Reply To: Issue with result group by meta key

Hi,

1. The auto populate is enabled for random results, thus is will be ordered randomy. If you want the date ordering, then instead use it as for the empty phrase: https://i.imgur.com/iDbJeRP.png

2. That is because of the previous custom code, where the auto populate does not affect the date filter, so basically the date filter there has no effect, until the filter is changed.