Sort Achievements

I think you need to find the call to dpa_has_progress() in the templates, and pass these extra parameters:

‘orderby’ => ‘meta_value_num’,
‘meta_key’ => ‘_dpa_points’

I found TWO files with the title “template.php”

ONE in acheivements>>includes>>achievements
One in achievements>>includes>>progress

Which one do I modify?

it also looks like there is already a call for the ‘orderby’ and is set as follows:
'orderby' => 'date'
Do I just modify this line to read:

'orderby' => 'meta_value_num'

You should never modify a plugin’s files, it will make upgrades much harder for you in the future. I’ll look back when I get time with some guidance on what files to copy to your theme, which you can then tweak.

This I know….
I wanted to know which file to copy into my theme folder with the proper modifications.

Copy /achievements/templates/achievements/achievements/content-archive-achievements.php into /wp-content/themes/YOUR_THEME/achievements/

Then edit that copy, and adjust the dpa_has_achievements() call which is not too far from the top of the file.

For others who are as limited in their self-taught PHP as me, Paul means (or at least I think he does, but it worked for me), that the line

<?php if ( dpa_has_achievements() ) : ?>

in that template becomes

<?php if ( dpa_has_achievements(array('orderby' => 'meta_value_num')) ) : ?>

Took me a while to figure that out.

Yep! Thanks stwc