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1. skarck
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi,

   i'm looking for a way to manage posts in WP backend, like sorting posts by metadata or filter the view by category...

   i can't believe there's no way to do it, maybe you know a plugin (i didn't find one)

   -skarck

2. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   You can Filter the view by category.

   Administration > Posts > Edit

3. skarck
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Ah, i see filtering is possible.
   but what about sorting?

   i use an event plugin that gives posts a timestamp (event date) as a custom field. now i'd like to sort all posts in backend by this metadata.

   any ideas?

   thanks,
   -skarck

4. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Not sure you can get there without modifying core files. The function wp_edit_posts_query in wp-admin/includes/post.php handles that and it looks like there is no filter on the orderby.

5. skarck
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi Michael, could u give me a hint how to access the posts metadata within this function?
   i just don't get the right value for
   $orderby ...
   i found
   get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'metakey', true );
   but it doesn't work :(

6. skarck
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hi again,

   would be great to get some help
   i'm trying
   wp("post_type=post&$post_status_q&posts_per_page=$posts_per_page&order=$order&orderby=meta_value&meta_key=MyValue");
   like in function reference in post.php but it doesn't work.
   seems not to access metadata.
   orderby=post_title works.

   thanks in advance,

   skarck

7. shmrck1
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I am also wanting to have posts appear in order by date, and they appear in alphabetical order by month :(
   Anyone know how I can fix that?

   It's the Kurt's Corner posts on this page, I need to reorder by date, not by the month spelling. Any help is much appreciated! Thanks :)

   http://americanpoweryoga.com/kurtsCorner/

8. skarck
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   i'm sorry shmrck1, but this tread is about ordering posts IN BACKEND (edit post list) not in frontend...

9. MichaelH
   Volunteer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Also see: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/322947

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