Title: Sort Posts by Latest Update Author: Saroj Meher Published: September 17, 2024 Last modified: June 6, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/sort-posts-by-latest-update/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=3153524) ![](https://ps.w.org/sort-posts-by-latest-update/assets/icon-256x256.jpg?rev=3153524) # Sort Posts by Latest Update By [Saroj Meher](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sarojmeher9/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/sort-posts-by-latest-update.1.0.zip) * [Details](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/sort-posts-by-latest-update/#description) * [Reviews](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/sort-posts-by-latest-update/#reviews) * [Installation](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/sort-posts-by-latest-update/#installation) * [Development](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/sort-posts-by-latest-update/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/sort-posts-by-latest-update/) ## Description Sort Posts by Latest Update is a simple WordPress plugin that modifies the main query on your homepage to sort posts by their latest update date. This ensures that the most recently updated posts appear first. ### Support For support, please contact us at [http://www.sarojmeher.com/contact/](http://www.sarojmeher.com/contact/). ### Author Saroj Meher Website: [www.sarojmeher.com](http://www.sarojmeher.com) ## Screenshots * [[ * Homepage displaying posts sorted by latest update date. ## Installation 1. Upload the `sort-posts-by-update` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory. 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. 3. The plugin will now sort posts by their latest update date on the homepage. ## FAQ ### How does this plugin work? The plugin hooks into the `pre_get_posts` action to modify the main query on the homepage, setting it to order posts by their latest update date in descending order. ### Is there any configuration required? No, the plugin works out of the box with no additional configuration needed. ### What if I want to sort posts by a different criteria? If you need to sort posts by a different criteria, you would need to modify the plugin code accordingly. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/36a5375d7db5cf7f73d65aca53f6ba35eca3902f62b717ceb213a928179f437a? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Awesome plugin!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/awesome-plugin-7380/)󠁿 [inspiritlive](https://profiles.wordpress.org/inspiritlive/) June 6, 2025 Great plugin! Very well designed! If you’re looking for a lightweight and effective solution to reorder your WordPress homepage posts based on their latest update date, look no further than the Sort Posts by Latest Update plugin by Saroj Meher. Highly recommend! [ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/sort-posts-by-latest-update/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Sort Posts by Latest Update” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Saroj Meher ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sarojmeher9/) [Translate “Sort Posts by Latest Update” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/sort-posts-by-latest-update) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/sort-posts-by-latest-update/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/sort-posts-by-latest-update/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/sort-posts-by-latest-update/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/sort-posts-by-latest-update/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0 * Initial release of the plugin. ## Meta * Version **1.0** * Last updated **11 months ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.8.5** * PHP version ** 7.0 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/sort-posts-by-latest-update/) * Tags * [homepage](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/homepage/)[posts](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/posts/) [sort](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sort/)[update](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/update/) * [Advanced View](https://mlt.wordpress.org/plugins/sort-posts-by-latest-update/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/sort-posts-by-latest-update/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/sort-posts-by-latest-update/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/sort-posts-by-latest-update/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/sort-posts-by-latest-update/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/sort-posts-by-latest-update/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/sort-posts-by-latest-update/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/sort-posts-by-latest-update/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Saroj Meher ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sarojmeher9/) ## Support Got something to say? 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