Filter Categories widget to allow custom sorting?

Hi @Scott B:

From /wp-includes/widgets.php for the WP_Category_Widget class we have the following code (line 438 in WordPress v3.0.4):

$cat_args = array('orderby' => 'name', 'show_count' => $c, 'hierarchical' => $h);
if ( $d ) {
  $cat_args['show_option_none'] = __('Select Category');

wp_dropdown_categories(
  apply_filters('widget_categories_dropdown_args',$cat_args)
);

From that I would surmise the hook 'widget_categories_dropdown_args' should allow you to set an 'orderby' parameter?

P.S. Have you ever considered using (something like) PhpStorm? As you ask lots of “How can I get access to…” kind of questions you’d probably find yourself an order of magnitude more productive if you had a tool like PhpStorm that could quickly get you these answers. Just a thought…

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