are urged to upgrade to the latest patches ASAP.
Added various code updates for increased security around the licensing functionality as well as the Help Center and WeltPixel Developer Magento Admin sections.

What’s new in v.1.14.5 - August 23, 2024

Compatibility: Introduced compatibility with the latest Magento 2.4.7-p2, 2.4.6-p7, 2.4.5-p9 and 2.4.4-p10 versions, which come with critical security adjustments for the platform. Magento 2 merchants are urged to upgrade to the latest patches ASAP.

What’s new in v.1.14.3 - June 20, 2024

Compatibility: Introduced compatibility with the latest Magento 2.4.7-p1, 2.4.6-p6, 2.4.5-p8, 2.4.4-p9 versions, which come with critical security adjustments for the platform. Magento 2 merchants are urged to upgrade to the latest patches ASAP.
New Feature: Added a new section in the Magento Admin that checks to make sure the latest product version is installed and notifies in case an update is available, as well as a button that allows for new features to be requested.

What’s new in v.1.14.1 - April 19, 2024

Confirmed compatibility with the latest Magento 2.4.7 release, as well as newly released 2.4.6-p5, 2.4.5-p7 & 2.4.4-p8 Security Patches.
Confirmed compatibility with PHP 8.3 on the Magento 2.4.7 release. PHP 8.2 is also supported for this Magento version.
Added security improvements to the Backend module's license verification process.

What’s new in v.1.11.21 - January 9, 2024

Fixed an error that would be thrown in the WeltPixel -> Extensions Version admin section when a module's composer.json file was missing the version node.

What’s new in v.1.11.19 - October 19, 2023

Optimized the license verification process for increased Magento Admin performance, as well as to account for licensing server downtimes.
Fixed an issue that would sometimes result in an error being thrown when using older PHP versions, such as PHP 7.4.
Confirmed compatibility with the newly released Magento 2.4.6-p3, 2.4.5-p5, and 2.4.4-p6 Security Patches.

What’s new in v.1.11.17 - June 28, 2023

Fixed a bug that would cause sorting options on the frontend to be displayed incorrectly when not all sorting options were enabled for a specific category.
Confirmed compatibility with the latest Magento Security Patch releases 2.4.6-p1, 2.4.5-p3 and 2.4.4-p4.
Fixed an error related to PHP 8.2 that would show when accessing the WeltPixel Debugger.
Added .localdev as a universally accepted licensing domain.

What’s new in v.1.11.15 - March 22, 2023

Fixed an error that would sometimes be thrown in the WeltPixel Debugger, depending on various server permissions.
Added compatibility with the latest Magento 2.4.6 and 2.4.5-p2 versions.

What’s new in v.1.11.11 - November 23, 2022

Confirmed compatibility with the latest Magento Security Patch releases 2.4.5-p1 and 2.4.4-p2.

What’s new in v.1.11.7 - September 1, 2022

Confirmed compatibility with the latest Magento 2.4.5 and 2.4.4-p1 versions.
Updated installation/upgrade scripts to use data patches.

What’s new in v.1.11.1 - April 25, 2022

Fixed an error that occurred when manually inputting invalid sorting parameters via the URL.
Fixed an incorrect licensing message on B2B Magento Enterprise instances which would display when an invalid license was entered.
Confirmed compatibility with the latest Magento 2.4.4 and 2.3.7-p3 versions as well as PHP 8.1.

What’s new in v.1.10.17 - October 22, 2021

Confirmed compatibility with the latest Magento 2.4.3-p1 and 2.3.7-p2 versions.

What’s new in v.1.10.15 - August 31, 2021

Confirmed compatibility with the newly released Magento 2.4.3, 2.4.2-p2 and 2.3.7-p1 versions.
Added .localhost as an accepted domain termination for the licensing process.

What’s new in v.1.10.11 - July 7, 2021

Added minor code adjustments/optimizations.
Added improvments to the WeltPixel Developer Magento Admin section. Latest Cron Jobs now lists the last 100 executed Cron Jobs.

What’s new in v.1.10.9 - May 18, 2021

Confirmed compatibility with the newly released Magento 2.3.7 and 2.4.2-p1 versions.

What’s new in v.1.10.7 - March 26, 2021

Made small optimizations to logic that determines Product Collection type.
Excluded Magento 2.0.x - 2.2.x from new features and fixes starting with this release.
Adjusted WeltPixel Developer section comments.

What’s new in v.1.10.5 - February 12, 2021

New Feature: Added the possibility sorting by Low to High and High to Low when Price is set as the default sorting option in Magento.
Confirmed compatibility with the newly released Magento 2.4.2 version.
Added additional backend versioning verifications.
Backend code optimizations.

What’s new in v.1.10.1 - October 22, 2020

Code enhancements - changed a protected function to public which means it's now possible to enhance the method via plugins.
Fixed a bug that prevented the Advanced Search from working on Magento 2.4.x.
Confirmed compatibility with the newly released Magento 2.4.1 version.

What’s new in v.1.10.0 - August 10, 2020

Confirmed compatibility with the newly released Magento 2.4.0 version.

What’s new in v.1.9.8 - July 6, 2020

Whitelisted domain for Content Security Policies introduced in Magento 2.3.5.

What’s new in v.1.9.7 - May 7, 2020

Confirmed compatibility with Magento 2.3.5.
Implemented small Backend performance optimizations.
Added nxcli.net (Nexcess temporary URL) as a valid domain in the licensing process.
Added an option in the Developer section to allow for switching Magento's CSP between "report-only" and "restrict".

What’s new in v.1.9.6 - April 9, 2020

Added a patch for jQuery UI (Magento 2.3.0 - 2.3.2).
Fixed a Backend issue on Magento Commerce whereby the Category Schedule functionality was not working properly.

What’s new in v.1.9.5 - March 10, 2020

Assured compatibility for later versions of Elastic Search 6.0+
Added backend Google reCaptcha compatibility for Magento 2.3.x

What’s new in v.1.9.4 - February 5, 2020

Code enhancements for increased security. Changed User Group info collection method.
Confirmed compatibility for Magento 2.3.4.

What’s new in v.1.9.2 - November 27, 2019

Fixed an issue which caused sorting to be inverted on the Search Results page when sorting by Relevance.
Added Magento and PHP version in the WeltPixel Developer section.

What’s new in v.1.9.1 - October 16, 2019

Introduced compatibility with Elastic Search 6.0+. The module was previously only compatible with Elastic Search up to version 5.0+.
Fixed an issue which sometimes caused products to duplicate after switching pages on the Category Page.
Confirmed compatibility with the latst Magento 2.3.3 version.
Included the WeSupply Toolbox integration extension - Proactive Notifications Email & SMS, Returns & RMA, Store Locator, Delivery Date Estimate, Logistics Analytics, NPS & CSAT score. Get Free on-boarding and launch within 24 hours.

What’s new in v.1.9.0 - July 18, 2019

Confirmed compatibility with Magento 2.3.2.
Added HTTPS endpoint for licensing process.

What’s new in v.1.8.5 - June 7, 2019

Small performance improvements.

What’s new in v.1.8.4 - April 25, 2019

Fixed an issue that happened when sorting by Best Selling, whereby, after the sorting was one, the number of products always showed 1.
Added PHP version in the WeltPixel Developer Section

What’s new in v.1.8.3 - April 3rd, 2019

Fixed an error that occurred when using the "Best Selling" sorting option.
Confirmed compatibility for Magento 2.3.1.

What’s new in v.1.8.2 - January 24, 2019

Added translation file.
Helpcenter adjustment, removed zendesk iframe and added a simple link to our Support Center in order to avoid any potential conflicts with other admin js added by 3rd party extensions.
Fix for multiple rewritten ImageFactory classes, rewrite check validity, rewrite checks optimizations.

What’s new in v.1.8.0 - December 8, 2018

Compatibility adjustments for Magento 2.1.16/2.2.7/2.3.0.
PHP 7.2 compatibility added.
As Magento 2.3 comes with major core changes, we have provided a different set of files in order to achieve the best performance on each version.

What’s new in v.1.7.5 - October 24, 2018

Fixed a Magento 2.1.x error “Object DOMDocument should be created”.
Added detailed error messages for invalid licenses for an easier identification of the cause.
License improvements, added *.magento.cloud as a valid test domain for Enterprise Cloud environments. Now both ‘magentosite.cloud’ and ‘magneto.cloud’ can be used for testing purpose with the production domain license.

What’s new in v.1.7.4 - September 25, 2018

Initial release