Here is the console log where “Newest” was the default value and I then changed it to “Best Match”. As you can see, in this example, it seems to be stuck using “Most Popular”
[API] endpoint: /v3/search/images/editorial params: Objectembed_content_only: undefinedexclude_nudity: truefields: "id, title, caption, date_created, asset_family, artist, collection_name, comp, thumb"graphical_styles: "photography,illustration"orientations: "Horizontal,Vertical"page: 1page_size: 50phrase: "mitchell moses"product_types: "editorialsubscription,editorialsubscription,editorialsubscription,editorialsubscription,editorialsubscription"sort_order: "most_popular"__proto__: Object method: GET payload: undefined
getty-models-2-5.js?ver=2.5.1:1 [API] endpoint: /v3/search/images/editorial params: Object {phrase: "mitchell moses", fields: "id, title, caption, date_created, asset_family, artist, collection_name, comp, thumb", page_size: 50, page: 1, sort_order: "most_popular"…}embed_content_only: undefinedexclude_nudity: truefields: "id, title, caption, date_created, asset_family, artist, collection_name, comp, thumb"graphical_styles: "photography,illustration"orientations: "Horizontal,Vertical"page: 1page_size: 50phrase: "mitchell moses"product_types: "editorialsubscription,editorialsubscription,editorialsubscription,editorialsubscription,editorialsubscription"sort_order: "most_popular"__proto__: Object method: GET payload: undefined