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  • Primary and secondary main ordering
  • Ordering by custom fields
  • Post type ordering
  • Mixed content ordering
  • The items in the list explained
  1. Search Sources

Result ordering

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Last updated 2 years ago

Search Sources -> Ordering

On this options page you can change the individual and mixed result ordering.

Primary and secondary main ordering

Search Sources -> Ordering -> Result Ordering

This option will change the ordering of items in the same result type group. Default is "Date descending".

Also note, that this is only a secondary ordering, as Relevance is the primary. You can disable relevance ordering on the Relevance Options panel.

Ordering by custom fields

When choosing Custom field based primary or secondary ordering, two other fields will pop up:

  • Custom field name - The name of the custom field.

  • Type - Numeric or String (date type fields will work with both options)

Most common custom fields

This list will contain some of the most used custom fields, use it in the 'custom field name' section.

  • WooCommerce price fields: _price, _sale_price, _regular_price

  • The Events Calendar dates: _EventStartDate, _EventEndDate

  • Events Manager dates: _event_start, _event_end

Post type ordering

By default all post type results (posts, page, products etc..) are ordered as one group, regardless of the post type itself.

If you want to prioritize certain post type over others - for example display product results first, then posts, pages etc.. - then make sure to enable post type group ordering.

Mixed content ordering

General Options -> Ordering -> Mixed results order

If more than one result type group is active then you can order these groups here.

For example you have a search configured for Posts and BuddyPress activities. You want the BuddyPress Activities displayed first. In this case you will need to drag the "bp_activities" item above the "post_page_cpt" item:

The items in the list explained

  • terms - categories and terms

  • post_page_cpt - posts, pages and every custom post type

  • blogs - blog results (blogs as result)

  • comments - comment results

  • bp_activities - BuddyPress activities

  • bp_groups - BuddyPress groups

  • bp_users - BuddyPress users