Front page displays latest updated post

[jaychan]

Hello,

I use Genesis Simple theme and would like to modify the default reading settings. I would like to display "latest updated posts" instead of "latest posts", everywhere.

Would there have a way to do it, please?

Thank you.

[Brad Dalton]

You can use the orderby parameter for modified

'orderby' => 'modified'

You can use this with WP_Query or genesis_custom_loop.

See the page_team.php file in the Infinity Pro child theme for an example.

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[jaychan]

Thank you @braddalton

Based on your suggestion, I found the function:

add_action( 'genesis_before_loop', 'ntg_do_query' );
function ntg_do_query() {

        global $query_string;
        query_posts( wp_parse_args( $query_string, array( 'orderby' => 'modified', 'order' => 'ASC' ) ) );
}

Is that correct?

Thank you.

[Brad Dalton]

No. Don't use query_posts.

Use WP_Query or even better, genesis_custom_loop

	
$args = array(
	'orderby' => 'modified',
);

See the page_team.php file in the Infinity Pro child theme for a working example you can modify.

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[jaychan]

I forgot to mention that I used Genesis Grid Loop: https://wordpress.org/plugins/genesis-grid-loop/

https://github.com/billerickson/Genesis-Grid/wiki

Could you please guide me how to archive the result without break the loop?

Thanks.

[Brad Dalton]

Try with this filter

genesis_grid_loop_args

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[jaychan]

Yes, I first tried:

function genesis_grid_loop_args() {
      $args = array(
	'orderby' => 'modified',
);
}

and then:

function genesis_grid_loop_args() {
      $args = array(
	'orderby' => 'modified',
);
$query = new WP_Query( $args );
}

But none working! Did I miss anything?

Thank you.

[Brad Dalton]

That's not going to do anything.

What you need is a custom filter function written and tested

Or

Use a better method without the plugin.

Use column classes for the grid and pre_get_posts to modify the query.

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[jaychan]

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[Brad Dalton]

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[jaychan]

Thank you @braddalton

I tried to do it with Genesis loop but not successful. simplerthansimplest @WP.org just help me solve this. For anyone who need this later:

add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'alter_query_to_show_modified_post_first' );

function alter_query_to_show_modified_post_first( $query ) {
if($query->is_main_query() ) {
$query->set( 'orderby', 'modified' );
}
}

[Brad Dalton]

Cool. Works with the Genesis Grid Loop?

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[jaychan]

Yes, work with the grid. But now I see another issue!

I've many scheduled posts, when a scheduled post is published, it no longer display at top because the code check 'modified date' of scheduled post, not 'publish date'

Is there a way for 'latest modified' and 'latest post' to work together?

Thank you.

[Brad Dalton]

Check the WP_Query parameters

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