Настраиваем свою сортировку в категории на DLE

function news_sort($do) {
    
    global $config, $lang;
    
    if( ! $do ) $do = "main";
    
    $find_sort = "dle_sort_" . $do;
    $direction_sort = "dle_direction_" . $do;
    
    $find_sort = str_replace( ".", "", $find_sort );
    $direction_sort = str_replace( ".", "", $direction_sort );
    
    $sort = array ();
    $allowed_sort = array ('date', 'rating', 'news_read', 'comm_num', 'tags', 'title' );
    
    $soft_by_array = array (

    'date' => array (

    'name' => $lang['sort_by_date'], 'value' => "date", 'direction' => "desc", 'image' => "" ), 

    'rating' => array (

    'name' => $lang['sort_by_rating'], 'value' => "rating", 'direction' => "desc", 'image' => "" ), 

    'news_read' => array (

    'name' => $lang['sort_by_read'], 'value' => "news_read", 'direction' => "desc", 'image' => "" ), 

    'comm_num' => array (

    'name' => $lang['sort_by_comm'], 'value' => "comm_num", 'direction' => "desc", 'image' => "" ), 
    
    
    'tags' => array (

    'name' => "по типу", 'value' => "tags", 'direction' => "desc", 'image' => "" ),
    
    
    'title' => array (

    'name' => $lang['sort_by_title'], 'value' => "title", 'direction' => "desc", 'image' => "" )

     );