Changing the default sort order of properties

If you have our free Template Assistant add on installed you can do it using that under 'Property Hive > Settings > Template Assistant > Search Results'.

Alternatively, to change the default sort order of properties shown in search results you can add the following to your theme’s functions.php file:

add_filter('propertyhive_default_search_results_orderby', 'change_default_order');
function change_default_order( $orderby )
{
    if (
        ( isset($_REQUEST['department']) && $_REQUEST['department'] != 'commercial' ) ||
        ( !isset($_REQUEST['department']) && get_option( 'propertyhive_primary_department' ) != 'commercial' )
    )
    {
        return 'price-asc'; // e.g price-asc, date, modified etc
    }
    else
    {
        return $orderby;
    }
}