{"id":3168,"date":"2019-04-25T08:10:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T08:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.24x7wpsupport.com\/blog\/?p=3168"},"modified":"2025-04-28T10:00:29","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T10:00:29","slug":"how-to-reorder-posts-in-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.24x7wpsupport.com\/blog\/how-to-reorder-posts-in-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Reorder Posts in WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last updated on April 28th, 2025 at 10:00 am<\/p>

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][vc_custom_heading text=”Introduction” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%235F91BF” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_column_text]Working on the WordPress platform, you would have by now, got accustomed to the way it functions. How are posts published and stored, right?<\/p>\n

So, you must be aware of the order in which the published posts are displayed? Reverse chronological order, i.e. from newest to oldest. Now, this is something that happens in a generic case. There are, at times, situations, when you would want to reorder the posts and customize to display the older ones prior to the newer ones.<\/p>\n

Now, as a blogger or a website owner, you might not have much knowledge on how to reorder the WordPress posts. Don’t worry, we have got you covered. This article is designed to educate you on the terms when you would need to reorder WordPress posts and then, specify different methods by which you can do the above.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Why Do You Need To Reorder WordPress Posts?” font_container=”tag:h2|text_align:left|color:%235F91BF” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_column_text]In case you have just started on your blogging<\/a><\/strong> journey and post fewer pieces of content on the WordPress website, the order in which they are displayed doesn’t matter much. But as your content and business grow, you would be more concerned about what and how the content of your website is displayed.<\/p>\n

Displaying the blogs that are more revenue-driven or engaging would generate more traffic than others. The content that is popular and has a greater search possibility needs to be displayed on the top. Users will never search more than a page or two, to get the right content. So, there isn’t anything that you can do here, but reorder the posts and place the common ones at the top.<\/p>\n

Specific posts need to be prominently visible to the readers with minimal efforts. But how?<\/p>\n

How are you going to modify<\/strong> <\/a>the posts, change their order, remove newer articles from recent posts?<\/p>\n

WordPress doesn’t allow you to drag and drop posts to change their order. Does this mean that there is no way you can reorder posts?<\/p>\n

Well, the answer to this is definitely a no!<\/p>\n

Apparently, there is more than one way by which you can effectively reorder the WordPress posts.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”How to Arrange or Reorder Posts?” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%235F91BF” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_column_text]After a heated discussion on whether or not, can we alter the positioning of WordPress posts, we have come to the conclusion that yes, reordering of WordPress posts is possible and the question that lies above us, is how?[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Changing the Published Date of Posts” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left|color:%235F91BF” use_theme_fonts=”yes” css=””][vc_column_text]Definitely, the most common kind, changing the data of the published posts are an excellent way to reorder the posts. All of the posts displayed on WordPress are sorted in terms of the data published, or to be specific in reverse chronological order. Altering the date of the posts published will change the order in which they are displayed.<\/p>\n

If you want to display an older post first, change the data to one recent. Similarly to turn a newer post down, modify the date to something before a month. Easy right?<\/p>\n

As much as the theory sounds easy, the process is easier too. To change the date of a post, do the following:<\/p>\n