No, AlphaListing does not ignore English articles like “A,” “An,” or “The” when alphabetizing titles. That’s deliberate. AlphaListing is designed to work with languages that use the Latin alphabet, so it doesn’t apply English-specific sorting rules by default.
For developers who need custom sorting behavior, AlphaListing provides the alphalisting_pre_index_item_title filter, which can be used to customize how titles are handled for indexing and sorting.
That said, I can definitely see ignoring English articles as a useful option to have built in. I’m considering adding it as an optional feature in a future release.
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Scott
(@scottwblack)
It would be incredibly helpful for non-coding people who have English language review sites and want to list their reviews alphabetically. I hope you add it eventually!
