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A recent client project required a custom post type to be ordered alphabetically and I wanted to share with you the function I used to accomplish this.

Rather than adding a query to the custom post archive template, I opted for an alternative which just required a snipped of code to be added to functions.php.

To order your custom post type alphabetically, simply add the following code to your themes functions.php file.

// Order custom post types alphabetically
function owd_post_order( $query ) {
    if ( $query->is_post_type_archive('my_custom_post_type') && $query->is_main_query() ) {
    $query->set( 'orderby', 'title' );
    $query->set( 'order', 'ASC' );
    }
}
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'owd_post_order' );

Once you’ve pasted this code into your functions.php file you will need to change ‘my_custom_post_type’ to the name of the custom post type you wish to re-order.

As always, be sure to back up your functions.php file before making changes in case of a problem and you need to revert back to the original file.

I hope you find WordPress code snippet this useful.

Thanks to Shipwreck for this snippet.