How to sort products in a collection by Published_at not Created_at date?

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I want to sort products in my collection by published_at not created_at date. The default Shopify “Newest” sort, sorts it by created_at date.. which is problematic when you keep products drafted for a while, and then you publish them and it doesn’t show on the store as a new / latest product.
Its time consuming to order Manually or use New tags during publishing.

I’m using Be Yours theme by Roar theme.. not interested in using a plugin, but happy to do code modifications.

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Hey there pal @SK_TG you actually indeed don’t need an app to resolve this issue. Here’s a code that should help you sort the products by when they were published

{% if collection.sort_by == ‘created-descending’ or collection.sort_by == empty and collection.default_sort_by == ‘created-descending’ %}
{% assign collection_products = collection.products | sort: ‘published_at’ | reverse %}
{% elsif collection.sort_by == 'created-ascending ’ or collection.sort_by == empty and collection.default_sort_by == ‘created-ascending’ %}
{% assign collection_products = collection.products | sort: ‘published_at’ %}
{% else %}
{% assign collection_products = collection.products %}
{% endif %}

Copy and paste appropriately and I think this should solve it!

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I’m a developer myself and can carry out the code changes. Issue is, there’s no documentation in Be Yours theme to do this.
I have tried a few ways and its not 100% correct.. cuz I’m overriding the default sorting code, but I need to replace it altogether rather than override.

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Hello, thank you. I’ll definitely try it out!

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Thanks for the code. Where should it be placed?

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We recommend checking out the SortWise app. We built it specifically for merchants who need that extra level of control to optimize their collections and go way beyond the basics. You can sort by published, created, updated, back-in-stock date, and more.