Title: Sort by date post was published?
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Sort by date post was published?

 *  [IAS UMN](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ias-umn/)
 * (@ias-umn)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sort-by-date-post-was-published/)
 * I’d like to be able to sort the results by month, say. But as far as I can tell,
   no meta key for date published appears in the dropdown. Should I be looking for
   that piece of information somewhere else?
    Thanks.
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-wp-query-search-filter/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ultimate-wp-query-search-filter/)

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 *  Plugin Author [TC.K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wp_dummy/)
 * (@wp_dummy)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sort-by-date-post-was-published/#post-5604407)
 * At the Result Page Setting section, you can choose to sort by the type that you
   want. Date probably is what you looking for.
 *  Thread Starter [IAS UMN](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ias-umn/)
 * (@ias-umn)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sort-by-date-post-was-published/#post-5604461)
 * Sorry, I was unclear. I meant that “date published” should appear as boxes/buttons
   on the search form itself. Is that possible?
 *  Plugin Author [TC.K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wp_dummy/)
 * (@wp_dummy)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sort-by-date-post-was-published/#post-5604531)
 * Yes, it is possible. You can customize the plugin with filters.
    Basically, You
   can use `uwpqsf_form_bottom()` action hook to add a custom order input field.
   And the value that you get from this field will be passed to the query. You can
   use `uwpqsf_query_args()` for ajax template or `uwpqsf_deftemp_query()` for default
   template.

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## Tags

 * [date published](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/date-published/)
 * [meta key](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/meta-key/)
 * [search form](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/search-form/)

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 * Last reply from: [TC.K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wp_dummy/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sort-by-date-post-was-published/#post-5604531)
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