[Resolved] Cannot Sort Fields On Edit All Posts Dashboard Page (/wp-admin/edit.php)

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[peterB-14]

I am trying to: Sort Posts by Date.

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I expected to see: The posts in order of date, descending.

Instead, I got: Default sort.

On my dev environment with only Types installed as a plugin, this still happens. I have a code-based custom post type, "Gifts". This post type does not have the same issue.

[Shane Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Jamaica (GMT-05:00)]

Hi Peter,

Thank you for contacting our support forum.

I tried this on a test install that I had and it works perfectly fine. This is the default publish date field from wordpress correct?

Would you mind providing me with admin access to the website so that I can have a look at this for you?

Thanks,
Shane

[peterB-14]

I also noticed that I can go to another custom post type, and sort columns. For example, Bamboo.

[Shane Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Jamaica (GMT-05:00)]

Hi Peter,

I'm not sure what is causing the issue here but would you mind if I install the duplicator plugin and create a duplicator package of this website for further testing ?

Thanks,
Shane

[peterB-14]

Shane, go ahead.

[Christian Cox]

Hi, Shane is off today so I will take over this ticket. I hope that's okay. If I temporarily enable a default theme, like Twenty Seventeen, sorting of Plants works as expected. Can you confirm this behavior on the staging site? If you agree, then it seems we have a theme compatibility issue.

[peterB-14]

Yes, I agree. I will look through the theme to find an answer. Thank you!

[Christian Cox]

Thanks, keep me posted. If you're unable to find anything, I can escalate this ticket to our compatibility team to see if they have any ideas.

[peterB-14]

I found the code that was causing the issue:

//Plants Archive Page Sorting 
function plants_archive_change_sort_order($query) {
	if (is_post_type_archive('plants')) {
		//Set the order ASC or DESC
		$query->set( 'order', 'ASC' );
		//Set the orderby
		$query->set( 'orderby', 'name' );
	}   
}
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'plants_archive_change_sort_order');

I changed it to this:

//Plants Archive Page Sorting 
function plants_archive_change_sort_order($query) {
	if (!is_admin() && is_post_type_archive('plants')) {
		//Set the order ASC or DESC
		$query->set( 'order', 'ASC' );
		//Set the orderby
		$query->set( 'orderby', 'name' );
	}   
}
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'plants_archive_change_sort_order');

And we're set! I didn't realize that this action would happen in the Dashboard, as well...

[Christian Cox]

Nice!