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Sorry, for clarification I mean it is not pulling in the posts with the comments in them that match the search. I have a phrase that is in the comments section of the post but that post is not showing up in the results.

The theme I am using does not use pre_get_posts, instead it calls the_post() function.

in functions.php

/***** Loop Output *****/

if (!function_exists('Aloop')) {
	function Aloop() {
		if (have_posts()) {
			while (have_posts()) : the_post();
				get_template_part('loop', get_post_format());
			endwhile;
		} else {
			get_template_part('content', 'none');
		}
	}
}
add_action('A_loop_content', 'Aloop');

Call In index.php

<?php A_loop_content(); ?>

From query.php

function the_post() {
3492	                global $post;
3493	                $this->in_the_loop = true;
3494
3495	                if ( $this->current_post == -1 ) // loop has just started
3496	                        /**
3497	                         * Fires once the loop is started.
3498	                         *
3499	                         * @since 2.0.0
3500	                         *
3501	                         * @param WP_Query &$this The WP_Query instance (passed by reference).
3502	                         */
3503	                        do_action_ref_array( 'loop_start', array( &$this ) );
3504
3505	                $post = $this->next_post();
3506	                setup_postdata($post);
3507	        }

I added this to my functions.php I am attempting to get this to only run when someone tries to view any category page.

/***** RATING SORT ADDITIONS *****/
add_filter('query_vars', 'add_vars');

function add_vars($new_query_vars) {
    $new_query_vars[] = 'rating';
    return $new_query_vars;
}

function sort_by_rating($query)
{
global $wp_query;
//i have a recipe section using it. change this to either the main posts or any post type archive....
if($query->is_archive()){

   $query_rating = get_query_var('rating'); //checks the rating= in the url

        if(isset($query_rating) && $query_rating == 'topr') {

            $query->set('meta_key', '_kksr_avg');
            $query->set('orderby', 'meta_value_num');

        }

        if(isset($query_rating) && $query_rating == 'voted') {

            $query->set('meta_key', '_kksr_casts');
            $query->set('orderby', 'meta_value_num');

        }

    }

}
add_action('pre_get_posts', 'sort_by_rating');

Any ideas on how to attack this setup?

is this referring to the functions.php of the theme of the wp-include?

mbox99 I am looking to sort just my category pages by highest rated posts. I am unsure how to accomplish this. I am using the default app, I am new to this and not sure how to pull this off.