Customizing WordPress Search Results to Sort by Title - Sort Search Results by Title Plug-in (
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Sometimes it is easier not to edit the WordPress core files such as query.php, and just use WordPress plug-in features for this. This is a more convenient approach, since we only need to upload a PHP file to a /wp-content/plugins/ directory in your FTP server. Then activate the plug-in to enable the feature.
To do this, we need a PHP file. Below is the source code,
<?php
add_action('pre_get_posts','sort_searchresult_by_title');
function sort_searchresult_by_title($k) {
if(is_search()) {
$k->query_vars['orderby'] = 'title';
$k->query_vars['order'] = 'DESC';
}
}
?>
This plug-in works by adding actions (from the plug-in) to WordPress's existing search functions. This is indicated by add_action
The PHP function sort_searchresult_by_title($k) will perform the actual sorting. This will communicate with WordPress's MySQL database to pick up post titles and then sort them by “descending” order as specified by:
$k->query_vars['order'] = 'DESC';
To download the plug-in, visit the following URL: http://blog.360.yahoo.com/blog-nNv5JKEydKKD9OmfLBfY?p=2
