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Boris Delormas
Boris Delormas

Reputation: 2549

Get categories in the same order they are in the menu

I'm getting stuck on a quite simple problem (I guess). I am trying to get categories within my template order the same way they are ordered in my main menu.

For information I'm using WP 3.0.4, french version.

Thanks a lot !

Upvotes: 3

Views: 2715

Answers (2)

AJJ
AJJ

Reputation: 7701

This is not an orthodox method, but we don't have a category sorting field so...

If you are not using the Description field of the categories, you could use this field as a sorting field. Say, introducing a single char from A to Z in admin, and use get_categories() or wp_list_categories() with the option 'orderby' => 'description', 'order' => 'ASC'/'DESC'.

Or, if you do use this field, perhaps some creativity with first words would do it! Like "A category for java articles" instead of "Java articles"; "Bunch of PHP articles" instead of "PHP articles", etc.

Upvotes: 4

keatch
keatch

Reputation: 2207

Try to use the wp_list_categories() function http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_list_categories

Use, the orderby parameter. To sort by name, use

<ul>
  <?php wp_list_categories('orderby=name'); ?>
</ul>

Upvotes: 0

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