Filtered results ignore custom sort order
Results from a filter ignore the sort order set in a custom query loop and show only date-posted order, and users cannot set a default sort.
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3 public reports · first reported 1 May 2025 · last reported 10 August 2026
What's going wrong
Several site owners want filtered results to appear in a specific order, such as alphabetical or by a custom date field, but the filter output keeps defaulting to the date the post was published.
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