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title: default sort order
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The _default sort order_ for [_page collections_](g), used when no other criteria are set, follows this priority:

  1. [`weight`](/content-management/front-matter/#weight) (ascending)
  1. [`date`](/content-management/front-matter/#date) (descending)
  1. [`linkTitle`](/content-management/front-matter/#linktitle) falling back to [`title`](/content-management/front-matter/#title) (ascending)
  1. [logical path](g) (ascending)