Title: WP_Query orderby
Last modified: December 2, 2020

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# WP_Query orderby

 *  [Artneo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/artneo/)
 * (@artneo)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wp_query-orderby/)
 * Is it possible to orderby a WP_Query using the term order from taxonomy ‘role’?
 *     ```
       $employees = new WP_Query( [
         'post_type' => 'employee',
         'posts_per_page' => $posts_per_page,
         'paged' => $paged,
         'orderby' => 'title',
         'order' => 'ASC',
         's' => $s,
         'tax_query' => [
           [
             'taxonomy' => 'type',
             'field' => 'slug',
             'terms' => $typeQuery ?: $typesList
           ],
           [
             'taxonomy' => 'location',
             'field' => 'slug',
             'terms' => $locationQuery ?: $locationsList
           ],
           [
             'taxonomy' => 'role',
             'field' => 'slug',
             'terms' => $roleQuery ?: $rolesList
           ]
         ]
       ]);
       ```
   

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