# Problem creating latest?ordered=created link in sidebar
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-creating-latest-ordered-created-link-in-sidebar/381085
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** sidebar
**Created:** [August 31, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-creating-latest-ordered-created-link-in-sidebar/381085 "2025-08-31T23:19:31Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@Damian\_Boon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Damian_Boon)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2025, 11:19pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-creating-latest-ordered-created-link-in-sidebar/381085/1 "2025-08-31T23:19:31Z")
I am trying to show a page of latest posts (by created date) in the sidebar i followed the recommendation [in this post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/show-latest-topics-not-by-comment-on-home-page/236771/3) thanks to @th21
I added a link with /latest?order=created
and it works, however I cannot switch back to latest activity (which is the homepage). Is there a better way of achieving this? or is this a bug?
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### Author:  [@Damian\_Boon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Damian_Boon)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2025, 11:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-creating-latest-ordered-created-link-in-sidebar/381085/2 "2025-08-31T23:32:06Z")
I tried to fix this by editing the Latest topics link to / which works but breaks the ability to show the new posts dot next to it and the text being highlighted
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [September 17, 2025, 5:59pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-creating-latest-ordered-created-link-in-sidebar/381085/3 "2025-09-17T17:59:47Z")
Were you able to figure this out in the end? I am not entirely sure I understand the problem you are describing. If you still have a problem could you share a short screencast demonstrating it, or show me a link (feel free to chat it at me) so I can try it for myself?
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### Author:  [@Damian\_Boon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Damian_Boon)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2025, 9:55pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-creating-latest-ordered-created-link-in-sidebar/381085/4 "2025-09-20T21:55:02Z")
Nope still exists, add a link with /latest?order=created then try get back to latest topics
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### Author:  [@Damian\_Boon](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Damian_Boon)
#### Post date: [September 20, 2025, 10:00pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-creating-latest-ordered-created-link-in-sidebar/381085/5 "2025-09-20T22:00:55Z")
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2025, 2:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-creating-latest-ordered-created-link-in-sidebar/381085/6 "2025-09-21T14:50:08Z")
Hmm.. I don’t have repro. I created a custom section here on meta with `/latest` and `/latest?order=created` and am able to click between them.
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### Author:  [@tobiaseigen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/tobiaseigen)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2025, 2:57pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-creating-latest-ordered-created-link-in-sidebar/381085/7 "2025-09-21T14:57:45Z")
Ah! I see it now. It’s the default link to latest which you can’t switch back to. This is a #Contribute > Bug! Nice catch.
Repro steps:
- create a sidebar item with a link to `/latest?order=created`
- make sure “Link to the filtered list” user pref is disabled so the first Topics link goes to `/latest`
- click on the `/latest?order=created` sidebar item
- then clcik on the Topics link to `/Latest` and it will not switch back
Possible related bug: ["Latest" on forum home displays last column sort](https://meta.discourse.org/t/latest-on-forum-home-displays-last-column-sort/57520)
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [September 21, 2025, 6:50pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/problem-creating-latest-ordered-created-link-in-sidebar/381085/8 "2025-09-21T18:50:55Z")
To me, that feels like another occurrence of the problem that links in the sidebar do not remove any prior query parameters.
When I add two links with different parameters, it works. For example, `/latest?order=activity` and `/latest?order=created`. But `topics` takes me to the list as I had ordered it before. So when I start at `/latest?order=created`, go to `/c/support/6` and use “topics” from the sidebar to get back to latest the “order=created” parameter is still there.
Last year, I reported the parameter being sticky when the group page was filtered for a username.
> [@How do I remove the user filter at the groups page?](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-do-i-remove-the-user-filter-at-the-groups-page/316503):
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> When you click the 3 dots at a user profile[[1]](#footnote-1560213-1) to see all the groups the user is a member of (and where you are allowed to know that), you are taken to a filtered group page: For example [https://meta.discourse.org/g?username=Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/g?username=Discourse). When I continue browsing the forum and later use the link to the groups page in the sidebar, I still see only the groups of that user. Is it possible to remove that filter without editing the URL? [image]
In his reply, Jammy mentioned that he noticed it on `?status=deleted`, and I mentioned `?order=votes`.
I also mentioned sticky filters here
> [@Failed filtering is difficult to escape](https://meta.discourse.org/t/failed-filtering-is-difficult-to-escape/375607/1):
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> I know filters are in general quite sticky
I see why one might say it’s a feature for the `/filter` route. Maybe it’s helpful that what you had filtered before is still there when you use the filter link in the sidebar later. But in the context of topic lists like `/latest` or the group list or the review queue, I think this is confusing. I don’t want a filtered group list, and I don’t want a filtered review queue after using the link in the sidebar.
The user directory is the only exception I can think of that, even if you leave it on `/u?order=post_count&period=daily`, opens on `/u?order=likes_received` when you use the link in the sidebar.