Title: sorting posts
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# sorting posts

 *  [lucir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lucir/)
 * (@lucir)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-posts-5/)
 * I have a template that displays posts of a certain category. I want the posts
   to appear not in chronologic order, but in numeric order like Lesson 1, Lesson
   2, Lesson 3, etc. I inserted the code:
    <?php global $query_string; query_posts(
   $query_string . “&orderby=title&order=asc”); ?> in the template which works but
   only up to Lesson 9. Lesson 10 is placed before Lesson 2 because it sees the 
   digit 1 in 10 as coming before 2. This is a problem … I could rename the posts
   like Lesson A, Lesson B, Lesson C, etc, but I would rather not. Any suggestions?
   I would appreciate any ideas. Thank you

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 *  [Colin Murphy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/colin-murphy/)
 * (@colin-murphy)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-posts-5/#post-2771138)
 * What about ordering post by date and then orderby asc assuming that the first
   post you posted was Lesson 1 through to 10 …
 *  Thread Starter [lucir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lucir/)
 * (@lucir)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-posts-5/#post-2771168)
 * Yes that would work but If I want to update a post and repost it it would have
   the wrong sequence.
 *  Thread Starter [lucir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lucir/)
 * (@lucir)
 * [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-posts-5/#post-2771276)
 * Thank you, Colin, you gave me an idea. It’s not my preferred solution, but it
   would do for now. I don’t need to delete a post to update it, simply remove it’s
   Flash content, update it, and replace it.

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 * Last reply from: [lucir](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lucir/)
 * Last activity: [14 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-posts-5/#post-2771276)
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