Title: Category Sort by…
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Category Sort by…

 *  Resolved [eddyemmer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eddyemmer/)
 * (@eddyemmer)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-sort-by/)
 * Hi,
 * Is it possible to sory the categories manually by ID or by Name? Now he sort 
   it by A-Z.
 * This are my cat items: cat1, cat2, cat3, cat4 and I whant to sort like this:
 * Orderby: Category Items
    Sort: cat2, cat4, cat5, cat1, cat3
 * Can I use shortcode for it? And in which file can I use it?
 * Thanks,
 * Eddy
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/ecommerce-product-catalog/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ecommerce-product-catalog/)

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 *  Plugin Author [ndre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ndre/)
 * (@ndre)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-sort-by/#post-7248952)
 * Hi Eddyemmer,
 * You can use [show_categories] shortcode to achieve this:
 * [show_categories include=”cat2,cat4,cat5,cat1,cat3″ orderby=”include”]
 * Just replace cat2,cat4,cat5,cat1,cat3 with proper IDs.
 * See the [show_categories shortcode docs](https://implecode.com/docs/ecommerce-product-catalog/category-listing-shortcode/).
 *  Thread Starter [eddyemmer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eddyemmer/)
 * (@eddyemmer)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-sort-by/#post-7248955)
 * > Just replace cat2,cat4,cat5,cat1,cat3 with proper IDs.
 * Can I not use the category name?
 * thanks!
 *  Plugin Author [ndre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ndre/)
 * (@ndre)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-sort-by/#post-7249066)
 * You should use IDs, not names. Is it OK for you?
 *  Thread Starter [eddyemmer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eddyemmer/)
 * (@eddyemmer)
 * [10 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/category-sort-by/#post-7249068)
 * Oke! Yes its fine.
 * Thanks!

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