Alphabetically sort a taxonomy.php template by post title

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Simply put, is it possible to sort a taxonomy.php template via the same methods you can with something like wp_query so that the archive shows all posts in an ascending order alphabetically by title?

Philip · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-21 05:45:10Z

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you can query_posts and orderby=title:

<?php //*The Query*//
$paged = ( get_query_var( 'paged' ) ) ? get_query_var( 'paged' ) : 1;
query_posts($query_string . '&post_type=YOUR-POST-TYPE&posts_per_page=1&orderby=title&order=asc&paged='.$paged);
if(have_posts()) : while(have_posts()) : the_post();
?>

<?php endwhile; ?>

<?php else : ?>

<?php endif; wp_reset_query(); ?>

more info: WP_Query#Order/Orderby Parameters

edited Dec 21 '11 at 5:45

answered Dec 19 '11 at 9:53

Philip
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	I guess theres no danger in using query_posts then correct? Im just always weary of using it versus `wp_query` since it seems to potentially cause more additional issues with paging, or effecting other loops on the same page, etc. – Mr.Brown Dec 19 '11 at 16:06
	Yes @Mr.Brown , you will not have a problem if you reset your query, if you have any conflicts with other queries, build a custom query and include the "orderby" and "order" parameters – Philip Dec 19 '11 at 18:50
	Ok thank you, Ill give this a try and report back. – Mr.Brown Dec 19 '11 at 22:48
	Ok this works for sorting the posts as I wanted but now Im loosing paging as a result. How might I construct a custom query similar to the one your referring to as an alternative? Thanks. – Mr.Brown Dec 19 '11 at 22:57
	Apologies, what I meant to say is that when using `posts_per_page` paging seems to not work correctly...but when using the Reading Settings instead of `posts_per_page` I seem to get the correct results. – Mr.Brown Dec 19 '11 at 23:31

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