The plugin allows posts to be ordered by all of the options in the codex. the codex. You should familiarize yourself with ‘orderby’ before using this option. Currently only a single orderby value is supported.
orderby
orderby defaults to ‘date’.
[featured_image_pro orderby='comment_count' order='DESC' posts_per_page=999 subcaption1='comment_count' subcaptiontitle1 = 'comments: ']
orderby_meta_key
Ideally, combine ordering by meta key with a meta query using the same key:
When ordering by meta_value or meta_value_num, enter the meta key value.
[featured_image_pro meta_queries = 'sfly_guest_author_names' sfly_guest_author_names_compare ='EXISTS' orderby='meta_value' orderby_meta_key='sfly_guest_author_names' subcaptiontype1='meta' subcaption1='sfly_guest_author_names']
orderby_meta_type
Use a meta_type to cast to a specific type when ordering by meta_value
[featured_image_pro post_type='event' subcaptiontype1='meta' subcaptioncast1='date' subcaption1='_event_start_date' orderby_meta_key='_event_start_time' orderby_meta_type='DATE' order='ASC']