Ajax30

I have modified admin-save-data.php according to your indications (copy and paste actually), but I probably have to modify other files too, because it does not sort by $reverse_name. See the replay above, please...

@QuickOldCar: I have modified admin-save-data.php according to your indications (copy and paste actually). My user-view-show-staff-list.php file sorts by title. It looks like this: <?php function sslp_staff_member_listing_shortcode_func($atts) { extract(shortcode_atts(array( 'single' => 'no', 'group' => '', 'wrap_class' => '', 'order' => 'ASC', 'orderby' => 'title', ), $atts)); // Get Template and CSS $custom_html = stripslashes_deep(get_option('_staff_listing_custom_html')); $custom_css = stripslashes_deep(get_option('_staff_listing_custom_css')); $default_tags = get_option('_staff_listing_default_tags'); $default_formatted_tags = get_option('_staff_listing_default_formatted_tags'); $output = ''; $group = strtolower($group); $order = strtoupper($order); $staff = ''; $use_external_css = get_option('_staff_listing_write_external_css'); /** * Set up our WP_Query */ $args = array( 'post_type' => 'staff-member', 'posts_per_page' => -1, 'orderby' => $orderby, 'post_status' => 'publish' ); // Check user's 'order' value if ($order != 'ASC' && $order != 'DESC') { $order = 'ASC'; } // Set 'order' in our query args $args['order'] = $order; $args['staff-member-group'] = $group; $staff = new WP_Query( $args ); /** * Set up our loop_markup */ $loop_markup = $loop_markup_reset = str_replace("[staff_loop]", "", substr($custom_html, strpos($custom_html, "[staff_loop]"), strpos($custom_html, "[/staff_loop]") - strpos($custom_html, "[staff_loop]"))); // Doing this so I can concatenate class names for current and possibly future use. $staff_member_classes = $wrap_class; // Prepare to output styles if not using external style sheet if ( $use_external_css == "no" ) { $style_output = '<style>'.$custom_css.'</style>'; } $i = 0; if( $staff->have_posts() ) { $output .= '<div class="staff-member-listing '.$group.'">'; while( $staff->have_posts() ) : $staff->the_post(); if ($i == ($staff->found_posts)-1) { $staff_member_classes .= " last"; } if ($i % 2) { $output .= '<div class="staff-member odd '.$staff_member_classes.'">'; } else { $output .= '<div class="staff-member even '.$staff_member_classes.'">'; } global $post; $custom = get_post_custom(); $name = get_the_title(); $name_slug = basename(get_permalink()); $title = $custom["_staff_member_title"][0]; $email = $custom["_staff_member_email"][0]; $phone = $custom["_staff_member_phone"][0]; $bio = $custom["_staff_member_bio"][0]; if(has_post_thumbnail()){ $photo_url = wp_get_attachment_url( get_post_thumbnail_id() ); $photo = '<img class="staff-member-photo" src="'.$photo_url.'" alt = "'.$title.'">'; }else{ $photo_url = ''; $photo = ''; } if (function_exists('wpautop')){ $bio_format = '<div class="staff-member-bio">'.wpautop($bio).'</div>'; } $email_mailto = '<a class="staff-member-email" href="mailto:'.antispambot( $email ).'" title="Email '.$name.'">'.antispambot( $email ).'</a>'; $email_nolink = antispambot( $email ); $accepted_single_tags = $default_tags; $replace_single_values = array($name, $name_slug, $photo_url, $title, $email_nolink, $phone, $bio); $accepted_formatted_tags = $default_formatted_tags; $replace_formatted_values = array('<h3 class="staff-member-name">'.$name.'</h3>', '<h4 class="staff-member-position">'.$title.'</h4>', $photo, $email_mailto, $bio_format); $loop_markup = str_replace($accepted_single_tags, $replace_single_values, $loop_markup); $loop_markup = str_replace($accepted_formatted_tags, $replace_formatted_values, $loop_markup); $output .= $loop_markup; $loop_markup = $loop_markup_reset; $output .= '</div> <!-- Close staff-member -->'; $i += 1; endwhile; $output .= "</div> <!-- Close staff-member-listing -->"; } wp_reset_query(); $output = $style_output.$output; return $output; } add_shortcode('simple-staff-list', 'sslp_staff_member_listing_shortcode_func'); ?> What should I modify in the code above to make sorting by $reverse_name work? (As I have mentioned, I am really new to PHP )

Hello! My name is Razvan and I work as a (front-end) web developer in Bucharest, Romania. I am using the Simple Staff List Word Press plugin on THIS page. I have used the guidance here to sort staff members by full name. I need to order them by last name. For this, even though I am new to PHP, I have written the code below: <?php $name = "Firstname Middlename Lastname"; $name_parts = explode(' ',$name); $no_of_parts = sizeof($name_parts); $last_name_index = $no_of_parts - 1; $last_name = $name_parts[$last_name_index]; $first_names = chop($name,$last_name); $reverse_name = $last_name . ' ' . $first_names; ?> It is made to move the last name at the beginning of the full name, store the result in the $reverse_name, and then sort by $reverse_name. It does move the last name at the beginning of the full name, but I can't do this 2 things: 1) Use the value of the staff member post title as value for the $name variable; 2) Use $reverse_name for sorting. Can anyone give me a hint on what to change in the plugin files to achieve this goal, please? Thank you! Razvan Zamfir