Title: Sorting by column
Last modified: December 11, 2017

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# Sorting by column

 *  Resolved [swiftimpulse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swiftimpulse/)
 * (@swiftimpulse)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-by-column/)
 * Hi,
 * Is there a way to sort the table other than ‘oldest’ or ‘newest’ first?
 * For my purpose I’m happy to create a column called sort_order and assign a numeric
   value to each item in the table, so that it’s sorted to my preference. However
   I don’t know how to tell Ninja Tables to listen to that sort order by default.

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 *  Thread Starter [swiftimpulse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swiftimpulse/)
 * (@swiftimpulse)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-by-column/#post-9771104)
 * Also I know about the user being able to sort the table themselves but I don’t
   want them to be able to do that for my purpose
 *  Plugin Author [Shahjahan Jewel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/techjewel/)
 * (@techjewel)
 * [8 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-by-column/#post-9771189)
 * Hi [@swiftimpulse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swiftimpulse/),
    I am 
   working on a version which will add this features. It will be done by next 2 
   days. I will let you know.
 * Thanks
 *  [bryankalos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bryankalos/)
 * (@bryankalos)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-by-column/#post-9800916)
 * This is also a very important feature to me. Any update on when it might be done?
   Many thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [swiftimpulse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swiftimpulse/)
 * (@swiftimpulse)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-by-column/#post-9874665)
 * Hi,
 * When is the new update coming out?
 * Thanks
 *  Plugin Author [Shahjahan Jewel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/techjewel/)
 * (@techjewel)
 * [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-by-column/#post-9947510)
 * Hello [@swiftimpulse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swiftimpulse/) and 
   [@bryankalos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bryankalos/),
    I have published
   version 1.8.0 where I have added number field and now you can sort your table
   data based on column value.
 * Please try and feel free to review the plugin.
 * Cheers

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 * Last reply from: [Shahjahan Jewel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/techjewel/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-by-column/#post-9947510)
 * Status: resolved