How to show the best seller without using any plugins [Woocommerce]

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[products limit="8" columns="4" best_selling="true"]

Display Product Attributes

• limit – The number of products to display. Defaults to and -1 (display all)  when listing products, and -1 (display all) for categories.
• columns – The number of columns to display. Defaults to 4.
• paginate – Toggles pagination on. Use in conjunction with limit. Defaults to false set to true to paginate .
• orderby – Sorts the products displayed by the entered option. One or more options can be passed by adding both slugs with a space between them. Available options are: 
  • date – The date the product was published.
  • id – The post ID of the product.
  • menu_order – The Menu Order, if set (lower numbers display first).
  • popularity – The number of purchases.
  • rand – Randomly order the products on page load (may not work with sites that use caching, as it could save a specific order).
  • rating – The average product rating.
  • title – The product title. This is the default orderby mode. 
• skus – Comma-separated list of product SKUs.
• category – Comma-separated list of category slugs.
• tag – Comma-separated list of tag slugs.
• order – States whether the product order is ascending (ASC) or descending (DESC), using the method set in orderby. Defaults to ASC.
• class – Adds an HTML wrapper class so you can modify the specific output with custom CSS.
• on_sale – Retrieve on sale products. Not to be used in conjunction with best_sellingor top_rated.
• best_selling – Retrieve the best selling products. Not to be used in conjunction with on_sale or top_rated.
• top_rated – Retrieve top-rated products. Not to be used in conjunction with on_saleor best_selling.

Content Product Attributes

• attribute – Retrieves products using the specified attribute slug.
• terms – Comma-separated list of attribute terms to be used with attribute.
• terms_operator – Operator to compare attribute terms. Available options are:
  • AND – Will display products from all of the chosen attributes.
  • IN – Will display products with the chosen attribute. This is the default terms_operator value.
  • NOT IN – Will display products that are not in the chosen attributes.
• tag_operator – Operator to compare tags. Available options are:
  • AND – Will display products from all of the chosen tags.
  • IN – Will display products with the chosen tags. This is the default tag_operator value.
  • NOT IN – Will display products that are not in the chosen tags.
• visibility – Will display products based on the selected visibility. Available options are:
  • visible – Products visible on shop and search results. This is the default visibility option.
  • catalog – Products visible on the shop only, but not search results.
  • search – Products visible in search results only, but not on the shop.
  • hidden – Products that are hidden from both shop and search, accessible only by direct URL.
  • featured – Products that are marked as Featured Products.

• category – Retrieves products using the specified category slug.
• tag – Retrieves products using the specified tag slug.
• cat_operator – Operator to compare category terms. Available options are:
  • AND – Will display products that belong in all of the chosen categories.
  • IN – Will display products within the chosen category. This is the default cat_operator value.
  • NOT IN – Will display products that are not in the chosen category.

• ids – Will display products based on a comma-separated list of Post IDs.
• skus – Will display products based on a comma-separated list of SKUs.

If the product is not showing, make sure it is not set to “Hidden” in the “Catalog Visibility”.

To find the Product ID, go to the Products screen, hover over the product and the ID appears as shown below.

To find the product ID

Special Product Attributes

These attributes cannot be used with the “Content Attributes” listed above, as they will likely cause a conflict and not display. You should only use one of the following special attributes.

• best_selling – Will display your best selling products. Must be set to true.
• on_sale – Will display your on-sale products. Must be set to true.