The following would help as well: `type` can't be negated · Issue #8039 · laurent22/joplin · GitHub
Isn't Joplin supposed to be free and open-source? So couldn't we just add this extremely useful feature ourselves? Seriously, I'm bewildered that "sort search results by date" isn't at least an option.
I find that last updated date is usually not useful to me but I could see how that might be very helpful for other workflows. Instead, created date is the important parameter for my situation.
The algorithmic search that exists now does not work for me if I'm searching for something that was perhaps not defined well when it was added. Needle in the haystack stuff. The created date is uber important for these kinds of things.
I didn't want to have to implement chevdor's technique of adding the create date to the title but it seems it might be necessary. I have been doing the manual process of changing the create date in the note properties for information or documents that I add to Joplin after the fact so they sort correctly when viewing folders. I suppose that adding the "sort" date to the front of the title wouldn't be too bad if it could be added automatically.
@laurent if changes to search sort are out of the question, is there a way to automatically add the create date to the front of the title of a note when the note is created? (see chevdor post above) AND perhaps a further automatic process that changes the title of the note to reflect the current date (if updated date is important)?
example
2022-05-01 - My cat changed the oil in my car
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I need to sort search results by title. Is there a plug-in for this?
Check out the Note Overview plugin as a desktop workaround for sorting search results.
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I definitely could have used this today.
Plus I expect many other times. (I'm only a recent Joplin user.)
Eventually one gets a large amt of notes, and some of them are on the same topic, but with new and updated info.
You want to be able to find your most RECENT note about it (or even your oldest in some cases).
FWIW I was trying to remember how to make a static IP for my pc on the router and I needed to see what the last static IP I used was.
About six notes came up and I gave up using that method and just went and looked what my Kodi was set to. 
Since your PR for desktop Joplin was not accepted, would you be able to add that feature to the VS Code Style Note Search plugin instead?
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This feature has been freshly added to the search plugin I linked above. Here's the relevant update (among others) from the discussion thread:
It also adds a sort order dropdown for all sort methods except relevance.
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What I need most is SORT SEARCH RESULTS BY DATE.
The 'VS Code...' plug-in is great, but changing 'Updated' drop down from ascending to descending does nothing at all. 
TBH the chaotic search results renders Joplin great for INPUTTING data, but actually pretty poor for getting data OUT again. I can hardly ever find what I'm looking for quickly !