# Changing the default 'sort by' setting for search

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-default-sort-by-setting-for-search/38847>\
**Category:** Feature\
**Created:** [2월 1, 2016, 8:13오후 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-default-sort-by-setting-for-search/38847 "2016-02-01T20:13:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![codinghorror](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/codinghorror/32/110067_2.png) [@codinghorror](https://meta.discourse.org/u/codinghorror)\
**Post date:** [10월 2, 2018, 10:22오전 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/changing-the-default-sort-by-setting-for-search/38847/6 "2018-10-02T10:22:55Z")

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There is already a one character shortcut to order by latest; just add “l” to your search and it will be ordered latest. So instead of searching for

`hotdogs`

search for

`hotdogs l`

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