Change Default "Search by" option from Date to Title

[kenzo63]

Was wondering if you can help with issue I am having with a Code Snippet I have created not working.

The code snippet is to change default “Sort by” option from Date to Title within all Categories.

This is the Code Snippet I am using

// Hivepress Custom Sort: Title First
add_filter( 'hivepress/v1/listings/sort_options', function( $sort_options ) {
    // Remove the Date option
    unset( $sort_options['date'] );

    // Add Title as the default sort option
    $sort_options = array( 'title' => __( 'Title', 'hivepress' ) ) + $sort_options;

    return $sort_options;
} );

[andrii]

Hi,

Sorry, there’s no simple code snippet for this. If you simply change the options in the dropdown list, the default order will not change anyway, you need to customize the query.

[GoVegan]

You could try this snippet:

// Change default sort order to Title
add_filter( 
 	'posts_orderby', 
 	function($orderby, $query){
  		if ( ! is_admin() && $query->get( 'post_type' ) === 'hp_listing' && is_post_type_archive('hp_listing') && $_GET['_sort'] == '' ) {
   			$orderby = 'post_title ASC';
  		}
  		return $orderby;
 	}, 
 	10, 
 	2 
);

add_filter(
	'hivepress/v1/forms/listing_sort',
	function( $form ) {
		$form['fields']['_sort']['options'][''] = 'Name';
		$form['fields']['_sort']['options']['date'] = 'Date';
		
		// Unset original sort by title to prevent duplicate
		unset($form['fields']['_sort']['options']['title']);
		
		return $form;
	},
	1000
);

[kenzo63]

Thank you so much @GoVegan, I had almost given up on this, just noticed your snippet, used it on new site I am working on and it worked perfectly.

[GoVegan]

I’m glad to hear the snippet was helpful to you! Thanks for your feedback