custom field – Auto sort the wp-admin post list by a meta key – WordPress Development Stack Exchange

function wpa84258_admin_posts_sort_last_name( $query ){ global $pagenow; if( is_admin() && ‘edit.php’ == $pagenow && !isset( $_GET[‘orderby’] ) && !isset( $_GET[‘post_type’] ) ){ $query->set( ‘meta_key’, ‘last_name’ ); $query->set( ‘orderby’, ‘meta_value’ ); $query->set( ‘order’, ‘ASC’ ); }}add_action( ‘pre_get_posts’, ‘wpa84258_admin_posts_sort_last_name’ );

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