diff --git a/www/src/db_handler/mysql_handler.php b/www/src/db_handler/mysql_handler.php
index dfbad78..88d14c9 100644
--- a/www/src/db_handler/mysql_handler.php
+++ b/www/src/db_handler/mysql_handler.php
@@ -13,6 +13,14 @@ class MySQLHandler
         'title', 'view_count', 'brief', 'search_score'];
 
     CONST SQL_WRITE_COLUMNS = ['path', 'title', 'brief'];
+    CONST SQL_ORDER_BY_OPTIONS = [
+        'search_score' => 'post_search_score',
+        'search_score_desc' => 'post_search_score DESC',
+        'path' => 'post_path',
+        'path_desc' => 'post_path DESC',
+        'created_at' => 'post_created_at',
+        'created_at_desc' => 'post_created_at DESC'
+    ];
 
     private $sql_connection;
     private $db_prefix;
@@ -398,8 +406,6 @@ class MySQLHandler
             $options['tags'] ??= [];
         }
 
-        $options['limit']   = min($options['limit'] ?? 100, 100);
-
         // This code will take a generic user-input string, and will process it
         // to see if there are any special options to consider.
         //
@@ -467,6 +473,14 @@ class MySQLHandler
         }
 
         $options['offset'] ??= 0;
+        $options['limit']   = min($options['limit'] ?? 100, 100);
+
+        $options['order_by'] ??= 'search_score_desc';
+
+        if(!isset($this::SQL_ORDER_BY_OPTIONS[$options['order_by']])) {
+            throw new Exception("Incorrect order_by option chosen!");
+        }
+        $qry_order_by = $this::SQL_ORDER_BY_OPTIONS[$options['order_by']];
 
         $qry =
             "SELECT " . implode(', ', $qry_selects) . "
@@ -474,12 +488,11 @@ class MySQLHandler
             LEFT JOIN {$this->db_prefix}_post_markdown AS post_markdown
                 ON posts.post_id = post_markdown.post_id
             WHERE " . implode(' and ', $qry_wheres) . "
-            ORDER BY post_search_score DESC
-            LIMIT " . $options['limit'] . "
-            OFFSET " . $options['offset'];
+            ORDER BY " . $qry_order_by . "
+            LIMIT ? OFFSET ?";
         
-        $search_results = $this->_exec($qry, $qry_select_types . $qry_where_types, 
-            ...array_merge($qry_select_data, $qry_where_data))->fetch_all(MYSQLI_ASSOC);
+        $search_results = $this->_exec($qry, $qry_select_types . $qry_where_types . "ii", 
+            ...array_merge($qry_select_data, $qry_where_data, [$options['limit'], $options['offset']]))->fetch_all(MYSQLI_ASSOC);
 
         $outdata = [];
         foreach($search_results AS $post_element) {