WordPress query_posts ~ Need help getting it to work properly

[Historical Forums User]

I need to query posts so that they sort first by date with the oldest appearing first, then by category with the lowest number appearing first. I can’t get anything to work. Please help!

When I use simply

The order seems totally random, the categories are not in order at all

Site w/ problem

[TheDoc]

What do you mean order by date and then order by category? You can’t have two different orders working at the same time.

[TheLeggett]

It sort of sounds like you’re trying to create separate lists of posts – one list for each category – and each list is ordered by date.

Maybe you can elaborate on what you’re trying to accomplish? That seems a bit strange to me.

[Historical Forums User]

Well, I was finally able to solve the problem….What I was trying to do was to “group” the posts by date & then sort those by category…or theater if you looked at the site.

The idea was to show all of the movies showing this week together first in order by theater b/c theater 1, 2, etc….also meant it was the newest movie.

I was able to solve the problem by switching up the requirements for the site & doing something different than what the owner had asked for, but something that works completely better…well, b/c it works!

Cinema Site Finished Product

Let me know what you think.

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