Not working

Hi, I’m unable to make the plugin work on a custom post type by using the following code:

$the_query = new WP_Query (array(
‘post_type’ => ‘news’,
‘orderby’ => ‘date’,
‘order’ => ‘DESC’
));

What am I doing wrong?

https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/intuitive-custom-post-order/