Advanced Sorting – Extension for Magento 2

Introduction

Installation

If you purchased an extension from Magento Marketplace then click on the How to Install Magento 2 Extension to install the extension.


If you purchased an extension from Solwin Site then follow the below steps to install the extension.

Installation Process

Note: Please take a backup of your all Magento files and database before installing or updating any extension.

Download the extension file:
  1. Download the Advanced Sorting extension .ZIP file from solwininfotech.com using your Solwin Infotech website account.
  2. Extract the .ZIP file which contains another .ZIP files.
  3. If you have purchased the extension for the Community Edition, then you will see the extension .ZIP file for Magento 2.1.x, Magento 2.2.x, and Magento 2.3.x version.
    If you have purchased the extension for the Enterprise Edition, then you will see the extension .ZIP file for Magento 2.1.x, Magento 2.2.x and Magento 2.3.x version.
Extension Installation:

For Magento 2 Community Edition,

  1. If you are using Magento 2.1.x then you need to extract solwin-advancesorting-m2-2.1.x.zip file.
    If you are using Magento 2.2.x then you need to extract solwin-advancesorting-m2-2.2.x.zip file.
    If you are using Magento 2.3.x then you need to extract solwin-advancesorting-m2.zip file.

For Magento 2 Enterprise Edition,

  1. If you are using Magento 2.1.x then you need to extract solwin-advancesorting-m2-EE-2.1.x.zip file.
    If you are using Magento 2.2.x then you need to extract solwin-advancesorting-m2-EE-2.2.x.zip file.
    If you are using Magento 2.3.x then you need to extract solwin-advancesorting-m2-EE.zip file.

Following 2 to 6 steps are the same for Community and Enterprise edition.

  1. Copy the app folder and paste it into your magento ROOT directory.

    FTP
  2. Run upgrade command as specified : php bin/magento setup:upgrade.
  3. Run deploy command as specified : php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy -f.
  4. Clear the cache either from the admin panel or command line php bin/magento cache:clean.
  5. Now, you can see the Solwin menu in admin panel. Please go to Solwin -> Advanced Sorting -> Configuration and select Enable to Yes.
  6. Change/Set all other options as per your requirements and save settings.

NOTE : Make sure the installation is done from under the FTP administrator account. Otherwise make sure to set 775 permissions to the store root directory after the extension is deployed.

Getting Started

A setup guide and general information to help you

This document covers the installation, set up and use of this extension and provide answers and solutions to common problems and issues. We encourage you to read this document thoroughly if you are experiencing any difficulties.

Information

Advanced Sorting extension for Magento 2 adds custom sorting options to make products easier to find. This extension gives effective options to customers for product sorting – by bestsellers, most viewed, biggest saving, rating, quantity/stock, and more. Advanced Sorting will give each customer an option to display the products in the sorting order, which suits him or her best.

Ready to use sorting options:

  • Most Viewed - Most viewed products come first.
  • Best Sellers - Bestseller products come first.
  • Last Ordered - Last ordered products come first.
  • Biggest Saving - Product with the higgest discount comes first.
  • Wishlist - Products in the wishlist come first.
  • Rating - Products with the highest rating come first.
  • Reviews Count - Products with the highest review come first.
  • Featured - Featured products that are selected by the admin, those products should come first.
  • Quantity/Stock - Products with the highest Quantity/Stock come first.
  • Newly Added - Most new added product comes first by date.
  • New Set - Newly added product comes first.

Features

The Extension provides the below features:

  • It provides a fully customizable interface of the extension from the easily manageable admin.
  • Ability to enable/disable from the admin control panel.
  • Store owners can select multiple sort options from the admin control panel.
  • Store owner can set default product listing sort by from Stores >> Settings >> Configuration >> CATALOG >> Catalog >> Storefront >> Product Listing Sort by.
  • Make store more user-friendly to increase profit – more orders for store.

Settings

In the Configuration tab, this extension allows the store owner to enable or disable the module from the admin control panel. Go to Solwin >> Advanced Sorting >> Configuration.

advanced sorting settings

  • Enable: Yes | No.
  • Select Sort Option: Select sort options that store owners want to display in sort by dropdown on the front side.

Go to Stores >> Settings >> Configuration >> Catalog >> Storefront and select default sort option from Product Listing Sort by.

advanced sorting - catalog storefront

How To Use

In the front end, customers can see the different Sort By options in product list page like,

advanced sorting - front side

Support

If you have any questions or requests, please contact us at support@solwininfotech.com. We are very happy to assist you!

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