New listings are displaying renewed listings but these are not new

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  • March 26, 2019 at 1:54 pm #476482

    Josh Sandoz
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    I am using shortcode to display the latest listings:
    [gd_listings post_type=”gd_place” layout=4 post_number=”4″] on this page: https://internationaltherapistdirectory.com/

    The issue is that this shortcode is displaying listings that are the latest to RENEW as well as actual new listings. How can I hide renewals here and only display true new listing?

    Thanks

    March 26, 2019 at 5:07 pm #476518

    Alex Rollin
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    Maybe I am missing something, but it is sorted by the publish date, so, it should work as you describe. Can you show an example of a listing that doesn’t belong?

    March 31, 2019 at 4:47 pm #477236

    Josh Sandoz
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    The problem is that the publish date gets updated when someone renews a listing. That means it will display as a NEW listing. It is NOT a new listing, it is a RENEWAL.

    March 31, 2019 at 8:34 pm #477255

    Alex Rollin
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    Use the shortcode builder to adjust the options to sort by and get 

    sort_by="latest"
    March 31, 2019 at 9:20 pm #477271

    Josh Sandoz
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    April 1, 2019 at 8:46 am #477301

    Alex Rollin
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    Hello,

    I think this has been fixed in the latest version.

    Let me flag your question for the developers to let us know more.

    April 1, 2019 at 11:06 am #477318

    Alex Rollin
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    Hello!

    I have checked on this with some testing and spoken with the developers.

    Renewing a listing updates the post_date. There isn’t any way to change that without customization. The idea is that listing owners are rewarded for renewals by popping to the top of the ‘latest’.

    GD Listings does indeed use the post_date for sorting, and there are new options for this available with the latest version, GDV2, specifically that sort_by can be sort_by=”post_date_asc” and sort_by=”post_date_desc”, plus that can also be done in the CPT Sorting options.

    To sort by the original creation date of the post is not possible without a customization that goes beyond support.

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