TheCartPress provides three ways to display a sorting panel:

The easiest way is to add the TCP Sort Panel widget to a widgetable area.

The second way is to add the tcp_the_sort_panel() function to the products template.

You could take a look to the thecartpress/theme-templates/loop-tcp-grid.php to see an example of how to integrate this function in a template.

And, finally, if the theme uses the loop-tcp-grid.php set the ‘See sorting panel’ setting in the ‘Loop Settings’.

The Using TCP Loops doc explains how to add the tcp_loop_grid in your theme. This grid layout has the sorting panel added and it can be displayed through the Loop Settings admin panel.

To modify the tcp_loop-grid settings you need to visit TheCartPress Settings / Theme compatibility and activate ‘Use TCP Loops Configurables’. After this, TheCartPress shows a new admin menu called ‘Loop Settings’. In this new panel you could show or hide the sorting panel.

For Plugins Developers, please visit how to add sorting methods