Post ID order

  • Resolved António Carreira

    (@streetdog1971)


    10 years, 2 months ago

    Hi there.

    Thanks for the amazing plugin, great work!

    I’m having the following “problem”:

    When using “Comma-separated list of post IDs” I insert the Post ID’s like:
    62,58,26

    I’m expecting the output to be something like:

    • Post ID = 62
    • Post ID = 58
    • Post ID = 26

    But it’s not. It outputs in the wrong order:

    • Post ID = 62
    • Post ID = 26
    • Post ID = 58

    Is there a way to make this right?

    Thanks in advance!

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/flexible-posts-widget/

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  • Plugin Author DaveE

    (@dpe415)

    Hi StreetDog,

    You’ll want to set the “Order Posts By” setting to Post ID Order. It’s the last option for the “Order Posts By” setting.

    Cheers!

    Thread Starter António Carreira

    (@streetdog1971)

    Already tried it, doesn’t work…
    Nor does the Ascending and Descending options.

    Plugin Author DaveE

    (@dpe415)

    Double check. There is an option called Post ID and also one called Post ID Order. Make sure it’s Post ID Order.

    I’m confident that it is working. I just tested again using a default site build with TwentyFourteen. If it still isn’t working, then there must be a theme or plugin filter overriding the query.

    Thread Starter António Carreira

    (@streetdog1971)

    Ok, I’ve found the culprit, I was using the “Simple Custom Post Order” plugin and it was messing with FPW post order.

    Thanks a lot for your quick reply!
    Cheers!

    Thread Starter António Carreira

    (@streetdog1971)

    Hi there!

    I’m sorry to get back on this topic but I’m having some trouble again.

    It looks like there’s a conflict between this widget and most of the post sorting widgets.
    Here’s a couple widgets that I’ve tried, both with the same results:

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/anything-order/
    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/simple-custom-post-order/

    What happens is that the order of the posts on FPW is changed when I install one of those widgets.
    Is there a way to avoid it?

    Thanks in advance!

    Plugin Author DaveE

    (@dpe415)

    Hi StreetDog, this is an issue with all of these plugins being too “loose” with which queries they re-order. Basically, the plugins aren’t limiting their reordering code to the main query or any other limiter. *Every* query that matches the post type or taxonomy that you have “custom ordered” with these plugins will be affected, even the queries generated by FPW.

    There isn’t any way for my plugin to “undo” the query adjustments those plugins are making. I’d suggest using a better custom sorting plugin. My preference is always the ordering plugins from NSP Code (they are paid, but very powerful and well coded).

    Cheers!

    Thread Starter António Carreira

    (@streetdog1971)

    Hi!

    Thanks again for your patience.
    I’ve tested one of the NSP Code free plugins but it didn’t work. Couldn’t figure out why.

    I found this one: https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/metronet-reorder-posts/
    It works great. I can sort all my CPT on the backend and maintain the FPW order on the frontend.
    It also allows me to sort by menu order, so I guess I’m a happy camper now. ??

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