How to get recently added sort by option?

Question

I need to have recently added sort by option how can I get this.I searched google and also SE's but cannot found the solutions but not worked.

Answer 1

To get recently added sort by option open app/code/core/Mage/Catalog/Block/Product/List/toolbar.php and find and replace the below code will be in line 232

if ($this->getCurrentOrder()) {
            $this->_collection->setOrder($this->getCurrentOrder(), $this->getCurrentDirection());
        }
        return $this;

by

if ($this->getCurrentOrder()) {
          if(($this->getCurrentOrder())=='recentlyadded'){
              $this->_collection->setOrder('entity_id','desc');
          }
          else {
           $this->_collection->setOrder($this->getCurrentOrder(),$this->getCurrentDirection());
          }
        }
        return $this;

also in line no 391 find and replace this code

public function setDefaultOrder($field)
{
    if (isset($this->_availableOrder[$field])) {
        $this->_orderField = $field;
    }
    return $this;
}

with this code

 public function setDefaultOrder($field) {
    if (isset($this->_availableOrder[$field])) {
        $this->_availableOrder = array(

            'recentlyadded'    => $this->__('Recently Added'),
            'name'        => $this->__('Name'),
            'price'       => $this->__('Price'),
        );
        $this->_orderField = $field;
    }

    return $this;
}

this should help you in getting the required recently added functionality if any queries please let me know.