# Order the listing of backinks by date

**URL:** <https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/order-the-listing-of-backinks-by-date/1274>\
**Category:** How To\
**Created:** [February 12, 2021, 7:11am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/order-the-listing-of-backinks-by-date/1274 "2021-02-12T07:11:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![revrari](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e95f7d/32.png) [@revrari](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/revrari)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 7:11am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/order-the-listing-of-backinks-by-date/1274/1 "2021-02-12T07:11:58Z")

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I would like to how how I can order the listing of backlinks by date-modified in org-roam. I would also like to know what possible other ways there may be of ordering these links.

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**Author:** ![brab](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/org-roam.discourse.group/brab/32/531_2.png) [@brab](https://org-roam.discourse.group/u/brab)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 8:30am UTC](https://org-roam.discourse.group/t/order-the-listing-of-backinks-by-date/1274/2 "2021-02-12T08:30:49Z")

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There is an open issue regarding this on github:

> <https://github.com/org-roam/org-roam/issues/237>
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> If I read https://github.com/jethrokuan/org-roam/blob/b7afb02015a31a2cba02415ba863149ad7c0cee5/org-roam.el#L958 correctly, there is no particular ordering for the backlinks. It would be great to be able to...