Rearrange Books in Author Pro Library

[SLIcore]

Hello StudioPress people!

Long time user and first time poster. I figure someone has come across this issue.

I have set a client up with the Author Pro theme and it's gone super great so far. The one small problem I have now is on the library page. How can I change the display order of the books using the Author Pro Plugin? The client wants them in order of publication and for some reason, the Author Pro Plugin chose them (by publication) 3, 1, 2. They aren't even alphabetical!

So, am I totally blind or is there a setting to change this built into the plugin? I want to make sure before I hack the sucker myself. Please view our library for reference.

Please let me know if more info is needed.

https://dwayneclayden.com/book-author/dwayne-clayden/

[Brad Dalton]

Should be able to use pre_get_posts to change the order

Something like this :

add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'books_order' );
function books_order( $query ) {
    if ( $query->is_main_query() && !is_admin() ) {
        if ( $query->is_tax() || $query->is_post_type_archive('books') ) {
            $query->set('orderby', 'meta_value_num');  
            $query->set('meta_key', 'sort_order');  
            $query->set('order', 'ASC'); 
        }       
    }
} 

You might need to change the conditionals and the orderby parameters.

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[SLIcore]

That was kind of what I was thinking I would end up doing. Thanks for laying this out, Brad. That’s awesome! I really appreciate it. I will consider this solved as I really don’t think there is an actually setting for this. Have a great weekend!

Jim

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