{"id":18884114,"date":"2026-04-18T04:39:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T04:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/custom-ordering-failed\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T04:39:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T04:39:04","slug":"custom-ordering-failed","status":"publish","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/topic\/custom-ordering-failed\/","title":{"rendered":"Custom ordering failed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have created a new Woo product from scratch (a PoD tee shirt). In Woo \/ Attributes, I already have &#8220;Color&#8221; listed with 8 colors in a particular sequence. And in &#8220;Size&#8221; I have 8 sizes in sequence from S-5XL. And in this new product in Woo \/ Products \/ [Product] \/ Product Data \/ Attributes I have ensured &#8220;Color&#8221; with 8 colors in the same sequence again and &#8220;Size&#8221; with 8 sizes in the same sequence again. Then in Variations, I have hit &#8220;Generate Variations&#8221; and all the variations are listed in alpha-numeric order and completely ignore my custom order (yes, I have selected &#8220;Custom ordering&#8221;). I think hitting &#8220;Generate Variations&#8221; on my first two products obeyed the correct order, so how do I get back to custom ordering being obeyed? The website front end displays variants OK in the correct custom order, so there is nothing to see there. I also get the same problem with plugins deactivated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","class_list":["post-18884114","topic","type-topic","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18884114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/topic"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic\/18884114\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18884114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}