Title: [Plugin: Query Posts] Post Order Confusion
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Query Posts] Post Order Confusion

 *  [mrwweb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mrwweb/)
 * (@mrwweb)
 * [15 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-query-posts-post-order-confusion/)
 * I’m running WP 3.1.1 with Query Posts 0.3.2. I have spent hours trying to figure
   out what’s going on and need a fresh pair of eyes.
 * I have a query posts widget with the following [relevant] settings:
    Order: descending
   Orderby: Date post_status: published post_type: post category: 15 posts_per_page:
   1 offset: 1 Disable sticky posts: unchecked Reset Query: unchecked
 * I want this widget to display the second post ordered by date but also accounting
   for stickiness. These settings somehow don’t seem to account for stickiness. 
   When the second-most-recent post is sticky and the most-recent post is not, the
   widget shows the second-most-recent sticky post (not the expected behavior). 
   When no posts are sticky, this works as expected.
 * I’ve tried different combinations of reset query turned on and off but haven’t
   gotten anywhere. This is one of three query posts widgets on the page as well
   as a custom, templated query_posts query (that does use reset_query after it’s
   called).
 * Any help or ideas would be appreciated.
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/query-posts/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/query-posts/)

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 *  [catherinewinters](https://wordpress.org/support/users/catherinewinters/)
 * (@catherinewinters)
 * [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-query-posts-post-order-confusion/#post-2081820)
 * I’m seeing this too, with WP 3.3.1 and Query Posts 0.3.2. I too have three query
   posts widgets on the page. (No custom, templated query_posts query, mind you.)
 * I suspect something is not actually getting reset correctly?

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 * Last activity: [14 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-query-posts-post-order-confusion/#post-2081820)
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