Change blog posts to reverse chronological order

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  lindacovella · Member · May 4, 2013 at 10:51 pm

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  Hi,
  My blog posts are appearing with the older ones on top, when I want the newest one to be on top.
  Can anyone help me change this?
  I’ve read other old posts on this topic, but am confused about the coding.
  Thanks for any help!
  http://lindacovella.com/my-blog/

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  ljkjklqljkhwhljkfqjhklfqjlkqjlh · Member · May 4, 2013 at 11:06 pm

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  Hi Linda. This is not possible with a WordPress blog. The first reply at the following forum thread does a pretty good job of explaining why:

  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/reverse-chronological-order?replies=28

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  lindacovella · Member · May 4, 2013 at 11:27 pm

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  Hi Andrew, thanks so much for replying.
  I’m still so confused :-)

  I want my newest post at the top, and the manual I have (WordPress: The Missing Manual) says WordPress does this: “…you need to add several new posts. When you do, you’ll find that WordPress arranges your posts in the traditional way: one after the other, in reverse chronological order that puts the most recent post first.”

  And on the forum you referred me to, TheSacredPath said: “As far as posts, if someone reads your blog regularly, they are not going to want to have to page down numerous times (maybe a lot if you have a lot of posts) to get to the newest post. Blogs in general always have the newest post at the top.”

  But my posts are showing with the older one one top, when I want the newest on top.

  So, I just wanted to be clear, that you’re saying WordPress will not put the newest post on top?

  Thank you!! Sorry if I’m just not getting this!

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  thistimethisspace · Member · May 4, 2013 at 11:29 pm

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  Is your date and timezone correct? The default timezone is UTC time. You can reset your timezone here > Settings > General Select the closest city to you in the same timezone in the drop-down menu you see there and then click “save changes”.

  If that does not rectify the post order then how many sticky posts have you created? http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/post-visibility/#sticky-posts

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  ljkjklqljkhwhljkfqjhklfqjlkqjlh · Member · May 4, 2013 at 11:31 pm

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  @linda oops! I misread your post. @thistimethisspace has the right idea, there.

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  lindacovella · Member · May 5, 2013 at 12:29 am

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  Andrew, no problem.

  And…thistimethisspace, a BIG thank you! Yahoo! The sticky note was the problem. I didn’t even know I did that LOL

  You guys and the forum are awesome!

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  thistimethisspace · Member · May 5, 2013 at 12:30 am

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  @lindacovella
  Thanks for letting us know what the issue was and that you have resolved it. You’re welcome and best wishes with your blog.

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  lindacovella · Member · May 5, 2013 at 12:59 am

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  Best of luck to you, too!

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  thistimethisspace · Member · May 5, 2013 at 1:02 am

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  :)