Title: Sorting issue
Last modified: May 10, 2023

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# Sorting issue

 *  Resolved [matts82](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matts82/)
 * (@matts82)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-issue-17/)
 * Hi – if people try to sort this by the final column and go largest to smallest,
   the largest number 11.744 doesn’t appear at the top where it should be instead
   slots in between 2.04 and 1.932 (alongside another gap on the 11s bracket).
 * Any idea why as it makes it difficult for people to filter otherwise?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fsorting-issue-17%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-issue-17/#post-16725267)
 * Hi,
 * thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.
 * The reason for this are the entry with the “?” value. These turn the sorting 
   in that column from number to text sorting, which causes the changed behavior
   that you are seeing.
 * Can you maybe replace these “?” with numbers or also leave them empty? If not,
   you would have to use an approach like [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-function-with-images/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-function-with-images/)
   and [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/consolidating-columns-without-changing-sorting-options/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/consolidating-columns-without-changing-sorting-options/)
 * Regards,
   Tobias
 *  Thread Starter [matts82](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matts82/)
 * (@matts82)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-issue-17/#post-16725277)
 * Thanks – I’ll leave it blank and put a note below to explain why there is no 
   data for those two
 *  Plugin Author [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * (@tobiasbg)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-issue-17/#post-16725288)
 * Hi,
 * cool! Good to hear that this will work!
 * Best wishes,
   Tobias

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 * Last reply from: [Tobias Bäthge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tobiasbg/)
 * Last activity: [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-issue-17/#post-16725288)
 * Status: resolved