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Hello,
In a website I’m working on, we need to change the members directory default sorting from “last active” to “newest”.
Currently, we’ve done it by creating a custom members-loop.php page and changing this string:

<?php if ( bp_has_members( bp_ajax_querystring( 'members' ) ) ): ?>

to

<?php
	$query = bp_ajax_querystring( 'members' );
	if (strpos($query, "type=") === FALSE) {
		$query = "type=newest&".$query;
	}
?>
<?php if ( bp_has_members( $query ) ) : ?>

This works, but it doesn’t change the dropdown in the top-right of the page. Is there a better way that changes the default sorting option and keeps the dropdown consistent?

Thank you in advance