Title: Sort by data newest first
Last modified: April 20, 2017

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# Sort by data newest first

 *  Resolved [golferdude99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/golferdude99/)
 * (@golferdude99)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sort-by-data-newest-first/)
 * Hello:
 * Just updated the plugin to the latest and now my table does not auto sort to 
   the newest on a date column.
 * This was working previously.
 * It seems to sort by text (month name) vs latest date.
 * WP 4.74
    TablePress 1.8 TablePress Extension: DataTables Sorting plugins 1.0
 * See the table here:
    [https://goo.gl/zjoO6s](https://goo.gl/zjoO6s)
 * Any help much appreciated.

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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sort-by-data-newest-first/#post-9051972)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your question, and sorry for the trouble.
 * I’m not sure why this happens, to be honest. We might have to set the cell type
   in that column to `date`, explicitly.
    For that, please add this to the “Custom
   Commands” text field on the “Edit” screen of this table:
 *     ```
       "columnDefs": [ { "type": "date", "targets": [ 3 ] } ]
       ```
   
 * Regards,
    Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [golferdude99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/golferdude99/)
 * (@golferdude99)
 * [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sort-by-data-newest-first/#post-9052814)
 * Thanks Tobias for the fix.
 * Works great now.
 * Much appreciated.

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 * Last reply from: [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sort-by-data-newest-first/#post-9051972)
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