Order of Posts

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    fredkatzman · Member ·

    How can I manipulate the order of the posts on my blog? I would like to add post to the END of the posts that already are on the blog. How can I do this?

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    jeremeylduvall · Member ·

    Hi Fred!

    By default, WordPress.com posts will be listed in ascending order, meaning the latest posts will appear at the top. There isn’t a default way to change this or to specify where a post will appear in the feed without changing the date of publication. However, there are some other features you can use to group and order posts in a certain fashion:

    First, the display post shortcode explained here allows you to display certain posts with a specific tag or category:

    Display Posts Shortcode

    For example, if you had two posts about dogs that you wanted to display next to one another, you could create a new page, enter the appropriate shortcode, and only see the two posts about dogs (regardless of post date). It’s a way to only display a select group of posts.

    Alternatively, if you wanted to display all posts from your blog but in descending order (with the oldest post at the top), you could just create a new page and enter this shortcode:

    [display-posts order="ASC" ]

    Another option would be to use Sticky Posts as described here:

    http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/post-visibility/#sticky-posts

    In this option, you could label a post as sticky, and it would appear at the top of your feed and stay there regardless of how many more posts you create.

    Would either of those two options work for what you’re looking for?

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    fredkatzman · Member ·

    Is it possible to manipulate the date of publication?

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    jeremeylduvall · Member ·

    Hi Fred,

    Yes, that’s definitely possible. To do so, navigate to your “Edit Posts” screen and use the link next to the post date on the right-hand side of the screen as shown here:

    Post Date

    Just one warning: when doing this, you’ll also change the URLs for your posts. For example, your posts have the following URL structure:

    http://domain.wordpress.com/2014/01/29/post-name/

    The 2014/1/29 part of that URL is the post date. If you change the date of the post, that part of the URL will change. Any previous URLs you’ve shared to that post on Facebook for example would no longer work. Does that make sense?

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