# How to Order Topic Replies in Chronological Order By Default

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-order-topic-replies-in-chronological-order-by-default/301193
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 27, 2024, 6:03pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-order-topic-replies-in-chronological-order-by-default/301193 "2024-03-27T18:03:14Z")
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### Author: ![Firepup650](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/firepup650/32/465200_2.png) [@Firepup650](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Firepup650)
#### Post date: [March 27, 2024, 6:11pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-order-topic-replies-in-chronological-order-by-default/301193/2 "2024-03-27T18:11:35Z")

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That’s strange, according to multiple topics here, that’s not even possible:

> [@Can discourse display topic replies in reverse order?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-display-topic-replies-in-reverse-order/13563):
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> Tried searching but couldn’t find anything. Can the order be changed to newest first within a topic? Some forums have huge topics with hundreds of pages of answers and are IMO better read with newest-first order, where you don’t really care about the old ones.

> [@Can discourse display topic replies in reverse order?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/can-discourse-display-topic-replies-in-reverse-order/13563/14):
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> This is still not possible, and also not something we’re currently looking to implement.

Are all new topics and posts doing this, or only ones from the import?

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