sort query results by newest

WP_Query(array('post_type'=>'portfolio_item', 'post_status'=>'publish', 'posts_per_page'=>-5, 'order' => 'ASC'));

See: https://codex.wordpress.org/Class_Reference/WP_Query#Order_.26_Orderby_Parameters

for order parameters.

Hope that helps.

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