From 13721f31153d04b9fcabe82c28d30261790a3d3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Calande <john.calande@uconn.edu>
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 08:57:55 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] changes for sort order

---
 functions.php | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index 98651a1..3180aba 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -1,4 +1,17 @@
 <?php 
+//
+// Order search results by post_title
+//
+function my_search_query( $query ) {
+	// not an admin page and is the main query
+	if ( !is_admin() && $query->is_main_query() ) {
+		if ( is_search() ) {
+			$query->set( 'orderby', 'post_title' );
+			$query->set( 'order', 'ASC' );
+		}
+	}
+}
+add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'my_search_query' );
 
 function neag_scripts() {
 	wp_enqueue_style( 'neag-style', get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/css/neag.css');

From 856a89b91beaffbfeaa2c749d1cfd14a66110402 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Calande <john.calande@uconn.edu>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 10:40:02 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] change post_title to post_date for sort order

---
 functions.php | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index 3180aba..b14cd1e 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <?php 
 //
-// Order search results by post_title
+// Order search results by post_date
 //
 function my_search_query( $query ) {
 	// not an admin page and is the main query
 	if ( !is_admin() && $query->is_main_query() ) {
 		if ( is_search() ) {
-			$query->set( 'orderby', 'post_title' );
+			$query->set( 'orderby', 'post_date' );
 			$query->set( 'order', 'ASC' );
 		}
 	}

From 38f8386c5c79e05cf52eed039673958099b53895 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: John Calande <john.calande@uconn.edu>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 11:19:23 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] fix search ordering, by post_date

---
 functions.php | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/functions.php b/functions.php
index b14cd1e..f4820e3 100644
--- a/functions.php
+++ b/functions.php
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ function my_search_query( $query ) {
 	if ( !is_admin() && $query->is_main_query() ) {
 		if ( is_search() ) {
 			$query->set( 'orderby', 'post_date' );
-			$query->set( 'order', 'ASC' );
+			$query->set( 'order', 'DESC' );
 		}
 	}
 }