# How can I order by topic creation date?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-order-by-topic-creation-date/119880
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [June 10, 2019, 2:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-order-by-topic-creation-date/119880 "2019-06-10T02:41:25Z")
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### Author: ![abcoathup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/abcoathup/32/145066_2.png) [@abcoathup](https://meta.discourse.org/u/abcoathup)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2019, 2:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-order-by-topic-creation-date/119880/1 "2019-06-10T02:41:25Z")

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I want to order by topic creation date.

The only option I have found is `latest?order=created_at` but this lists the topics based on the last activity date, so if topics have replies, then that impacts the order

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### Author: ![Ellibereth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ellibereth/32/202896_2.png) [@Ellibereth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ellibereth)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2019, 4:05am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-order-by-topic-creation-date/119880/2 "2019-06-10T04:05:11Z")

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`/latest?order=created` should work

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### Author: ![abcoathup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/abcoathup/32/145066_2.png) [@abcoathup](https://meta.discourse.org/u/abcoathup)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2019, 4:27am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-order-by-topic-creation-date/119880/3 "2019-06-10T04:27:45Z")

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Thanks but it doesn’t appear to order by topic creation date, more like last activity date.  
I want to get a list of topics ordered by the date they were created.

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### Author: ![Ellibereth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ellibereth/32/202896_2.png) [@Ellibereth](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ellibereth)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2019, 4:30am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-order-by-topic-creation-date/119880/4 "2019-06-10T04:30:04Z")

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are you sure you’re doing  
`/latest?order=created`  
and not  
`latest?order=created_at`

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### Author: ![javi618](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/javi618/32/147319_2.png) [@javi618](https://meta.discourse.org/u/javi618)
#### Post date: [June 24, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-order-by-topic-creation-date/119880/5 "2019-06-24T13:33:21Z")

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> [@Ellibereth](#):
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> are you sure you’re doing  
> `/latest?order=created`

This works. How could I configure my forum with this setup as default?

Thanks

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 24, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-can-i-order-by-topic-creation-date/119880/6 "2019-07-24T13:33:26Z")

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