Title: Sorting by meta_value
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Sorting by meta_value

 *  Resolved [mallorydxw-old](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomdxw/)
 * (@tomdxw)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-by-meta_value/)
 * Hi,
 * I’m having trouble sorting posts.
 * This works (I’m using it from the parse_query filter):
 *     ```
       $query->set('orderby', 'post_date');
       $query->set('order', 'DESC');
       ```
   
 * But this (with works for non-relevanssi queries) does nothing:
 *     ```
       $query->set('meta_key', 'my_meta_field');
       $query->set('orderby', 'meta_value');
       $query->set('order', 'DESC');
       ```
   
 * Is there a way to do this? Or is this just not possible with relevanssi?
 * Thanks,
    Tom
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/relevanssi/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/relevanssi/)

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 *  Plugin Author [Mikko Saari](https://wordpress.org/support/users/msaari/)
 * (@msaari)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-by-meta_value/#post-5228415)
 * No, it doesn’t work like that in Relevanssi. If you want to sort by a meta field,
   you need to do it manually. With `relevanssi_hits_filter` you get complete control
   over the search results, and can sort them anyway you want, including meta values.
 *  Thread Starter [mallorydxw-old](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomdxw/)
 * (@tomdxw)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-by-meta_value/#post-5228457)
 * That solves my problem. Thanks!

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 * Last reply from: [mallorydxw-old](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tomdxw/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-by-meta_value/#post-5228457)
 * Status: resolved