Sort results by name & asc order on Archive.php

I currently use the following code to list posts in Archive.php but I want the results to be ordered by name in ascending order, I have checked the codex but the answer isn’t clear to me, how can I get this working?

<?php $post = $posts[0]; // ?>

Thanks in advance.

Answers:

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Method 1

The easiest way to do this is to use a hook (the pre_get_posts hook) to change the order. But you should check that the query is one for which you do want to alter the order! (is_archive() or is_post_type_archive() should be sufficient.)

For instance, put the following in your theme’s functions.php…

add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'my_change_sort_order'); 
    function my_change_sort_order($query){
        if(is_archive()):
         //If you wanted it for the archive of a custom post type use: is_post_type_archive( $post_type )
           //Set the order ASC or DESC
           $query->set( 'order', 'ASC' );
           //Set the orderby
           $query->set( 'orderby', 'title' );
        endif;    
    };

Method 2

<?php
// we add this, to show all posts in our
// Glossary sorted alphabetically
if ( is_category('Glossary') )  {
    $args = array( 
        'posts_per_page' => -1, 
        'orderby'        => 'title', 
        'order'          => 'ASC' 
    );
    $glossaryposts = get_posts( $args );
}
foreach( $glossaryposts as $post ) : setup_postdata( $post );
    ?>
    <li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<?php endforeach; ?>

Method 3

further to Stephen’s answer, if you want to just query and order by the title, you could use this in your template file:

$args = ( array(
'order' => 'ASC',
'orderby' => 'title',
 ) );

query_posts($args);

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