reverted back to old

@@ -89,49 +89,18 @@ function resources_list($atts){
         'posts_per_page' => -1,
         'paged' => 1,
         'post_status' => 'any',
-        // 'order' => 'DESC',
-        // 'orderby' => 'rand',
+        'order' => 'DESC',
+        'orderby' => 'rand',
         'tax_query' => ['relation' => 'OR', $tax_queries],
     );
 
-    $custom_query = get_posts($custom_args);
-
-    usort($custom_query, function($a, $b) {
-
-      $adate = strtotime(get_post_meta($a->ID, 'searchwp_content_pdf_metadata', true)['CreationDate']);
-      $bdate = strtotime(get_post_meta($b->ID, 'searchwp_content_pdf_metadata', true)['CreationDate']);
-
-      if(empty($adate)) {
-        $adate = strtotime($a->post_date);
-      }
-
-      if(empty($bdate)) {
-        $bdate = strtotime($b->post_date);
-      } 
-
-      // if($a->ID == 69064) {
-      //   var_dump($adate);exit;
-      // }
-      
-  
-  
-      if($adate < $bdate) {
-        return 1;
-      } else if($adate > $bdate) {
-        return -1;
-      }
-
-
-    });
-
-
-
+    $custom_query = new \WP_Query($custom_args);
 
     $favs = get_user_meta(get_current_user_id(),'fav_resources',true);
 
     ob_start(); 
 
-      if (!empty($custom_query)):
+      if ($custom_query->have_posts()):
     ?>
         <div class="course-list resources hidden">
             <div class='quicksearch-wrapper'>
@@ -182,16 +151,15 @@ function resources_list($atts){
             <table id="resources" class='hidden'>
             <thead><tr><th class="hidden"></th><th></th><th class="hidden"></th></tr></thead>
               <tbody>
-                <?php foreach ($custom_query as $post):
-                        
+                <?php while ($custom_query->have_posts()):
+                        $custom_query->the_post();  
                         if(is_array($favs)) {
-                          $is_fav = in_array($post->ID, $favs);
+                          $is_fav = in_array(get_the_ID(), $favs);
                         } else {
                           $is_fav = false;
                         }
-                
-                          echo resources($post->ID, $organized_term_filter, $is_fav);
-                      endforeach; ?>
+                          echo resources(get_the_ID(), $organized_term_filter, $is_fav);
+                      endwhile; ?>
               </tbody>          
             </table>
 
@@ -274,11 +242,6 @@ function resources($id, $taxes, $is_fav = false){
   $updated_at = get_field('updated_at', $post->ID);
   $is_new = get_field('is_new', $post->ID);
 
-  $post_date = strtotime(get_post_meta($id, 'searchwp_content_pdf_metadata', true)['CreationDate']);
-  if(empty($post_date)) {
-    $post_date = get_post_time('U',false, $id );
-  }
-
   $categories = [];
   foreach($taxes as $tax => $val) {
     $terms = get_the_terms( $id, $tax );
@@ -318,7 +281,7 @@ function resources($id, $taxes, $is_fav = false){
     <?php } ?>
   </td> 
   <td class="hidden"> <?php echo $cat; ?></td>
-  <td class="hidden"><?php echo $post_date; ?></td>
+  <td class="hidden"><?php echo get_post_time('U',false, $id ); ?></td>
 </tr>
 <?php
   $output = ob_get_clean();