Title: Allow sorting taxonomy by attachment count
Last modified: August 24, 2017

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# Allow sorting taxonomy by attachment count

 *  Resolved [lwcorp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lwcorp/)
 * (@lwcorp)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/allow-sorting-by-attachment-count/)
 * In the taxonomy menus under Media, every title (i.e. Name/Description/Slug) is
   clickable/sortable except “Attachments”. Can you make it clickable/sortable too?
 * Example screenshot: [https://ibb.co/dO9iK5](https://ibb.co/dO9iK5)

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 *  Plugin Author [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/)
 * (@dglingren)
 * [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/allow-sorting-by-attachment-count/#post-9442818)
 * Thanks for a reasonable question.
 * In the taxonomy menus, the Name, Description, Slug and Count columns are sortable
   because they refer to columns in the wp_term_taxonomy database table. The “Attachments”
   column is not stored in the database; MLA calculates it dynamically when the 
   Media/Edit Taxonomy page is accessed.
 * Because it is not stored in the database there is no way I can think of to sort
   the submenu table on the column.
 * I regret the news is not better, but I am marking this topic resolved simply 
   because the question has been answered. Thanks for your understanding and your
   interest in the plugin.

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 * [attachment](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/attachment/)
 * [count](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/count/)
 * [sort](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/sort/)

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 * Last reply from: [David Lingren](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dglingren/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/allow-sorting-by-attachment-count/#post-9442818)
 * Status: resolved