Title: Link Category Order
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Link Category Order

 *  [jackswords](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jackswords/)
 * (@jackswords)
 * [22 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-category-order/)
 * Is there a way to specify the order of the Link Categories?

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 *  [Lizzy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lizzy/)
 * (@lizzy)
 * [22 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-category-order/#post-43744)
 * Links > Manage Links > Order by…
 *  Anonymous
 * [22 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-category-order/#post-44052)
 * Ah, someone with the exact same question I have. Does anyone know how to change
   the order in which the LINK CATEGORIES are displayed? There’s clearly not a way
   to do it from the links admin page, so is there a way to change the code to accomplish
   this?
 *  Anonymous
 * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-category-order/#post-44459)
 * You can work-around this limitation by adding SPACES in front of the list category
   names. The more spaces, the higher the category.
    For example, if you put two
   spaces in front of a category name called “Recipes”, then put one space in front
   of a category called “Friends”. The “_SPACE/SPACE_Recipes” category will now 
   appear in the list above ” _SPACE_Friends”. And no, the spaces won’t show up 
   on your page 😉
 *  [carthik](https://wordpress.org/support/users/carthik/)
 * (@carthik)
 * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-category-order/#post-44460)
 * A more correct and easier way of doing this would be to use [the category tag](http://wordpress.org/docs/template/#category)
   to arrange the order of display.
 *  Anonymous
 * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-category-order/#post-44467)
 * Well… it’s more “correct” but there’s **no way** that it’s “easier”. 😛
 *  Anonymous
 * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-category-order/#post-44468)
 * Hmm… On second look, I’m not even sure **how** this could be done with the category
   tag. The **list_cats** tag only allows you to sort categories by name or ID number.
   It doesn’t allow for sorting by personal preference as the SPACE method does.
   
   Could you explain your method of sorting categories by tag?
 *  [willm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willm/)
 * (@willm)
 * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-category-order/#post-44469)
 * Yes – when first entering your categories, you should do so in the order you 
   want them in. A little thought when you first set things up saves a lot of trouble
   later. 🙂
 *  Anonymous
 * [22 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-category-order/#post-44470)
 * 2fargon: Ohhhh, gotcha! 😉 Looks like we were each just referring to different
   types of sorting. I thought maybe you had figured out a way to sort by preference
   using the tags. Your way is certainly best for sorting by name, and I think my
   method may be the only way to sort by preference.
 *  [Kitt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kitt/)
 * (@kitt)
 * [20 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-category-order/#post-44619)
 * I have somewhat addressed the issue in this thread:
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/11844](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/11844)
 * PS, so far i haven’t created a plugin to solve it yet.
 *  [qofe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/qofe/)
 * (@qofe)
 * [20 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/link-category-order/#post-44623)
 * That’s my question too — need a way to sort the display of ‘Link Categories’ (
   not talking about sorting the individual links). It would be nice to be able 
   to sort them by ID number.

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