id,summary,reporter,owner,description,type,status,priority,milestone,component,version,severity,resolution,keywords,cc
18832,wp_get_archives should allow for Ascending and Descending ordering,tar.gz,nacin,"The wp_get_archives function offers various options for listing content by year, month, week, day, postname.

However, it offers only one sorting direction: from the newest to the oldest. This makes certainly sense in the classical WP use case: a blog. But since WP is now a full-featured CMS, it seems logical that the choice of the sorting order should be left to the user.

It should be possible to define this direction by using order=ASC / order=DESC.

If the option gets introduced, but the default left at the current state (order=DESC), the change would not affect existing sites while improving the overall functionality.

This feature has been requested by several users over the years:

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/sort-posts-in-ascending-order-through-wp_get_archives

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/chronological-sidebar-archives?replies=3

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/monthly-archives-ascendingdescending?replies=15

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/archives-index-ascending-order?replies=4

http://wordpress.org/support/topic/archives-ascending?replies=6

Some people try to solve the problem by editing the core files:

http://www.bestwpthemez.com/wordpress/how-to-set-archives-list-in-ascending-order-1633/
",enhancement,closed,low,3.5,General,3.3,normal,fixed,has-patch commit,