[Kelsey]

I want to change my category archive pages to sort alphabetically rather than by published date. How should I do this? I have category-archive.php pages, but I’m not sure how to change the sort.

[Theme Horse Support Team]

Hi kelsey,
We don’t have this category-archive.php page. I think you have customise the code. You have designed our theme this way so you need code customization for it.
To sort it alphabetically you need to pass an argument such as

$args = array( 'posts_per_page' => -1, 'orderby'=> 'title', 'order' => 'ASC' );

If you are unable then you may hire a developer to fix the issue.

[Kelsey]

Thank you, this is helpful! Would there also be a way to randomize the archive listings?

[Theme Horse Support Team]

Hi kelsey,
To display in random order just try this 'orderby' => 'rand', This may help you
follow this link too
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-display-random-posts-from-a-given-category
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/pull-a-random-category

Thank you!

[Kelsey]

Okay, I used archive.php to create my category archive pages. Where should I put the $args = array( 'posts_per_page' => -1, 'orderby'=> 'title', 'order' => 'ASC' ); code you provided above? I don’t see the argument that is calling the posts by date to replace it with.

My code is:

<?php
/**
 * Displays the archive section of the theme.
 *
 * @package Theme Horse
 * @subpackage Clean_Retina_Pro
 * @since Clean Retina Pro 1.0
 */
?>

<?php get_header(); ?>

<?php
	/** 
	 * cleanretina_before_main_container hook
	 */
	do_action( 'cleanretina_before_main_container' );
?>

<div id="container" class="wrapper clearfix">
<p>
Feel free to review our bakery pages!
</p>
	<?php
		/** 
		 * cleanretina_main_container hook
		 *
		 * HOOKED_FUNCTION_NAME PRIORITY
		 *
		 * cleanretina_content 10
		 */
		do_action( 'cleanretina_main_container' );
	?>
</div><!-- #container .wrapper -->

<?php
	/** 
	 * cleanretina_after_main_container hook
	 */
	do_action( 'cleanretina_after_main_container' );
	
?>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

[Theme Horse Support Team]

hi kelsey,

We are using action hook. This all file is located inside your theme folder -> library -> structure -> content-extension.php
All pages are controlled from this file.

if ( ! function_exists( 'cleanretina_theloop_for_archive' ) ) :
/**
 * Fuction to show the archive loop content.
 */
function cleanretina_theloop_for_archive() {
	global $post;
	global $cleanretina_theme_options_settings;
	$options = $cleanretina_theme_options_settings;

	if( have_posts() ) {
		while( have_posts() ) {
			the_post();

			do_action( 'cleanretina_before_post' );
?>
	<section id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>" <?php post_class(); ?>>
		<article class="clearfix">

			<?php do_action( 'cleanretina_before_post_header' ); ?>

			<header class="entry-header">
    			<h2 class="entry-title">
    				<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title_attribute();?>"><?php the_title();?></a>
    			</h2><!-- .entry-title -->
    			<?php if (get_the_author() !=''){?>
                        	<div class="entry-meta">
					<span class="by-author vcard author"><span class="fn"><?php _e( 'By', 'cleanretina' ); ?> <a href="<?php echo get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) ); ?>"><?php the_author(); ?></a></span></span>
             	<span class="date updated"><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( get_the_time() ); ?>"><?php the_time( get_option( 'date_format' ) ); ?></a></span>
             	<?php if( has_category() ) { ?>
             		<span class="category"><?php the_category(', '); ?></span> 
             	<?php } ?>
             	<?php if ( comments_open() ) { ?>
             		<span class="comments"><?php comments_popup_link( __( 'No Comments', 'cleanretina' ), __( '1 Comment', 'cleanretina' ), __( '% Comments', 'cleanretina' ), '', __( 'Comments Off', 'cleanretina' ) ); ?></span>
             	<?php } ?>
         	</div><!-- .entry-meta -->
         	<?php } ?>
        		</header>

  			<?php do_action( 'cleanretina_after_post_header' ); ?>

  			<?php do_action( 'cleanretina_before_post_content' ); ?>

  			<?php
  			if( 'excerpt_display_one' == $options[ 'blog_display_type' ] || 'excerpt_display_two' == $options[ 'blog_display_type' ] ) {
	  			if( 'excerpt_display_one' == $options[ 'blog_display_type' ] ) {
	  				$featured_image_type = 'featured';
	  			}
	  			else {
	  				$featured_image_type = 'featured-medium';
	  			}

				if( has_post_thumbnail() ) {
					$image = '';        			
		     		$title_attribute = apply_filters( 'the_title', get_the_title( $post->ID ) );
		     		$image .= '<figure class="post-featured-image">';
	     			$image .= '<a href="' . get_permalink() . '" title="'.the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ).'">';
	     			$image .= get_the_post_thumbnail( $post->ID, $featured_image_type, array( 'title' => esc_attr( $title_attribute ), 'alt' => esc_attr( $title_attribute ) ) ).'</a>';
	     			$image .= '</figure>';

		  			echo $image;
		  		}
	  			?>
	  			<?php if (get_the_author() !=''){?>
	  			<div class="entry-content clearfix">
	    			<?php 
	    				the_excerpt();
	    				echo '<a class="readmore" href="' . get_permalink() . '" title="'.the_title( '', '', false ).'">'.$options[ 'post_excerpt_more_text' ].'</a>'; 
	    			?>
	  			</div><!-- .entry-content --> 
	  			<?php } else{
			the_content();	
				} ?>

		  		<?php
			  	}
			  	else {
			  	?>
			  		<div class="entry-content clearfix">
			  			<?php
			  			the_content( $options[ 'post_excerpt_more_text' ] );
			  			wp_link_pages( array( 
							'before'            => '<div style="clear: both;"></div><div class="pagination clearfix">'.__( 'Pages:', 'cleanretina' ),
							'after'             => '</div>',
							'link_before'       => '<span>',
							'link_after'        => '</span>',
							'pagelink'          => '%',
							'echo'              => 1 
	               ) ); 
			  			?>
			  		</div><!-- .entry-content -->
			  	<?php
		  	}
		  	?>

  			<?php do_action( 'cleanretina_after_post_content' ); ?>

		</article>
	</section>
	<hr/>
<?php
			do_action( 'cleanretina_after_post' );

		}
	}
	else {
		?>
		<h1 class="entry-title"><?php _e( 'No Posts Found.', 'cleanretina' ); ?></h1>
      <?php
   }
}
endif;

This argument you need to pass inside this function. View this link
http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_categories

You need to customise the code inside this function. If you are still unable then you may hire a developer to fix the issue.

Thank you!

[Author]

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