diff --git a/hive/db/schema.py b/hive/db/schema.py
index e4a9b7ef759f2d0a50929a990cdb82f54fd15b76..ffd0516155ace61ecdaa33dbf06961a4a58f9c40 100644
--- a/hive/db/schema.py
+++ b/hive/db/schema.py
@@ -1607,8 +1607,6 @@ def setup(db):
       "condenser_get_discussions_by_created.sql",
       "condenser_get_discussions_by_blog.sql",
       "hot_and_trends.sql",
-      "condenser_get_discussions_by_trending.sql",
-      "condenser_get_discussions_by_hot.sql",
       "update_hive_posts_children_count.sql"
     ]
     from os.path import dirname, realpath
diff --git a/hive/db/sql_scripts/bridge_get_ranked_post_for_communities.sql b/hive/db/sql_scripts/bridge_get_ranked_post_for_communities.sql
index 58a167d8cfb6a44f6d5eee79f43aa966a52db4b3..c631deffabf66090b1a8c5870d70e51fbec88874 100644
--- a/hive/db/sql_scripts/bridge_get_ranked_post_for_communities.sql
+++ b/hive/db/sql_scripts/bridge_get_ranked_post_for_communities.sql
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ $function$
 language sql STABLE;
 
 DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS bridge_get_ranked_post_by_trends_for_community;
-CREATE FUNCTION bridge_get_ranked_post_by_trends_for_community( in _community VARCHAR, in _author VARCHAR, in _permlink VARCHAR, in _limit SMALLINT )
+CREATE FUNCTION bridge_get_ranked_post_by_trends_for_community( in _community VARCHAR, in _author VARCHAR, in _permlink VARCHAR, in _limit SMALLINT, in _bridge_api BOOLEAN )
 RETURNS SETOF bridge_api_post
 AS
 $function$
@@ -107,7 +107,8 @@ BEGIN
       FROM
          hive_posts hp1
          JOIN hive_communities hc ON hp1.community_id = hc.id
-      WHERE hc.name = _community AND hp1.counter_deleted = 0 AND NOT hp1.is_paidout AND hp1.depth = 0 AND NOT hp1.is_pinned -- concatenated with bridge_get_ranked_post_pinned_for_community
+      WHERE hc.name = _community AND hp1.counter_deleted = 0 AND NOT hp1.is_paidout AND hp1.depth = 0
+         AND ( NOT _bridge_api OR NOT hp1.is_pinned ) -- concatenated with bridge_get_ranked_post_pinned_for_community when called for bridge_api
          AND ( __post_id = 0 OR hp1.sc_trend < __trending_limit OR ( hp1.sc_trend = __trending_limit AND hp1.id < __post_id ) )
       ORDER BY hp1.sc_trend DESC, hp1.id DESC
       LIMIT _limit
@@ -526,7 +527,8 @@ BEGIN
           hive_posts hp1
           JOIN hive_communities hc ON hp1.community_id = hc.id
           JOIN hive_accounts_view ha ON hp1.author_id = ha.id
-      WHERE hc.name = _community AND hp1.counter_deleted = 0 AND hp1.depth = 0 AND NOT hp1.is_pinned -- concatenated with bridge_get_ranked_post_pinned_for_community
+      WHERE hc.name = _community AND hp1.counter_deleted = 0 AND hp1.depth = 0
+          AND NOT hp1.is_pinned -- concatenated with bridge_get_ranked_post_pinned_for_community
           AND NOT ha.is_grayed AND ( __post_id = 0 OR hp1.id < __post_id )
       ORDER BY hp1.id DESC
       LIMIT _limit
diff --git a/hive/db/sql_scripts/condenser_get_discussions_by_hot.sql b/hive/db/sql_scripts/condenser_get_discussions_by_hot.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index 981ff24fdb70f8bed492f210231f2340ccfc90dd..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/hive/db/sql_scripts/condenser_get_discussions_by_hot.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,126 +0,0 @@
-DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS condenser_get_discussions_by_hot;
-
-CREATE FUNCTION condenser_get_discussions_by_hot( in _tag VARCHAR, in _author VARCHAR, in _permlink VARCHAR, in _limit SMALLINT )
-RETURNS SETOF bridge_api_post
-AS
-$function$
-DECLARE
-  __post_id INT;
-  __community VARCHAR;
-  __tag_id INT;
-  __category_id INT;
-BEGIN
-
-  __post_id     = find_comment_id( _author, _permlink, True );
-  __community   = ( SELECT substring(_tag from '^hive-') );
-
-  __tag_id      = ( SELECT id FROM hive_tag_data WHERE tag = _tag );
-  __category_id = ( SELECT id FROM hive_category_data WHERE category = _tag );
-
-  RETURN QUERY SELECT
-      hp.id,
-      hp.author,
-      hp.parent_author,
-      hp.author_rep,
-      hp.root_title,
-      hp.beneficiaries,
-      hp.max_accepted_payout,
-      hp.percent_hbd,
-      hp.url,
-      hp.permlink,
-      hp.parent_permlink_or_category,
-      hp.title,
-      hp.body,
-      hp.category,
-      hp.depth,
-      hp.promoted,
-      hp.payout,
-      hp.pending_payout,
-      hp.payout_at,
-      hp.is_paidout,
-      hp.children,
-      hp.votes,
-      hp.created_at,
-      hp.updated_at,
-      hp.rshares,
-      hp.abs_rshares,
-      hp.json,
-      hp.is_hidden,
-      hp.is_grayed,
-      hp.total_votes,
-      hp.sc_trend,
-      hp.role_title,
-      hp.community_title,
-      hp.role_id,
-      hp.is_pinned,
-      hp.curator_payout_value
-    FROM hive_posts_view hp
-    INNER JOIN hive_post_tags hpt ON hpt.post_id = hp.id
-    WHERE hp.is_paidout = '0' AND ( __tag_id = 0 OR hpt.tag_id = __tag_id ) AND ( __post_id = 0 OR hp.id < __post_id )
-          AND ( ( __community IS NULL ) OR ( ( __community IS NOT NULL ) AND ( ( __category_id = 0 OR hp.category_id = __category_id ) AND hp.depth = 0 ) ) )
-    ORDER BY hp.sc_hot DESC, hp.id DESC LIMIT _limit;
-END
-$function$
-language plpgsql STABLE;
-
-DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS condenser_get_discussions_by_hot_with_empty_tag;
-
-CREATE FUNCTION condenser_get_discussions_by_hot_with_empty_tag( in _tag VARCHAR, in _author VARCHAR, in _permlink VARCHAR, in _limit SMALLINT )
-RETURNS SETOF bridge_api_post
-AS
-$function$
-DECLARE
-  __post_id INT;
-  __community VARCHAR;
-  __category_id INT;
-BEGIN
-
-  __post_id     = find_comment_id( _author, _permlink, True );
-  __community   = ( SELECT substring(_tag from '^hive-') );
-
-  __category_id = ( SELECT id FROM hive_category_data WHERE category = _tag );
-
-  RETURN QUERY SELECT
-      hp.id,
-      hp.author,
-      hp.parent_author,
-      hp.author_rep,
-      hp.root_title,
-      hp.beneficiaries,
-      hp.max_accepted_payout,
-      hp.percent_hbd,
-      hp.url,
-      hp.permlink,
-      hp.parent_permlink_or_category,
-      hp.title,
-      hp.body,
-      hp.category,
-      hp.depth,
-      hp.promoted,
-      hp.payout,
-      hp.pending_payout,
-      hp.payout_at,
-      hp.is_paidout,
-      hp.children,
-      hp.votes,
-      hp.created_at,
-      hp.updated_at,
-      hp.rshares,
-      hp.abs_rshares,
-      hp.json,
-      hp.is_hidden,
-      hp.is_grayed,
-      hp.total_votes,
-      hp.sc_trend,
-      hp.role_title,
-      hp.community_title,
-      hp.role_id,
-      hp.is_pinned,
-      hp.curator_payout_value
-    FROM hive_posts_view hp
-    WHERE hp.is_paidout = '0' AND ( __post_id = 0 OR hp.id < __post_id )
-          AND ( ( __community IS NULL ) OR ( ( __community IS NOT NULL ) AND ( ( __category_id = 0 OR hp.category_id = __category_id ) AND hp.depth = 0 ) ) )
-    ORDER BY hp.sc_hot DESC, hp.id DESC LIMIT _limit;
-END
-$function$
-language plpgsql STABLE;
diff --git a/hive/db/sql_scripts/condenser_get_discussions_by_trending.sql b/hive/db/sql_scripts/condenser_get_discussions_by_trending.sql
deleted file mode 100644
index 277e845083349a2c11365d2937fba8880e10aa33..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/hive/db/sql_scripts/condenser_get_discussions_by_trending.sql
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,126 +0,0 @@
-DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS condenser_get_discussions_by_trending;
-
-CREATE FUNCTION condenser_get_discussions_by_trending( in _tag VARCHAR, in _author VARCHAR, in _permlink VARCHAR, in _limit SMALLINT )
-RETURNS SETOF bridge_api_post
-AS
-$function$
-DECLARE
-  __post_id INT;
-  __community VARCHAR;
-  __tag_id INT;
-  __category_id INT;
-BEGIN
-
-  __post_id     = find_comment_id( _author, _permlink, True );
-  __community   = ( SELECT substring(_tag from '^hive-') );
-
-  __tag_id      = ( SELECT id FROM hive_tag_data WHERE tag = _tag );
-  __category_id = ( SELECT id FROM hive_category_data WHERE category = _tag );
-
-  RETURN QUERY SELECT
-      hp.id,
-      hp.author,
-      hp.parent_author,
-      hp.author_rep,
-      hp.root_title,
-      hp.beneficiaries,
-      hp.max_accepted_payout,
-      hp.percent_hbd,
-      hp.url,
-      hp.permlink,
-      hp.parent_permlink_or_category,
-      hp.title,
-      hp.body,
-      hp.category,
-      hp.depth,
-      hp.promoted,
-      hp.payout,
-      hp.pending_payout,
-      hp.payout_at,
-      hp.is_paidout,
-      hp.children,
-      hp.votes,
-      hp.created_at,
-      hp.updated_at,
-      hp.rshares,
-      hp.abs_rshares,
-      hp.json,
-      hp.is_hidden,
-      hp.is_grayed,
-      hp.total_votes,
-      hp.sc_trend,
-      hp.role_title,
-      hp.community_title,
-      hp.role_id,
-      hp.is_pinned,
-      hp.curator_payout_value
-    FROM hive_posts_view hp
-    INNER JOIN hive_post_tags hpt ON hpt.post_id = hp.id
-    WHERE hp.is_paidout = '0' AND ( __tag_id = 0 OR hpt.tag_id = __tag_id ) AND ( __post_id = 0 OR hp.id < __post_id )
-          AND ( ( __community IS NULL ) OR ( ( __community IS NOT NULL ) AND ( ( __category_id = 0 OR hp.category_id = __category_id ) AND hp.depth = 0 ) ) )
-    ORDER BY hp.sc_trend DESC, hp.id DESC LIMIT _limit;
-END
-$function$
-language plpgsql STABLE;
-
-DROP FUNCTION IF EXISTS condenser_get_discussions_by_trending_with_empty_tag;
-
-CREATE FUNCTION condenser_get_discussions_by_trending_with_empty_tag( in _tag VARCHAR, in _author VARCHAR, in _permlink VARCHAR, in _limit SMALLINT )
-RETURNS SETOF bridge_api_post
-AS
-$function$
-DECLARE
-  __post_id INT;
-  __community VARCHAR;
-  __category_id INT;
-BEGIN
-
-  __post_id     = find_comment_id( _author, _permlink, True );
-  __community   = ( SELECT substring(_tag from '^hive-') );
-
-  __category_id = ( SELECT id FROM hive_category_data WHERE category = _tag );
-
-  RETURN QUERY SELECT
-      hp.id,
-      hp.author,
-      hp.parent_author,
-      hp.author_rep,
-      hp.root_title,
-      hp.beneficiaries,
-      hp.max_accepted_payout,
-      hp.percent_hbd,
-      hp.url,
-      hp.permlink,
-      hp.parent_permlink_or_category,
-      hp.title,
-      hp.body,
-      hp.category,
-      hp.depth,
-      hp.promoted,
-      hp.payout,
-      hp.pending_payout,
-      hp.payout_at,
-      hp.is_paidout,
-      hp.children,
-      hp.votes,
-      hp.created_at,
-      hp.updated_at,
-      hp.rshares,
-      hp.abs_rshares,
-      hp.json,
-      hp.is_hidden,
-      hp.is_grayed,
-      hp.total_votes,
-      hp.sc_trend,
-      hp.role_title,
-      hp.community_title,
-      hp.role_id,
-      hp.is_pinned,
-      hp.curator_payout_value
-    FROM hive_posts_view hp
-    WHERE hp.is_paidout = '0' AND ( __post_id = 0 OR hp.id < __post_id )
-          AND ( ( __community IS NULL ) OR ( ( __community IS NOT NULL ) AND ( ( __category_id = 0 OR hp.category_id = __category_id ) AND hp.depth = 0 ) ) )
-    ORDER BY hp.sc_trend DESC, hp.id DESC LIMIT _limit;
-END
-$function$
-language plpgsql STABLE;
diff --git a/hive/server/bridge_api/methods.py b/hive/server/bridge_api/methods.py
index 39651c09dae6f882c80c09796f839b962b23dab8..3d27022a7294e88b375d7c740daa6a034e626855 100644
--- a/hive/server/bridge_api/methods.py
+++ b/hive/server/bridge_api/methods.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ async def _get_ranked_posts_for_communities( db, sort:str, community, start_auth
 
     if sort == 'trending':
         result_with_pinned_posts = []
-        sql = "SELECT * FROM bridge_get_ranked_post_by_trends_for_community( (:community)::VARCHAR, (:author)::VARCHAR, (:permlink)::VARCHAR, (:limit)::SMALLINT )"
+        sql = "SELECT * FROM bridge_get_ranked_post_by_trends_for_community( (:community)::VARCHAR, (:author)::VARCHAR, (:permlink)::VARCHAR, (:limit)::SMALLINT, True )"
         result_with_pinned_posts = await execute_community_query(db, pinned_sql, limit)
         limit -= len(result_with_pinned_posts)
         if limit > 0:
diff --git a/hive/server/condenser_api/methods.py b/hive/server/condenser_api/methods.py
index 6025245e4da94a4397ff70f171c5dca278497c1a..0d511267215f1e1a1af3d6fd35954113052efacd 100644
--- a/hive/server/condenser_api/methods.py
+++ b/hive/server/condenser_api/methods.py
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ async def get_posts_by_given_sort(context, sort: str, start_author: str = '', st
     tag             = valid_tag(tag, allow_empty=True)
 
     posts = []
+    is_community = tag[:5] == 'hive-'
    
     if sort == 'created':
       if tag == '':
@@ -254,17 +255,21 @@ async def get_posts_by_given_sort(context, sort: str, start_author: str = '', st
       else:
         sql = "SELECT * FROM condenser_get_discussions_by_created( (:tag)::VARCHAR, (:author)::VARCHAR, (:permlink)::VARCHAR, (:limit)::SMALLINT )"
     elif sort == 'trending':
-      if tag == '':
-        sql = "SELECT * FROM condenser_get_discussions_by_trending_with_empty_tag( (:tag)::VARCHAR, (:author)::VARCHAR, (:permlink)::VARCHAR, (:limit)::SMALLINT )"
+      if is_community:
+        sql = "SELECT * FROM bridge_get_ranked_post_by_trends_for_community( (:tag)::VARCHAR, (:author)::VARCHAR, (:permlink)::VARCHAR, (:limit)::SMALLINT, False )"
+      elif tag == '':
+        sql = "SELECT * FROM bridge_get_ranked_post_by_trends( (:author)::VARCHAR, (:permlink)::VARCHAR, (:limit)::SMALLINT )"
       else:
-        sql = "SELECT * FROM condenser_get_discussions_by_trending( (:tag)::VARCHAR, (:author)::VARCHAR, (:permlink)::VARCHAR, (:limit)::SMALLINT )"
+        sql = "SELECT * FROM bridge_get_ranked_post_by_trends_for_tag( (:tag)::VARCHAR, (:author)::VARCHAR, (:permlink)::VARCHAR, (:limit)::SMALLINT )"
     elif sort == 'hot':
-      if tag == '':
-        sql = "SELECT * FROM condenser_get_discussions_by_hot_with_empty_tag( (:tag)::VARCHAR, (:author)::VARCHAR, (:permlink)::VARCHAR, (:limit)::SMALLINT )"
+      if is_community:
+        sql = "SELECT * FROM bridge_get_ranked_post_by_hot_for_community( (:tag)::VARCHAR, (:author)::VARCHAR, (:permlink)::VARCHAR, (:limit)::SMALLINT )"
+      elif tag == '':
+        sql = "SELECT * FROM bridge_get_ranked_post_by_hot( (:author)::VARCHAR, (:permlink)::VARCHAR, (:limit)::SMALLINT )"
       else:
-        sql = "SELECT * FROM condenser_get_discussions_by_hot( (:tag)::VARCHAR, (:author)::VARCHAR, (:permlink)::VARCHAR, (:limit)::SMALLINT )"
+        sql = "SELECT * FROM bridge_get_ranked_post_by_hot_for_tag( (:tag)::VARCHAR, (:author)::VARCHAR, (:permlink)::VARCHAR, (:limit)::SMALLINT )"
     elif sort == 'promoted':
-      if tag[:5] == 'hive-':
+      if is_community:
         sql = "SELECT * FROM bridge_get_ranked_post_by_promoted_for_community( (:tag)::VARCHAR, (:author)::VARCHAR, (:permlink)::VARCHAR, (:limit)::SMALLINT )"
       elif tag == '':
         sql = "SELECT * FROM bridge_get_ranked_post_by_promoted( (:author)::VARCHAR, (:permlink)::VARCHAR, (:limit)::SMALLINT )"
diff --git a/tests/tests_api b/tests/tests_api
index a605f56f0c449f233961db0405bc9f9605a2caa6..ad99cf64b053ec80869ce03ab0d4d02a96964d18 160000
--- a/tests/tests_api
+++ b/tests/tests_api
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a605f56f0c449f233961db0405bc9f9605a2caa6
+Subproject commit ad99cf64b053ec80869ce03ab0d4d02a96964d18