Last week I was having a really hard time ordering the categories in this blog’s header as WordPress only seems to allow to order by name or by ID. That’s why I came up with the Category Order plugin.
Description
The Category Order plugin allows you to easily reorder your categories the way you want via drag and drop. It doesn’t require a special widget or anything, just install and reorder.
Requirements
This plugin requires that you use at least WordPress 2.3, although it has only been tested on WordPress 2.5.1
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Installation
- Download the plugin and expand it.
- Copy the ‘category-order.php’ file into your plugins folder (wp-content/plugins/).
- Login into the WordPress administration area and go to the Plugins page.
- Locate the Category Order plugin and click on the activate link
- That’s it, now you can go to Manage » Category Order and reorder the categories the way you want.
- If you use wp_list_categories(), make sure you don’t specify an order (e.g. wp_list_categories(’orderby=count’);).
Version History
- 1.0.3 - If no order is specified, categories are ordered by name
- 1.0.2 - Fixed a problem related to PHP 4
- 1.0.1 - Fixed a problem where the plugin wouldn’t work properly if you had installed WordPress in a subdirectory
- 1.0 - Initial Release
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