Title: Sorting custom column human_time_diff()
Last modified: March 25, 2023

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# Sorting custom column human_time_diff()

 *  [Sergio Scabuzzo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/seedsca/)
 * (@seedsca)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-custom-column-human_time_diff/)
 * Hi, I’m trying to sort a custom column on the plugins.php page. Using the `manage_plugins_custom_column`
   action and the `manage_{$this->screen->id}_sortable_columns` filter. Getting 
   the `last_updated` date from the `plugins_api()`
 * After parsing the date with:
 * `human_time_diff( strtotime( $plugin_api->last_updated ) ) . ' ago';`
 * It’s loading fine and I get a “sortable” column. Except it’s not sorting. The
   content is changed to days, weeks, etc by the functions. Not sure what I need
   to do to make this sortable as it does not change any of the sorting. I tested
   it in another column and it worked great by sorting things alphabetically. I 
   also notice that it sorts dates fine… I’d love for this to show the format I 
   am setting by using `human_time_diff()` but also be able to sort it.
 * Thanks for any thoughts you may have on this!

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 *  Moderator [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * (@bcworkz)
 * [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-custom-column-human_time_diff/#post-16595307)
 * The plugins list table isn’t sorted like the more common posts list table would
   be. There is no “wp_plugins_query” class to work with. Instead `get_plugins()`
   is used, which has no useful filters. However, there is the “all_plugins” filter
   you could use to re-sort the passed array of plugins. The problem is there is
   no direct tie to what’s happening with your sortable column. Your filter callback
   isn’t passed any information about what is happening with your column.
 * When you click your column’s head, does it show up as an URL query string in 
   the request? If it does, your filter callback could check $_REQUEST for that 
   value and re-sort the passed array accordingly.

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 * Last reply from: [bcworkz](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bcworkz/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-custom-column-human_time_diff/#post-16595307)
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