WP_Query('orderby=post_date') not working with wordpress

`WP_Query('orderby=post_date')` is not working with wordpress.

how do I sort my posts in descending order?

WP_Query('orderby=date&order=DESC')

To order by the modification date you have use `orderby=modified`.

WP_Query( 'orderby=modified&order=DESC' )

See [the documentation][1] for more possible values.


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The following 3 parameters will give you the posts in Ascending order from the date it was published *(i.e The older posts will be shown first)*

**'post_status' => 'publish', 'orderby' => 'publish_date', 'order' => 'ASC'**

When you change the *order* to *DESC* you will get the posts in Descending order from the date it was published *(i.e The latest posts will be shown first)*

**'post_status' => 'publish', 'orderby' => 'publish_date', 'order' => 'DESC'**


<?php
$postsPerPage = 10;
$page = 1;
?>
<?php
$query = new WP_Query(array(
'cat' => 4,
'post_status' => 'publish',
'orderby' => 'publish_date',
'order' => 'ASC',
'paged' => $page,
'posts_per_page' => $postsPerPage));
?>

Try this



$paged = (get_query_var('paged')) ? get_query_var('paged') : 1;
$args = array(
"post_type" => "post",
"post_status" => "publish",
"paged" => $paged,
"orderby" => "date",
"order" => 'ASC'
);
WP_Query($args);

If you are using `PostTypesOrder plugin` it might globally modify your query, in order to avoid this behaviour to particular post type

add_filter('pto/posts_orderby/ignore', 'theme_pto_posts_orderby', 10, 3);

function theme_pto_posts_orderby($ignore, $orderBy, $query)
{
if( (! is_array($query->query_vars['post_type']) && $query->query_vars['post_type'] == 'post') ||
(is_array($query->query_vars) && in_array('post', $query->query_vars)))
$ignore = TRUE;
return $ignore;
}

Just one more note, I pulled my hair out because all the time I was getting the same items in the list, than I realized I needed to add:

'ignore_sticky_posts' => true,

I hope someone else will notice this before I did.