May 21, 2024

WP Sort Order Plugin

Order terms (Users, Posts, Pages, Custom Post Types and Custom Taxonomies) using a Drag and Drop with jQuery ui Sortable.

Author: Fahad Mahmood
Project URI: http://androidbubble.com/blog/wordpress/plugins/wp-sort-order
License: GPL 3. See License below for copyright jots and titles.

Order terms (Users, Posts, Pages, Custom Post Types and Custom Taxonomies) using a Drag and Drop with jQuery ui Sortable.

Select sortable items from ‘WP Sort Order’ menu of Setting menu in WordPress.

In addition, You can re-override the parameters of ‘orderby’ and ‘order’, by using the ‘WP_Query’ or ‘pre_get_posts’ or ‘query_posts()’.
The ‘get_posts()’ is excluded.

At a glance by WordPress Mechanic:

License

This WordPress Plugin is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or any later version. This free software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this software. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html.

Installation

Upload ‘wp-sort-order’ folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
Select sortable items from ‘WP Sort Order’ menu of Setting menu in WordPress.

Screenshots

How it works?
Settings Page
Installation & Activation
Settings Page - Full

FAQ

How does it work with custom taxonomies and custom post types?

How does it work with WordPress Categories?

How to enable sorting for posts/pages and taxonomies with this plugin?

On settings page you can select posts/pages and taxonomies to enable sorting.

Can users be sorted with this plugin?

Yes, you can sort. And there is a shortcode to list users under taxonomy, terms and children. [WPSO_USERS slug=”taxonomy or term slug” id=”taxonomy or term id”]. This shortcode will list users on front-end with your sorted order. No need to write another query for it.

How to re-override the parameters of ‘orderby’ and ‘order’

Sub query

By using the ‘WP_Query’, you can re-override the parameters.

WP_Query
‘date’,
‘order’ => ‘DESC’,
) ) ?>

Main query

By using the ‘pre_get_posts’ action hook or ‘query_posts()’, you can re-override the parameters.

pre_get_posts
function my_filter( $query )
{
if ( is_admin() || !$query->is_main_query() ) return;
if ( is_home() ) {
$query->set( ‘orderby’, ‘date’ );
$query->set( ‘order’, ‘DESC’ );
return;
}
}
add_action( ‘pre_get_posts’, ‘my_filter’ );
query_posts()
‘rand’
) ); ?>

Changelog

1.3.3

Fix: PHP Notice: Function is_home was called incorrectly. [Thanks to @goose1984 / Cotton Jamie][21/05/2024]

1.3.2

Updated version with the improved security checks. [Thanks to patchstack.com / CatFather][21/01/2024]

1.3.1

Updated version for WordPress. [24/05/2023]

1.3.0

Fix: WP Sort Order messing with posts date/order. [Thanks to Gonzalo/@jamposta][11/11/2022]

1.2.9

Fix: Categories sort order keeps reverting. [Thanks to saschaprinzip][14/07/2022]

1.2.8

Compatibility added for Stock Locations for WooCommerce. [02/03/2022]

1.2.7

Ordering not working for taxonomies – undefined offset fixed in hooks.php file. [Thanks to apapadakis][12/01/2022]

1.2.6

Bootstrap and Fontawesome libraries are updated. [26/10/2021]

1.2.5

Updated version for WordPress.

1.2.4

On activation it was taking up some space at the header of the website pages – Fixed. [Thanks to code naira]

1.2.3

PHP warning fixed. [Thanks to @hastibe]

1.2.2

New post menu_order implemented with 6 layers check. [Thanks to Fahad Mahmood & Abdul Razzaq]

1.2.1

New post menu_order and page refresh issue resolved. [Thanks to @thisleenoble]

1.2.0

get_current_screen() used. [Thanks to ricjoh]

1.1.9

Languages added. [Thanks to Abu Usman]

1.1.8

User sort order refined for decimals. [Thanks to Joe Garcia]

1.1.7

Table prefix issue has been fixed. [Thanks to Columbird]

1.1.6

User sort order refined. [Thanks to Joe Garcia]

1.1.4

Sanitized input and fixed direct file access issues.

1.1.3

Plugins can be sorted as well.

1.1.1

A few improvements related to WordPress 4.6.

1.1.0

A few improvements related to WordPress 4.5.0.
Initial Release