I actually figured this out shortly after posting…
Go to: wp-admin/includes/post.php
Scroll down to line number 513
You are looking for a block like this:
if ( 'pending' === $q['post_status'] ) {
$order = 'ASC';
$orderby = 'modified';
} elseif ( 'draft' === $q['post_status'] ) {
$order = 'DESC';
$orderby = 'modified';
} else {
$order = 'DESC';
$orderby = 'date';
}
In the final else {} Change:
$order = 'ASC';
to:
$order = 'DESC';
That’s it! When you are done the block should look like this:
if ( 'pending' === $q['post_status'] ) {
$order = 'ASC';
$orderby = 'modified';
} elseif ( 'draft' === $q['post_status'] ) {
$order = 'DESC';
$orderby = 'modified';
} else {
$order = 'DESC'; /* used to be ASC */
$orderby = 'date';
}
Ok you need to open up wp-admin/includes/post.php
On line 771 there is a function called function wp_edit_posts_query()
On line 794 there is
if ( isset($q['post_status']) && 'pending' === $q['post_status'] ) {
$order = 'ASC';
$orderby = 'modified';
} elseif ( isset($q['post_status']) && 'draft' === $q['post_status'] ) {
$order = 'DESC';
$orderby = 'modified';
} else {
$order = 'DESC';
$orderby = 'date';
}
replace the DESC’s with ASC’s to look like
if ( isset($q['post_status']) && 'pending' === $q['post_status'] ) {
$order = 'ASC';
$orderby = 'modified';
} elseif ( isset($q['post_status']) && 'draft' === $q['post_status'] ) {
$order = 'ASC'; //used to be DESC
$orderby = 'modified';
} else {
$order = 'ASC'; //used to be DESC
$orderby = 'date';
}
You can also on line 805 edit the number of posts displayed per page
wp("post_type=post&what_to_show=posts$post_status_q&posts_per_page=15&order=$order&orderby=$orderby");
I hope that helps!
Oops I posted this without checking to see if anyone else had posted. Anyway we arrived at the same solution which is reassuring!
