[Resolved] posts ordered by last modified date

[Xiaowei]

function wzj_order_by_last_modified( $query ) {
if($query->is_main_query() AND !is_admin() ) {
    if ( $query->is_home() ||  $query->is_category() ||  $query->is_tag() ){
        $query->set( 'orderby', 'modified' );
        $query->set( 'order', 'DESC' );
    }
  }
}
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'wzj_order_by_last_modified' );

Above code doesn’t work, I’m not sure if it’s GeneratePress or myself missing something.

[David]

Hi there,

the code looks ok.
I think the problem is that your posts do not have any modified date applied, there is not meta tags for these in the posts

[Xiaowei]

The posts do have modified date applied, I queried wp_post table.

[Xiaowei]

My bad, I ticked a post as featured and stick to the top. That’s why sorting by last modified didn’t work.

[David]

Aah good find – thanks for reporting back. Glad you got it resolved.

[Author]

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