Title: Multiple sorting parameters in query_posts?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Multiple sorting parameters in query_posts?

 *  [Doug](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zonglars/)
 * (@zonglars)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-sorting-parameters-in-query_posts/)
 * Is it possible to pass multiple orderby values in the query_posts? I want to 
   display the first 3 entries of my products custom post-type, and prioritize to
   list the ones with higher ratings (a custom field value), but also be random,
   so it’s not showing the same 3 posts every time. Is there a way to do this?
 * On the other hand, would it be easier to create a custom taxonomy for the rating,
   and only query posts from the higher rating categories? But how would I have 
   it check lower ratings if there weren’t enough in the highest category?

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 * Last activity: [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-sorting-parameters-in-query_posts/)
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