You can add page-attributes support to the post type. This will cause a meta box to appear with an “order” field to do just what you want. eg. <?php add_post_type_support(‘your_custom_post_type’, ‘page-attributes’); Or you add page-attributesto the supports argument in register_post_type.
So far it seems there is no native way to do it in WordPress, correct me if I am wrong. If you are okay with using plugins there is Custom Post Template that you could try.
You can use the page_attributes_dropdown_pages_args filter to remove whatever you want. It’s based off of the wp_dropdown_pages() arguments so you can use the exclude parameter to remove certain pages or a fake parent to remove all the pages: /** * Filter the arguments of Page Attributes Parent Dropdown * * @param Array $args – List … Read more
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So, it appears that I was correct that the issue was that the id “page_template” was no longer being passed. To solve this, all I have done is applied some Javascript (using the admin_enqueue_scripts function) which adds the id “page_template” to the radio button that has been selected.
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I forgot to add !is_admin() check to my pre_get_posts function. Altered section of code below. add_action( ‘pre_get_posts’, ‘mpe_portfolio_sort_order’); function mpe_portfolio_sort_order($query){ if(is_archive() && ! is_admin() ): $query->set( ‘order’, ‘ASC’ ); $query->set( ‘orderby’, ‘menu_order’ ); endif; };
Although not listed in the following resources, seems that parent_id is a reserved name in $_POST and $_REQUEST: Function_Reference/register_taxonomy#Reserved_Terms List of reserved names in $_POST and $_REQUEST used by WordPress 3.5 This code works in a Woocommerce product page to show a dropdown of regular pages. Also, in your code, you were missing the get_post_meta … Read more