# Custom post sorting order in the topics
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-post-sorting-order-in-the-topics/397808
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 6, 2026, 12:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-post-sorting-order-in-the-topics/397808 "2026-03-06T12:08:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Twissell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Twissell)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2026, 12:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-post-sorting-order-in-the-topics/397808/1 "2026-03-06T12:08:52Z")
Hello everyone!
Is the any option and/or plugin that allow users to sort posts in the topic by posting date (ascending/descending), number of reactions per post etc. ?
I see no working plugin implement this in 2026.
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### Author:  [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-post-sorting-order-in-the-topics/397808/2 "2026-03-06T12:24:45Z")
I’ve built this some time ago, it was never openly released because it was made for a specific client.
I’m not sure if it still works but you can give it a try [GitHub - communiteq/discourse-sort-by-likes · GitHub](https://github.com/communiteq/discourse-sort-by-likes)
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### Author:  [@Twissell](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Twissell)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2026, 12:41pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-post-sorting-order-in-the-topics/397808/3 "2026-03-06T12:41:43Z")
Your plugin adds only **“sort by likes”** option, not “ **sort by creation date** ”, right?
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### Author:  [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)
#### Post date: [March 6, 2026, 1:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/custom-post-sorting-order-in-the-topics/397808/4 "2026-03-06T13:16:59Z")
That is correct.
Created date is the default and reverse created date would be pretty unusable I suppose.