add_filter( 'woocommerce_shortcode_products_query', 'woocommerce_shortcode_products_orderby' ); function woocommerce_shortcode_products_orderby( $args ) { $standard_array = array('menu_order','title','date','rand','id'); if( isset( $args['orderby'] ) && !in_array( $args['orderby'], $standard_array ) ) { $args['meta_key'] = $args['orderby']; $args['orderby'] = 'meta_value_num'; } return $args; }