diff --git a/app/logical/post_query/parser.rb b/app/logical/post_query/parser.rb
index 5f8f631ca..c09cd36a6 100644
--- a/app/logical/post_query/parser.rb
+++ b/app/logical/post_query/parser.rb
@@ -165,6 +165,14 @@ class PostQuery
           name = @scanner.matched.delete_suffix(":").downcase
           name = name.singularize + "_count" if name.in?(PostQueryBuilder::COUNT_METATAG_SYNONYMS)
           quoted, value = quoted_string
+
+          if name == "order"
+            attribute, direction, _tail = value.to_s.downcase.partition(/_(asc|desc)\z/i)
+            if attribute.in?(PostQueryBuilder::COUNT_METATAG_SYNONYMS)
+              value = attribute.singularize + "_count" + direction
+            end
+          end
+
           node(:metatag, name, value, quoted)
         end
       end
diff --git a/test/unit/post_query_parser_test.rb b/test/unit/post_query_parser_test.rb
index 328df2d4c..4301f226c 100644
--- a/test/unit/post_query_parser_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/post_query_parser_test.rb
@@ -98,6 +98,15 @@ class PostQueryParserTest < ActiveSupport::TestCase
       assert_parse_equals("appeal_count:0", "appeals:0")
       assert_parse_equals("approval_count:0", "approvals:0")
       assert_parse_equals("replacement_count:0", "replacements:0")
+
+      assert_parse_equals("order:comment_count", "order:comments")
+      assert_parse_equals("order:note_count", "order:notes")
+      assert_parse_equals("order:flag_count", "order:flags")
+      assert_parse_equals("order:child_count", "order:children")
+      assert_parse_equals("order:pool_count", "order:pools")
+      assert_parse_equals("order:appeal_count", "order:appeals")
+      assert_parse_equals("order:approval_count", "order:approvals")
+      assert_parse_equals("order:replacement_count", "order:replacements")
     end
 
     should "parse wildcard tags correctly" do