Make featured listings display first all the time

[cwp +]

This modification is for version 4.0 and up. You need the developer edition to do this modification.

Open includes/classes/kernel/Listings.php and go to line 360:

Find This:
$listingSQL=$sSQL .' '. $where .' ORDER BY '. $sqlsort .' '. $sortorder;
Change to this:
$listingSQL=$sSQL .' '. $where .' ORDER BY featured DESC, '. $sqlsort .' '. $sortorder;

Now you can sort all of your other non-featured listings however you want in the admin search settings.

Credit goes to Suzkaw