How can I manually change posts order in my homepage?

[swann83]

Hi,
I am using Genesis' Magazine Pro theme, as a beginner essentially. I know that posts in WP are shown from the most recently published, but I need to change posts order in my homepage without changing the published date. How can I manually change that order?

I've also tried to install "Post Types Order" plugin but I can't get the ReOrder interface trough which the sort can be created. When I click on "ReOrder" at the bottom of posts section, I only get a blank page after a while. I think it's a problem related to Genesis – or specifically Magazine Pro theme – compatibility. Any suggestion?

Thanks to all of you.

[Victor Font]

The plugin you are trying to use if for custom post types you have defined, not built-in WordPress post types. This is from the plugin website: "You can sort ALL post types that you have defined into your WordPress as long they are not hierarchically defined"

To change the order of posts in a query, you need to change the query's "order by" through the WordPress posts_orderby filter. https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Filter_Reference/posts_orderby

The following code sorts posts alphabetically by title:

//* Sort the portfolio thumbnails alphabetically
add_filter("posts_orderby", "vmf_orderby_filter", 10, 2);
 
function vmf_orderby_filter($orderby, &$query){
    global $wpdb;
    //figure out whether you want to change the order
    if (get_query_var("post_type") == "post") {
         return "$wpdb->posts.post_title ASC";
    }
    return $orderby;
 }

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[swann83]

Thank you for the answer. Well, I don't need a different sorts parameter. I just need a kind of drag and drop feature to re-order my posts arrangement day by day, without changing date – 'cause this would change permalink and produce lost pages and disadvantage in organic search results. I remember a drag and drop feature like that, used in newspaper magazine website (built in WP) I worked for.

[Victor Font]

Dragging and dropping posts on the back end will have absolutely no bearing on how posts are displayed on the back end. You may have seen a custom feature of some king, but that kind of functionality does not exist in WordPress or Genesis. Good luck in your search.

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Regards,

Victor
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[swann83]

That drag & drop feature actually exists in "Post Types Order" plugin, but it doesn't seem to work with Genesis.

[Brad Dalton]

Works. Just tested it using the Metro Pro theme. No problems.

Note: You can use menu_order with a custom query if you want to hand code it.

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