Numbers in title –> wrong sorting

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  • May 8, 2018 at 1:06 pm #429523

    Fabian Suter
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    hello there

    When I have some numbers in a title the sorting function is not working correctly. for example numbers like 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 will be sorted like 1,10,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9. when I have 1500 entries with such numbers, you can imagine what happens.
    I will show you a picture in a private message to show my problem exactly.

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    May 8, 2018 at 1:06 pm #429525

    Fabian Suter
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    May 8, 2018 at 1:24 pm #429529

    Guust
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    The sort is not a numerical sort but a text sort, so if you want to sort it, you need to use 0001,0002,0003,0004,0005,0006,0007,0008,0009,0010 etc. Then it will work …

    May 9, 2018 at 7:35 am #429666

    Fabian Suter
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    Hi Guust

    Thanks. Is it possible to define a field which would be sorted? for example I have a hidden field with the numbers and this is a numeric field. so the sort would work if I can define it in the shortcode? at the moment it takes the title of an object to sort.

    May 9, 2018 at 10:09 am #429687

    Guust
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    Add a sort for that hidden custom field then.
    That will only work on the Listing pages, not in shortcodes.

    Thanks

    May 9, 2018 at 12:40 pm #429713

    Fabian Suter
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    I made that. I will test it out 🙂

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