Title: Sort by meta_value_num?
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Sort by meta_value_num?

 *  [daitoku](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daitoku/)
 * (@daitoku)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sort-by-meta_value_num/)
 * I have this working other than the sorting. Any help would be great.
 * [http://site.dev/api/?json=core.get_recent_posts&post_type=contest&include=title,url,custom_fields&custom_fields=first_name,votes&count=-1&orderby=meta_value_num&meta_key=votes](http://site.dev/api/?json=core.get_recent_posts&post_type=contest&include=title,url,custom_fields&custom_fields=first_name,votes&count=-1&orderby=meta_value_num&meta_key=votes)
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 *  Thread Starter [daitoku](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daitoku/)
 * (@daitoku)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sort-by-meta_value_num/#post-3840501)
 * Tracked down the answer use get_posts not get_recent_posts
 * [http://site.dev/api/?json=get_posts&post_type=contest&include=title,url,custom_fields&custom_fields=first_name,votes&count=-1&orderby=meta_value_num&meta_key=votes](http://site.dev/api/?json=get_posts&post_type=contest&include=title,url,custom_fields&custom_fields=first_name,votes&count=-1&orderby=meta_value_num&meta_key=votes)

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 * Last reply from: [daitoku](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daitoku/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sort-by-meta_value_num/#post-3840501)
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