Title: authors sorting
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# authors sorting

 *  Resolved [Gianandrea La Porta](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gianandrea-la-porta/)
 * (@gianandrea-la-porta)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authors-sorting/)
 * Hi
    I’ve got a problem with the sortby function. My output is sorted by the first_name
   and not by last_name, but as you can see below my mendeleydb is correct… Thanks!
 * Response: HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Type: application/vnd.mendeley-document.1+json
   Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 08:18:40 GMT Vary: Accept-Encoding Vary: Accept-Encoding
   X-Mendeley-Trace-Id: xxxxxxxx Content-Length: 529 Connection: keep-alive {“id”:”
   xxxxxxxxxxx”,”title”:”Horae entomologicae.”,”type”:”journal”,”authors”:[{“first_name”:”
   T.”,”last_name”:”De Charpentier”}],”year”:1825,”source”:”Wratislaviae”,”identifiers”:{“
   issn”:”0″},”created”:”2015-01-25T09:50:37.000Z”,”volume”:”0″,”file_attached”:
   false,”profile_id”:”11656617-ab0b-380b-b109-00391b3fbee3″,”last_modified”:”2015-
   03-17T08:14:51.000Z”,”tags”:[“Non disp.”],”read”:false,”starred”:false,”authored”:
   false,”confirmed”:true,”hidden”:false,”citation_key”:”0193″,”source_type”:”article”}
 * output example with sortby=”authors” sortorder=”asc”:
 * Lanfossi, P. 1826. “Saggio Di Storia Naturale Dei Contorni Di Mantova.”. Giorn.
   Fis. Chim. St. Nat. Configliacchi E Brugnatelli D.II, T.9: 42.
    Rossi, P. 1790.“
   Fauna Etrusca.”. Thomae Masi & Sociorum, Livorno. Van Der Linden, P.L. 1823. “
   Agriones Bononienses.”. Opuscoli Scintifici Di Bologna, 4: 101. (110) 4: 101.
   Van Der Linden, P.L. 1825. “Monographiae Libellulinarum Europaearum Speciemen.”.
   Bruxelles. Van Der Linden, P.L. 1823. “Aeshnae Bononienses.”. Opuscoli Scintifici
   Di Bologna, 4: 158. (167) 4: 158. De Charpentier, T. 1825. “Horae Entomologicae.”.
   Wratislaviae.
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 *  Plugin Author [kochm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kochm/)
 * (@kochm)
 * [11 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/authors-sorting/#post-5907514)
 * Thanks for the report. There actually was a bug in the code that showed since
   the Mendeley API update. v 1.0.9 corrects the bug.

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