Sort posts by a custom menu order?

  • ramones79

    (@ramones79)


    9 years, 8 months ago

    I have a front-page.php and use it to:

    – Display all posts in a category (say “MyCatSomething”)
    I use get_posts() and works perfectly 🙂

    – (this is what I cannot seem to make properly)
    I want to order the posts by menu order.

    I made a custom menu, say “MyCustomMenu” (it is not displayed anywhere on the site, it’s only to rearrange the posts on the front page easily, with the mouse). I added all posts from MyCatSomething to that menu. But no matter how I rearrange the posts in that menu, the order does not change.

    The code in front-page.php that makes or should make the “magic” work:

    $args = array(
	'posts_per_page'   => 6,
	'offset'           => 0,
	'category_name'    => 'MyCatSomething',
    // 'sort_column'      => 'menu_order',
    'orderby'          => 'menu_order',
	//'order'            => 'ASC',
	'post_type'        => 'post',
	//'post_status'      => 'publish',
	'suppress_filters' => true
); 

            $my_posts = get_posts( $args );

            foreach ( $my_posts as $post ) :
            setup_postdata( $post );
 ?>

<?php get_template_part( 'template-parts/content-onfront', get_post_format() ); ?>

<?php
endforeach;

 wp_reset_postdata();
?>

    I am making a custom theme, based on FoundationPress if that matters.
    Searched a lot for similar solution, but didn’t find anything. 🙁

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  • Thread Starter ramones79

    (@ramones79)

    9 years, 8 months ago

    I have read a lot about this and came to the conclusion, that currently it is a feature not well supported by WordPress itself.

    So, what can you do if you are in a similar situation like me? /to be able to easily sort posts in the back-end, that are displayed on the front page or any other page with a custom template file/

    Option 1) Use /that is – manipulate/ the publishing date of the posts and sort by it

    or

    Option 2) Use the free plugin “Post Types Order” – there is a nice and easy to follow video tutorial on the plugin page. You need to install it and then you have a new submenu under Posts – “Re-Order” where you can order/reorder your posts as you wish.
    Post Types Order plugin

    If anybody knows of a different and direct approach /i.e. to order posts within the template files/, please add it as a comment. Thank you!

    codekracken

    (@codekracken)

    9 years, 6 months ago

    Try this:

    
$args = array(
'posts_per_page'   => 6,
	'category_name'    => 'MyCatSomething',
        'menu_order'       => 'ASC',
	'post_type'        => 'post'
	
);

    Check out this article on it
    Lots more info on it here.

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