Option to sort by post slug

Ok, I tried replacing
<option value="title"<?php selected( $instance["sort_by"], "title" ); ?>>Title</option>
with
<option value="name"<?php selected( $instance["sort_by"], "name" ); ?>>Name (post slug)</option>

See: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Order_.26_Orderby_Parameters

This should have caused the orderby variable for the $my_args to be “name” instead of “title” in the WP_Query.

But it didn’t work. The recent post now are just ordered by date but reverse.

PS: I looked up the values in the database and it clearly states:
“s:7:”sort_by”;s:4:”name”;”

Yay, I got it.

You also need to change the following line:
$default_sort_orders = array('date', 'title', 'comment_count', 'rand');
to
$default_sort_orders = array('date', 'name', 'comment_count', 'rand');

Or maybe not. ?? It works now. ??