How Do I Sort Custom Post Type in WordPress?

When creating a custom post type in WordPress, it can be difficult to determine how to sort the posts. There are a few different ways to do this, but they all involve using the wp_posts table. The easiest way to sort custom posts is to use the custom post type’s name as the sorting criterion.

For example, if you created a custom post type called “Test”, all of the posts in the “Test” post type would be sorted first. If you want to sort posts by date, you can use the date_format parameter in the wp_post_type() function. For example, if you wanted to sort posts by date and format them like this:.

date_format=”Y-m-d H:i:s”

you would use the following function call:

wp_post_type(“Test”, array(“date_format”=>”Y-m-d H:i:s”))

If you want to sort posts by category, you can use the custom post type’s name as the sorting criterion, but you will also need to use the post_type_taxonomy() function to get the taxonomy ID for the category. You can then use the wp_post_set_cat() function to set the sorting order for the posts in the category.

The downside to using the custom post type’s name as the sorting criterion is that it is not the most efficient way to sort posts. The custom post type’s name is only examined when a post is being created, not when it is being edited.

This means that if you have a lot of posts in a custom post type, it may take a long time for them to be sorted.

The best way to sort custom posts is to use the post_type() function and the wp_posts table. This is because it is evaluated every time a post is being edited, which means that it is faster than using the custom post type’s name as the sorting criterion.