Display posts in chronological order

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    debronkart160418 · Member ·

    I’ve created a simple site where I’m journaling, so new visitors should start with the earliest posts. This page https://wordpress.com/support/show-your-posts-in-chronological-order/ suggests there’s no easy way to do that – no simple setting! Help?

  • kokkieh · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    That is correct. Blogs by design show the most recent posts first, and there exists no setting in the WordPress software to switch this around.

    I see you have a page on your site, https://davedebronkart.wordpress.com/blog-2/, that currently lists your blog posts using the blog posts block.

    You have two options to have that link display your posts chronologically instead:

    1) Edit that page, delete the blog posts block, and instead add a shortcode block with the Display Posts shortcode. You can configure this shortcode to list posts in chronological order:

    Display Posts shortcode

    2) Go to My Site ->Design ->Customize ->Homepage settings, and set that Journal Posts page to your posts page instead. That will cause the https://davedebronkart.wordpress.com/blog-2/ URL to go to your site’s posts archive, rather than the static page it’s currently displaying.

    Next, go to Menus and edit your primary menu. Click on the Journal Posts menu item and delete it.

    Click Add Item and select Custom Link. Enter “Journal Posts” as the menu label, and “https://davedebronkart.wordpress.com/blog-2/?order=asc” as the URL.

    Now if someone clicks that link in your menu they’ll get taken to a page that shows your posts chronologically instead.

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    epatientdave · Member ·

    I’m grateful for the response, thanks. I’m just surprised that something as simple as reverse order wouldn’t be an option. But I’ll live with it.

    For any future travelers who land here, here’s what I think I’ll do:

    Since it’s intended to be read in sequence, each time I add a post, I’ll go back to the previous and link to the new one. That way, any reader can start at the beginning and click their way through.

    I thought of also having an index post or page, and that may be useful, but it doesn’t give the chronological experience.

    Thanks again –

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