[Resolved] Query Loop: Order by Slug – Problem on Frontend

[Paul]

Hi!
I’m facing an issue with the Query Loop. I want to display several posts in alphabetical order of the slugs. This works fine on backend but on the frontend the order corresponds to the sorting by date. If I change the setting to something different (e.g. sort by last modified date), then backend and frontend will be identical.

For testing purposes I deactivated all functions and also all other plugins. But this didn’t help.
I also have the newest version of GP installed.

The problem remains only with the slug. I hope, you can help me.

Best
Paul

[Fernando]

Hi Paul,

To clarify, do you have an Order by parameter in your Query Loop Block? Can you try removing that?

If that doesn’t work, can you start a topic here instead?: https://community.generateblocks.com/

[Paul]

Hi Fernando!
Yes, i have an “Order by” parameter in the Query Loop Block. I essentially need it to display the posts the way I want (via “Order by Slug” and “Ascending”). I tried deleting the Parameters and readding them, but that didn’t work.

[Ying]

Hi Paul,

It seems like a front-end bug to me, we will try to fix it in the next release.

For now, can you try this filter?

add_filter( 'generateblocks_query_loop_args', function( $query_args ) {
	if ( isset( $query_args['orderby'] ) && 'slug' === $query_args['orderby'] ) {
		$query_args['orderby'] = 'name';
	}

	return $query_args;
} );

You can add it to a plugin called code snippet, or if you are using a child theme, add it to the child theme’s functions.php.

Let me know!

[Paul]

Dear Ying,
thank you so much, this worked perfectly!
Your support is so awesome!
Best
Paul

[Ying]

You are welcome 🙂

Thanks for letting us know about this issue!

[Author]

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