Posted 6 years ago #
wp_list_cats allows the sorting to occur by either the ID, or the name.
Is there any way to force a specific order for the categories other than name?
ID is assigned automatically by the system, did not see any way to change it (without mucking around the database).
What I would like is a "SortID" field for each category, that I could edit as needed, and use that in the wp_list_cats as sort_column.
Is there any other currently available workaround to do this?
Give this a shot:
http://pericat.ca/unlock/2005/02/20/explicit-category-sort-plugin/
Or this (bottom of the page, "Category Order 1.9.4"):
http://www.coppit.org/code/
Posted 6 years ago #
Thanks!
Just installed Category Order 1.9.4 mentioned above, and works just fine.
Did run into some problem with "hierarchical" option for wp_list_cats, seems to be working strangely, but don't have time to debug that, figured out a combination that works, so all fine for now!
I would recommnend that plugin as a great thing to add to the standard WordPress kit - it is essential!
Posted 6 years ago #
Found a bug in Category Order 1.94 plugin.
It strips out all the class definitions from the original list of categories, therefore:
<li class="current-cat">
ends up without the current-cat class and just becomes
<li>
which is something I was depending on... will send this bug report to the author, in case this is fixable...
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