Title: Sorting by Date Issue
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Sorting by Date Issue

 *  Resolved [ibc3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ibc3/)
 * (@ibc3)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-by-date-issue/)
 * Hi! I have a strange issue… I recently upgraded to WP 3.5.2 & noticed that 2 
   of our older posts started sorting to the top and are stuck there. Here are the
   parameters I am using, & the site is vahi.org.
 * [display-posts image_size=”thumbnail” include_excerpt=”true” wrapper=”div” posts_per_page
   =”15″ orderby=”date” order=”DESC”]
 * The top 2 posts have a date of 6-12-2013 & 6-11-2013 respectively. The 3rd post
   has a date of 7-15-2013. The rest of the posts are sorting correctly (desc date)
   until the next to last one which has a date of 6-10-2013, with a 6-25-2013 post
   above it & 6-21-2013 post below it.
 * I have tried to change the post date on these offending posts, but that didn’t
   work either. What am I missing? Thanks!
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/display-posts-shortcode/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/display-posts-shortcode/)

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 *  Thread Starter [ibc3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ibc3/)
 * (@ibc3)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-by-date-issue/#post-3938432)
 * If you look at this page, I’ve added the date display to help see the order.
 * [http://vahi.org/a-test/](http://vahi.org/a-test/)
 * When I change the order to ASC, it seems to sort correctly, just not DESC. I’ll
   post more info as I have it.
 * Thanks!
 *  Thread Starter [ibc3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ibc3/)
 * (@ibc3)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-by-date-issue/#post-3938538)
 * Another clue… I recently noticed this has to do with posts that have Full-Throttle
   calendar plug-in events associated with them. Any ideas on how to fix this? I’m
   not sure why it is sorting on the Full-Throttle calendar date instead of the 
   post date. Thanks for your help!
 *  Plugin Author [Bill Erickson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/billerickson/)
 * (@billerickson)
 * [12 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-by-date-issue/#post-3938540)
 * My guess is that plugin is doing something that alters the post date. I’ve never
   used it before, so I recommend you post this in their support forum.
 * Display Posts Shortcode uses standard WordPress Queries ([WP_Query](http://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query)),
   so this should affect any theme or plugin that is also doing custom queries.
 *  Thread Starter [ibc3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ibc3/)
 * (@ibc3)
 * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-by-date-issue/#post-3938561)
 * Hi! Thanks for the response! I have posted something on the ft-cal plugin support
   site, too.
 * In the meantime, I looked at the database, and the wp_posts.post_date is unchanged
   on the post that sorts to the top; it stays 6-12-2013. There is only an entry
   added to the wp_ftcalendar_events table with the event date of 10-6-2013.
 * Any idea? I’m not real sure how the WP_Query works, but will try to study that,
   too. I just thought this plugin would look at the post_date for sorting. Any 
   other suggestions on things to examine?
 * Thanks again!

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