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[Solved] Can you change the search widget default sort-by?

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Last Post by alphatrout 3 years ago

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alphatrout

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Sep 13, 2022 12:34 am

(@alphatrout)

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My website isn't live yet, but I am trying to custom tailor my forum search widget to automatically sort the search results by date, instead of by relevance. Is there any way to do this? I know that the user can click "Advanced search options" and select to sort by date, but I am looking for a way to make this the default for the search so that the user doesn't have to do that. Thank you!

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Chris

Sep 13, 2022 7:35 am

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Hi @alphatrout,

I'm sorry, but wpForo doesn't have option to change that settings.

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