This Pro tutorial shows how the rows of a ACF Repeater query loop in Bricks can be sorted by ascending or descending order of a date sub field.
Consider this example:
Testimonials (Repeater)|_ Testimonial Content (WYSIWYG Editor)|_ Client Name (Text)|_ Testimonial Date (Date Picker)
Sample testimonials for a post:
Output on the front end by default:
Note: To change the order, the rows can simply be re-arranged by drag and drop in the post editor. This tutorial is when the ordering should happen automatically.
After implementing the tutorial:
Ascending order of date:
Descending order of date:
Step 1
Set Return Format for the date sub field to Ymd.
To output the date in a human-friendly format, add the desired format string like :F Y at the end for the value of your Basic Text element.
Ex.:
{acf_testimonials_testimonial_date:F Y}
Step 2
Add the following in child theme's functions.php (w/o the opening PHP tag) or a code snippets plugin:
