Manual Ordering for Custom Post Types
Adds the Order field to chosen post types and sorts them by it on the front end and in the admin, so you can control the order of team members, services or FAQs.
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Code
// Post types ordered by their Order field.
$wpide_ordered_types = array( 'team', 'service', 'faq' );
add_action( 'init', function () use ( $wpide_ordered_types ) {
foreach ( $wpide_ordered_types as $type ) {
if ( post_type_exists( $type ) ) {
add_post_type_support( $type, 'page-attributes' );
}
}
}, 99 );
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', function ( $query ) use ( $wpide_ordered_types ) {
if ( ! $query->is_main_query() || $query->get( 'orderby' ) ) {
return;
}
$type = $query->get( 'post_type' );
if ( ( is_admin() && is_string( $type ) && in_array( $type, $wpide_ordered_types, true ) ) || ( ! is_admin() && $query->is_post_type_archive( $wpide_ordered_types ) ) ) {
$query->set( 'orderby', array( 'menu_order' => 'ASC', 'title' => 'ASC' ) );
}
} );Notes
Set the order under Page Attributes (or "Order" in the block editor's sidebar). Items with the same number sort by title.
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