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mahodder/Reverse WordPress Archive Category Order

Created January 24, 2014 03:47
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Reverse WordPress post order on archive pages for specific categories only - add to functions.php
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Reverse WordPress Archive Category Order
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'custom_reverse_post_order' );
function custom_reverse_post_order( $query ) {
if ( is_admin() )
return;
if ( $query->is_main_query() && is_archive() && ! is_post_type_archive() && ($query->query_vars['category_name'] == 'category-name' || $query->query_vars['category_name'] == 'category-name') ) {
$query->set( 'orderby', 'date' );
$query->set( 'order', 'ASC' );
}
}
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Followup: can this be adapted so as to only sort the order of sticky posts on a theme configured to display all posts, starting with most recent, as the landing page?

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