Title: Sort order Last modified: August 30, 2016 --- # Sort order * [awelsh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awelsh/) * (@awelsh) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sort-order-22/) * Great plugin. But I need to sort the order of some of custom post types. Can you add a sort order. I’ve checked your source code and made the necessary changes, but obviously when you update this will wipe my changes. Here is what I did to get it functioning: * Added the following to line 425 * ``` // get sort order $order = (isset($atts['order']) ? sanitize_text_field($atts['order']) : null); ``` * Added $order to each of your function calls. For example: * `wsp_return_content_type_cpt_items( $is_title_displayed, $display_nofollow, $ cpt, $only_cpt, $wsp_exclude_pages, $sort, $order );` * Added $order to each of the return_content_type function parameters. For example: * `function wsp_return_content_type_cpt_items( $is_title_displayed=true, $display_nofollow =false, $cpt, $post_type, $wsp_exclude_pages, $sort=null, $order=null )` * Added the following to each of the return_content_type functions. * ``` // change the sort order if ($sort!==null) { $args['orderby'] = $sort; } ``` * Then when you write your shortcode, you just have to add order=”ASC” or order =”DESC” * These changes only took a few minutes to make and now I can sort my posts. Can you implement these changes? * Thanks, Adrian * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-sitemap-page/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-sitemap-page/) Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) * [eddiebouncer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eddiebouncer/) * (@eddiebouncer) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sort-order-22/#post-6355029) * Hi awelsh, * I’m looking to reverse the order of the alphabetical order (as it’s from Z to A, instead of A to Z with order = title… * On which lines did you add the $order to function calls and return_content_type function parameters? Or could you share your .php? * Cheers, Ed’ * Thread Starter [awelsh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awelsh/) * (@awelsh) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sort-order-22/#post-6355037) * Hi Eddiebouncer, * I just did a search for where $sort was being used and added the extra $order argument. * You first need to get and store the shortcode attribute. I my case I called it order. The plugin author was already getting the sort attribute, so I copied his code and configured it get the order attribute. * Look for the line where * `$sort = (isset($atts['sort']) ? sanitize_text_field($atts['sort']) : null);` * And then add the following after or before it * `$order = (isset($atts['order']) ? sanitize_text_field($atts['order']) : null);` * You then need to jump down 50 or so lines for the following (around line 470) and add the $order variable to function calls that also have $sort. * ``` // check if the attribute "only" is used switch ($only_cpt) { // display only PAGE case 'page': return wsp_return_content_type_page($is_title_displayed, $is_get_only_private, $display_nofollow, $wsp_exclude_pages, $sort, $order).$copyright_link; break; // display only POST case 'post': return wsp_return_content_type_post($is_title_displayed, $display_nofollow, $display_post_only_once, $wsp_exclude_pages, $sort, $order).$copyright_link; break; // display only ARCHIVE case 'archive': return wsp_return_content_type_archive($is_title_displayed, $display_nofollow).$copyright_link; break; // display only AUTHOR case 'author': return wsp_return_content_type_author($is_title_displayed, $display_nofollow, $sort, $order).$copyright_link; break; // display only CATEGORY case 'category': return wsp_return_content_type_categories($is_title_displayed, $display_nofollow, $sort, $order).$copyright_link; break; // display only TAGS case 'tag': return wsp_return_content_type_tag($is_title_displayed, $display_nofollow).$copyright_link; break; // empty case '': // nothing but do break; default: // check if it's the name of a CPT // extract CPT object $cpt = get_post_type_object( $only_cpt ); if ( !empty($cpt) ) { return wsp_return_content_type_cpt_items( $is_title_displayed, $display_nofollow, $cpt, $only_cpt, $wsp_exclude_pages, $sort, $order ); } // check if it's a taxonomy $taxonomy_obj = get_taxonomy( $only_cpt ); if ( !empty($taxonomy_obj) ) { return wsp_return_content_type_taxonomy_items($is_title_displayed, $display_nofollow, $taxonomy_obj, $wsp_exclude_pages); } // end } ``` * Do a search for each of those functions and add the $order variable to their argument list. For example, around line 900 you can find the custom post type function. * `function wsp_return_content_type_cpt_items( $is_title_displayed=true, $display_nofollow =false, $cpt, $post_type, $wsp_exclude_pages, $sort=null, $order=null )` * Inside each of those functions you need to add the following before the call to $posts_cpt = get_posts( $args ) is made. * ``` // change the sort order if ($order!=null){ $args['order'] = $order; } ``` * That should be about all. If you know some PHP it shouldn’t be hard to implement. But hopefully the plugin will be able to implement this kind of feature. * Regards Adrian Viewing 2 replies - 1 through 2 (of 2 total) The topic ‘Sort order’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-sitemap-page/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=981368) * [WP Sitemap Page](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-sitemap-page/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-sitemap-page/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-sitemap-page/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-sitemap-page/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-sitemap-page/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-sitemap-page/reviews/) * 2 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [awelsh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awelsh/) * Last activity: [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sort-order-22/#post-6355037) * Status: not resolved