Title: Orderby in short code
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Orderby in short code

 *  Resolved [ianbutty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ianbutty/)
 * (@ianbutty)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/orderby-in-short-code/)
 * The deception page of the plug-in shows the sort code parameter:
 * “orderby – Sort retrieved posts by parameter. The default is none.”
 * If the default is none – what values can the parameter take?
 * I am particularly interested in sorting by a custom field – on one of my sites
   I am doing reviews of TV/Audio stories and wish to order the the thumbnails in
   order of broadcast date which I store in a custom field.
 * Is this possible?
 * Thanks
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/thumbnail-grid/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/thumbnail-grid/)

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 *  Plugin Author [A. Jones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nomadcoder/)
 * (@nomadcoder)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/orderby-in-short-code/#post-5217515)
 * Hi, orderby is described in the wordpress codex. According to the documentation,
   you can orderby using a custom meta value.
 * I think that you can do something like this:
 * meta_key = “yourkey” orderby = “meta_value_num”
    or orderby = “meta_value”
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Order_.26_Orderby_Parameters](http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Order_.26_Orderby_Parameters)
 *  Plugin Author [A. Jones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nomadcoder/)
 * (@nomadcoder)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/orderby-in-short-code/#post-5217551)
 * Could you let me know if that worked for you? We do have a premium version of
   the plugin with an extension that handles sorting but it will not be released
   until next week while we get administrative things out of the way.
 *  Plugin Author [A. Jones](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nomadcoder/)
 * (@nomadcoder)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/orderby-in-short-code/#post-5217603)
 * Hello, there is a sorting extension available now on shooflysolutions.com.
 * Best regards,
    Adrian

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