Title: Good Stuff
Last modified: October 17, 2016

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# Good Stuff

 *  [thomasjacobjr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/thomasjacobjr/)
 * (@thomasjacobjr)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-stuff-56/)
 * I am a fan of this plugin. I am a bit OCD when it comes to logging in my book
   library digitally, and the Goodreads API is still a bit of a mess. While entering
   in all my books was a bit of a chore, once my library was complete it looked 
   pretty great visually. There are a bunch of different ways to sort your catalogue
   and plentiful search options and tags. I even reached out to the developer, Jake,
   about modifying the code to allow for a different default sorting order, and 
   he immediately responded. I would like the ability to reset the default sorting
   algorithm (whether by book title, author’s last name, publisher, etc) so I hope
   Jake will address this, but otherwise, if you like looking at a neatly-rendered
   digital catalogue of your book library, this is the plugin you want.

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 *  Plugin Author [Jake Evans](https://wordpress.org/support/users/forwardcreation/)
 * (@forwardcreation)
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-stuff-56/#post-8315018)
 * Thomas,
 * In response to that particular request you had, about changing the default sorting
   of your books to Alphabetical, here’s the solution, for you and any others that
   may want to have their library set up this way:
 * You’ll need to open the ‘ui.php’ file. Look for a section of code that looks 
   like…
 *  default:
    if(empty($searchquery)){ $my_query = “SELECT * FROM $table_name”; 
   wpbooklist_display_books($wpdb, $count, $my_query, $sort_id, $hide_edit_delete,
   $books_on_page, $table_name); } }//end switch
 * Should be around line 352 (if you’re looking at this in an actual text editor).
 * Change the code above to:
 * default:
    if(empty($searchquery)){ $my_query = “SELECT * FROM $table_name ORDER
   BY book_title ASC”; wpbooklist_display_books($wpdb, $count, $my_query, $sort_id,
   $hide_edit_delete, $books_on_page, $table_name); } }//end switch
 * Hope that helps!
 * -Jake

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