Sort Query Posts
Sort posts on-the-fly without making a new SQL query
Sort Query Posts ranks #16,670 among WordPress.org plugins with 100+ active installations, a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews, and was last updated Sep 4, 2012. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.
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- Version
- 1.1
- Last Updated
- Sep 04, 2012
- Requires WP
- 2.5+
- Tested Up To
- 3.4
- PHP Version
- N/A
- Author
- Túbal Martín
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- Rating
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- Reviews
- 3
- Support Threads
- 0
- Resolved
- 0%
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TL;DR
AI summary of the plugin's readmeThis plugin is for WordPress developers and site owners who need posts displayed in a different order without altering the underlying query. It solves the performance cost of running a new database query just to change post sort order, using a lightweight function instead.
- Sort posts without new SQL query
- Supports all order_by and order values
- Excludes meta_value and meta_value_num
- Sort custom post type posts
- Sort custom post type archive posts
- Adds sort_query_posts_by function
- Random sorting support
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