# Category links should honor category order settings

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-links-should-honor-category-order-settings/274333>\
**Category:** Bug\
**Created:** [August 8, 2023, 11:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-links-should-honor-category-order-settings/274333 "2023-08-08T11:22:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nacho\_Caballero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/nacho_caballero/32/130189_2.png) [@Nacho\_Caballero](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Nacho_Caballero)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2023, 11:22am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/category-links-should-honor-category-order-settings/274333/1 "2023-08-08T11:22:16Z")

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Continuing the discussion from [Sorting by creation date doesn't work](https://meta.discourse.org/t/sorting-by-creation-date-doesnt-work/274162/10):

 ![image](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/6/2/5/625ff4d21b72c4599d5d74feacdd6dee07ae5967.jpeg)

The category/tag links on the homepage/sidebar (class=“subcategory”) load the category using `/latest.json`. It doesn’t appear on the URL, but you can see it in the Network tab:

 ![CleanShot 2023-08-08 at 10.57.10@2x](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/2/e/6/2e675e7e6300cf9044ed104754b1f71cfcdd7c1a.png)

This means that the topics in the category will be sorted by latest activity.

If the category has a setting with a different order, it is not honored.  
To see the default order, you have to reload the page. Example: category 25 with order “created descending”:

 ![CleanShot 2023-08-08 at 10.57.57@2x](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/8/9/3/8934383edd0b2b2bd836474f3f9cb7619e249c39.png)

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