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< 	get_archives($r['type'], $r['limit'], $r['format'], $r['before'], $r['after'], $r['show_post_count']);
---
> 	if (!isset($r['orderby'])) $r['orderby'] = 'post_date';
> 	if (!isset($r['sort'])) $r['sort'] = 'DESC';
> 	get_archives($r['type'], $r['limit'], $r['format'], $r['before'], $r['after'], $r['show_post_count'], $r['orderby'], $r['sort']);
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< function get_archives($type='', $limit='', $format='html', $before = '', $after = '', $show_post_count = false) {
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> function get_archives($type='', $limit='', $format='html', $before = '', $after = '', $show_post_count = false, $orderby='post_date', $sort='') {
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> 
>     if ('' = $sort) {
>     	$sort = 'DESC';
>     }
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<         $arcresults = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT DISTINCT YEAR(post_date) AS `year`, MONTH(post_date) AS `month`, count(ID) as posts FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_date < '$now' AND post_status = 'publish' GROUP BY YEAR(post_date), MONTH(post_date) ORDER BY post_date DESC" . $limit);
---
>         $arcresults = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT DISTINCT YEAR(post_date) AS `year`, MONTH(post_date) AS `month`, count(ID) as posts FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_date < '$now' AND post_status = 'publish' GROUP BY YEAR(post_date), MONTH(post_date) ORDER BY $orderby $sort" . $limit);
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<         $arcresults = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT DISTINCT YEAR(post_date) AS `year`, MONTH(post_date) AS `month`, DAYOFMONTH(post_date) AS `dayofmonth` FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_date < '$now' AND post_status = 'publish' ORDER BY post_date DESC" . $limit);
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>         $arcresults = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT DISTINCT YEAR(post_date) AS `year`, MONTH(post_date) AS `month`, DAYOFMONTH(post_date) AS `dayofmonth` FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_date < '$now' AND post_status = 'publish' ORDER BY $orderby $sort" . $limit);
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<         $arcresults = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT DISTINCT WEEK(post_date, $start_of_week) AS `week`, YEAR(post_date) AS yr, DATE_FORMAT(post_date, '%Y-%m-%d') AS yyyymmdd FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_date < '$now' AND post_status = 'publish' ORDER BY post_date DESC" . $limit);
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>         $arcresults = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT DISTINCT WEEK(post_date, $start_of_week) AS `week`, YEAR(post_date) AS yr, DATE_FORMAT(post_date, '%Y-%m-%d') AS yyyymmdd FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_date < '$now' AND post_status = 'publish' ORDER BY $orderby $sort" . $limit);
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<         $arcresults = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_date < '$now' AND post_status = 'publish' ORDER BY post_date DESC" . $limit);
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>         $arcresults = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE post_date < '$now' AND post_status = 'publish' ORDER BY $orderby $sort" . $limit);