WP Sort Order

About this plugin

Questions

How does it work with custom taxonomies and custom post types?

How does it work with WordPress Categories?

How to enable sorting for posts/pages and taxonomies with this plugin?

On settings page you can select posts/pages and taxonomies to enable sorting.

Can users be sorted with this plugin?

Yes, you can sort. And there is a shortcode to list users under taxonomy, terms and children. [WPSO_USERS slug=”taxonomy or term slug” id=”taxonomy or term id”]. This shortcode will list users on front-end with your sorted order. No need to write another query for it.

How to re-override the parameters of ‘orderby’ and ‘order’

Sub query

By using the ‘WP_Query’, you can re-override the parameters.

• WP_Query

  ‘date’,
  ‘order’ => ‘DESC’,
  ) ) ?>

Main query

By using the ‘pre_get_posts’ action hook or ‘query_posts()’, you can re-override the parameters.

• pre_get_posts

  function my_filter( $query )
  {
  if ( is_admin() || !$query->is_main_query() ) return;
  if ( is_home() ) {
  $query->set( ‘orderby’, ‘date’ );
  $query->set( ‘order’, ‘DESC’ );
  return;
  }
  }
  add_action( ‘pre_get_posts’, ‘my_filter’ );

• query_posts()

  ‘rand’
  ) ); ?>