Title: change functions.php for default sort
Last modified: November 12, 2019

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# change functions.php for default sort

 *  Resolved [wimd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wimd/)
 * (@wimd)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-functions-php-for-default-sort/)
 * The FAQ indicates to add this line to the functions.php for the theme:
 * $tsml_sort_order = ‘region’; //options are name, location, address, time, or 
   region
 * But I’m having trouble with that. No matter where I put it in in that PHP page,
   it doesn’t seem to do anything. Can soneone provide a bit more guidance on exactly
   how to modify the PHP page so that the meeting page defaults to a chosen sort?
 * Thanks in advance,
 * Wim D.

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 *  Plugin Author [brianwarea24](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brianwarea24/)
 * (@brianwarea24)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-functions-php-for-default-sort/#post-12123688)
 * Looks like the FAQ has the wrong variable name. Try this instead, in the functions.
   php file of your theme:
 * `$tsml_sort_by = 'region'; //options are name, location, address, time, or region`
    -  This reply was modified 6 years, 6 months ago by [brianwarea24](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brianwarea24/).
 *  Thread Starter [wimd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wimd/)
 * (@wimd)
 * [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-functions-php-for-default-sort/#post-12124057)
 * That’s it! Thanks, Brian.

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 * Last activity: [6 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/change-functions-php-for-default-sort/#post-12124057)
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