Title: Plugin has messed up Posts order
Last modified: April 10, 2022

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# Plugin has messed up Posts order

 *  Resolved [hamsteralliance](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hamsteralliance/)
 * (@hamsteralliance)
 * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-has-messed-up-posts-order/)
 * Hello,
 * In the WordPress Admin area, under Posts, the default order of the posts is by
   date, so that the most recently added posts are at the top.
 * After installing this plugin that is no longer the case. Even after uninstalling
   this plugin whatever modification it made has remained.
 * I know it’s this plugin because this problem exists in the Sandbox tryout of 
   the plugin. I’m upset that I didn’t notice the problem in the sandbox before 
   installing the plugin, and that uninstalling the plugin doesn’t fix it.
 * Even in the sandbox the posts aren’t sorted by Date with newest at the top. If
   you click the Date column to sort it that way, then click Posts, it’ll go back
   to not being sorted that way. Whatever this plugin has done has also messed up
   the sorting in other plugins.
 * Where in the code has this plugin made this change? Is it in the database?
 * Can you tell me what to search for in the code to fix this, or can I send you
   my database file, or will you update your plugin to make it fix this upon uninstallation?
 * Thank you,
 * Jamez

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 *  Plugin Author [Matthias Günter](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mguenter/)
 * (@mguenter)
 * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-has-messed-up-posts-order/#post-15551274)
 * Hey [@hamsteralliance](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hamsteralliance/) !
 * Thanks for your message.
 * > and that uninstalling the plugin doesn’t fix it.
 * In general, Real Custom Post Order overwrites the `menu_order` field for a given`
   wp_posts`. This is the default field for using the menu order for WordPress posts.
 * Do you have a backup of your `wp_posts#menu_order` database column?
 * > Where in the code has this plugin made this change? Is it in the database?
 * Yes, it is in the database of `wp_posts#menu_orde` field. And this is done by`
   inc/sortable/PostSortable.php#updateByIntSequence`.
 * I just tried to reproduce the issue you mentioned on a fresh WordPress instance,
   unfortunately I cannot. Can you please share a short screencast video showing
   the issue on a plain WordPress instance? On the sandbox system, the plugin is
   installed on sandbox-creation, so I do not have a before-after scenario.
 * Regards
    Matthew 😊
 *  Thread Starter [hamsteralliance](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hamsteralliance/)
 * (@hamsteralliance)
 * [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-has-messed-up-posts-order/#post-15553310)
 * Hello!
 * Thank you for your prompt reply, I appreciate it.
 * Overall the crisis has been averted, haha. I hadn’t made an intentional backup
   in a few months, but then I remembered that GoDaddy’s hosting makes automatic
   backups that are separate. I was able to restore that backup and everything seems
   to be back to normal.
 * Have a good day,
    – Jamez

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 * Last reply from: [hamsteralliance](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hamsteralliance/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-has-messed-up-posts-order/#post-15553310)
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