Title: wp_insert_post order problem
Last modified: September 10, 2021

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# wp_insert_post order problem

 *  [otto2021](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto2021/)
 * (@otto2021)
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_insert_post-order-problem/)
 * I’m sorry, I speak a little English.
 * My code in my custom theme (functions.php) [only example]:
 *     ```
       $posts = array(
       '141th',
       // ...
       '3rd',
       '2nd',
       '1st'
       );
       foreach( $posts as $post ) {
       wp_insert_post( array( 'post_title'=> $post ) );
       }
       ```
   
 * My posts list:
 *     ```
       141
       139
       140
       137
       138
       ...
       1
       ```
   
 * I would like (in order):
 *     ```
       141
       140
       139
       138
       ...
       1
       ```
   
 * Why? What is the problem and how to solving?
 * Thanks.

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 *  Thread Starter [otto2021](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto2021/)
 * (@otto2021)
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_insert_post-order-problem/#post-14859420)
 * My $posts array is okay. I used the krsort( $posts ) function. I checked with
   print_r() function. My $posts variable is okay. Why is it wrong?
 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_insert_post-order-problem/#post-14859465)
 * When you bulk insert like that, the exact publish date can be a little erratic
   and unreliable for precise sorting. By default posts are sorted by their published
   date. You need to specify a `'orderby'=>'title',` parameter when you query your
   posts.
 * Titles are saved as a string, so the sorting is alphabetic, not numeric. Unless
   your titles all have the exact same digit count, you cannot get numeric title
   sorting using WP_Query alone. The resulting SQL needs to be modified through 
   the “posts_request” filter by adding `+0` to the title ORDER BY parameter. This
   casts the string as a number by performing math on it.

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 * Last reply from: [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_insert_post-order-problem/#post-14859465)
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