Reverse Post Order for Single Category

[scallemang]

Hi there,

I'm looking for a way to print one of my categories in ascending chronological order while leaving all others descending.

I'm only just starting out with PHP, so forgive any goofy errors. I found the following code somewhere online (the category in question is ID 8):

function child_before_loop () {

	global $query_string;

	query_posts($query_string . "&order=ASC&orderby=date&cat=8");

This worked fine for the one category - however, all other categories returned the "Sorry, no posts matched your criteria" message. Any suggestions?

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[David Chu]

Hi,
A witty presentation. 🙂

I'll shoot from the hip - depending on where you are in the template and/or loop, something like this should work, I think, to make it operative only on Category 8. The idea is to contain your line in an IF statement. Check me, as I didn't test this:

if ( is_category( '8' ) )  {
    query_posts($query_string . "&order=ASC&orderby=date&cat=8");
}

Cheers, Dave

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Dave Chu · Custom WordPress Developer – likes collaborating with Designers

[scallemang]

Got it working with your code. You rule!

In case any other PHP-neophytes stumble upon this, here is the full code I used in the functions.php file (replace the category number with your own):

add_action('genesis_before_loop', 'child_before_loop');

function child_before_loop () {

	global $query_string;
	if ( is_category( '123' ) )  {
    query_posts($query_string . "&order=ASC&orderby=date&cat=123");
	}
}

[David Chu]

Great!
And I salute you for being willing to try PHP. You'll go a lot further with Genesis than those who won't!

Dave

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Dave Chu · Custom WordPress Developer – likes collaborating with Designers

[JHSEsq]

Using the Wintersong theme, that code did NOT work for me.
And worse, I've tried at least three different plugins specifically designed to allow post category pages to display the posts in ascending, rather than descending, date order. None of those plugins work either! (Including Different Posts per Page by Max Blog Press.)
So . . . I can only conclude there must be something in the Genesis or child theme code that is overriding the plugins and/or the code suggested above.
Can anyone help?

Thanks!

[jodzeee]

It worked for me, thanks much!

[Brad Dalton]

Never Use Query Posts

Use pre_get_posts http://wpsites.net/wordpress-tips/reverse-post-order-for-category-archive/

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[jodzeee]

Thanks, Brad. Really appreciate your help!

[adougherty]

Worked like I charm for me. Thank you for posting the complete, working code block!

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