# Why there is no option in admin to sort the order of topics list quickly except API?

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**Created:** [13 augustus 2020 om 18:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-there-is-no-option-in-admin-to-sort-the-order-of-topics-list-quickly-except-api/160772 "2020-08-13T18:10:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![olex1216](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@olex1216](https://meta.discourse.org/u/olex1216)\
**Post date:** [13 augustus 2020 om 18:10 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/why-there-is-no-option-in-admin-to-sort-the-order-of-topics-list-quickly-except-api/160772/1 "2020-08-13T18:10:58Z")

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Why there is no option in admin to sort the order of topics list quickly except API? just like we can select " top page default timeframe":

 ![Screen Shot 2020-08-14 at 02.08.43](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/e/6/e610fb8f4135f97ea2e9fa48ab4ca6f4f0a81120.png)

**Latest topics API:**  
[https://docs.discourse.org/#tag/Topics/paths/~1latest.json/get](https://docs.discourse.org/#tag/Topics/paths/~1latest.json/get)

 ![Screen Shot 2020-08-14 at 02.02.25](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/3X/4/e/4e9d6023caa72efc683af17e2a1961e66cb71118.png)