So this is the way I eventually achieved this. I put the following code into my functions.php (actually into the functions.php of my child theme to keep it safe from updates) It has just one change to the original code from the link in the question thanks to @birgire. /** * auto_child_page_menu * * class … Read more
What are the postings ordered by? If the postings query does not specify an orderby parameter then it would default to ‘orderby’ => ‘date’. In that case, just change the side menu’s query to ‘orderby’ => ‘date’ or remove that parameter from the query altogether. Here is a link to the available orderby options.
I think it might be very easy for you to get the top 25 based on view count and then get a random selection of 4 from that list. Below is an easy to test query but you would want to replace with just your post_views_count query and remove any rand orderby. // get top … Read more
You don’t specify whether you are trying to make all of these items available to all user roles (which would mean having to add custom capabilities) – so I’m assuming you only want the ability to customize menu order by user. My approach for this was to get all roles available to the currently logged-in … Read more
The first time you create a load of pages, or posts, or terms (whatever it may be) and then go to Menu, they won’t ever be in the order you created them, don’t know why but they’re just not. You need to manually shuffle them around in the order you want and then save your … Read more
You can hook pre_get_posts and use the order_by argument of WP_Query. From a plugin or functions.php of active theme, something like the following (untested example): add_action( ‘pre_get_posts’, ‘my_post_type_sort’, 10, 1); function my_post_type_sort( $query ) { if ( is_admin || ! $query->is_main_query() ) { return; } if ( $query->get(‘post_type’) !== ‘name_of_post_type’ ) { return; } $query->set(‘orderby’, … Read more
I fixed this by changing the action I create the menu items from admin_init to admin_menu. The former runs far too early and I suppose was creating conflicts. I am now able to reorder my items by referencing them by their original slugs. For future reference and in case it is helpful to others, the … Read more
“Menu order” being ignored when querying posts from a parent taxonomy with “include_children” set to true
Following WordPress 3.5, gallery shortcodes now include the image IDs by default. Like this which also holds the order, so open the plugin file named carousel-gallery-jquery.php and replace this line: (around line 140) $attachments = get_children( array(‘post_parent’ => $id, ‘post_status’ => ‘inherit’, ‘post_type’ => ‘attachment’, ‘post_mime_type’ => ‘image’, ‘order’ => $order, ‘orderby’ => $orderby) ); … Read more
Instead of this: return array( ‘index.php’, // Dashboard ‘separator1’, // –Space– ‘edit.php?post_type=page’, // Pages ‘edit.php’, // Posts ‘edit.php?post_type=portfolio’, // Portfolio ‘admin.php?page=wpcf7’, // Contact Form 7 ‘upload.php’, // Media ‘edit-comments.php’, // Comments ); try this: return array( ‘index.php’, // Dashboard ‘separator1’, // –Space– ‘edit.php?post_type=page’, // Pages ‘edit.php’, // Posts ‘portfolio’, // Portfolio ‘wpcf7’, // Contact Form … Read more