$(document).ready(function() {     
$("table").tablesorter();     
$("#trigger-link").click(function() {         // set sorting column and direction, this will sort on the first and third column the column index starts at zero         
var sorting = [[0,0],[2,0]];         // sort on the first column         
$("table").trigger("sorton",[sorting]);         // return false to stop default link action         
return false;     }); });