Product sorting by features

The addon allows you to sort products in a category by the selected feature or product code. It facilitates the search for the desired product and makes shopping more convenient for customers.

Purpose

The addon solves a typical store task — to give customers the ability to sort products not only by price, name or date, but also by arbitrary features (color, size, volume, etc.) and by product code.

How it works

The addon uses hooks get_products, products_sorting, get_product_feature_data_before_select and get_product_features. In feature settings (Administration → Catalog → Product features), for each feature you can enable the "MS: Use for sorting" option. Features with this option appear in the list of available sortings on the storefront in categories.

For numeric features, the "MS: Sort as numbers" option is available — without it, values are sorted as strings (e.g., 10 would come before 2).

Additionally, you can enable pre-sorting by stock availability — in-stock products will be displayed first.

Where to find in admin panel

Addon settings: Add-ons → Manage add-ons → Product sorting by features. Feature settings for sorting: Catalog → Product features (columns "MS: Use for sorting" and "MS: Sort as numbers").

Dependencies

The addon works with the basic CS-Cart functionality. Compatible with product_variations and ecl_instock_sorting addons.