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I need to order my entries with the most recent activity first.  This is a mashup of the orderby=“date|most_recent_comment” parameter— which (unless I’m missing something) does not do what I’m trying to accomplish.

I need the final result to display like this:

Entry D - (date 11/27 and 0 comments)
Entry A - (date 11/22 and 1 new comment on 11/26)
Entry C - (date 11/24 and 1 new comment on 11/25)
Entry B - (date 11/23 and 0 comments)

But orderby=“date|most_recent_comment” doesn’t seem to work this way.  That scheme orders everything by entry_date first and THEN by most_recent_comment.  No good.

So I guess, I’m looking for an orderby=“activity” parameter.

Curious to know if there are any plugins or workarounds for this?  I’ve searched Devot:ee and haven’t been able to come up with anything.

I don’t think this is possible out of the box, so you’ll definitely need an extension that reorders you entries based on activity. How fast do you need this functionality, because I could probably make it for you…

– Wouter

Hi Wouter.

Thanks for your input.  I’m not in a mad rush.  Sooner is better, but anytime before Christmas would be outstanding! 

If you can make the magic happen as I’ve described, I’d like to work out adequate compensation for your time.

Thanks again,
~Jason

Hi Jason,

Well… I had something on the shelf that I was able to modify a bit to do exactly what you need, so without further ado:

https://github.com/AboutWout/activitee.ee2_addon

Should be pretty straightforward, but if you’re having troubles let me know.

– Wouter

Wouter, this is absolutely fantastic.  So simple. So effective.  Perfect.

Many thanks!

Do you have a donate button?  PayPal?  I was going to buy a couple of your add-ons at Devot:ee, but I think they’re all free.  =)

Glad you like it… As Einstein said: “Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.” 😊

Yeah… most of my add-ons on Devot:ee have been created out of request on the forums, so it seemed silly to charge for them.

If you really want, my PayPal account is wouter[at]baseworks[dot]nl.

– Wouter

Cool man.  I took care of PayPal for you.

I will be in touch in the future.  You really impressed me, mate.