In order to change default sort order from ascending to descending in Magento 2, first you need to copy vendor/magento/module-catalog/view/frontend/layout/catalog_category_view.xml to app/design/frontend/{{Vender_Namespace}}/{{Theme_Name}}/Magento_Catalog/layout/catalog_category_view.xml into your theme. Now copy below code to your new xml file. <?xml version=”1.0″?> <page xmlns:xsi=”http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance” layout=”2columns-left” xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation=”urn:magento:framework:View/Layout/etc/page_configuration.xsd”> <body> <referenceContainer name=”content”> <referenceBlock class=”Magento\Catalog\Block\Product\ListProduct” name=”category.products.list” as=”product_list”> <action method=”setDefaultDirection”> <argument name=”dir” xsi:type=”string”>desc</argument> </action> </referenceBlock> </referenceContainer>…

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