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<p><strong>Bracket Post Order</strong> gives you complete control over how your content is sorted — directly from the native WordPress admin screens you already use. No new interfaces to learn, no separate reorder pages. Just drag and drop.</p>
<p>A key feature is <strong>per-term post ordering</strong>: the ability to define a different post order for each individual category, tag, or custom taxonomy term. Show your products in one order on “Summer Collection” and a completely different order on “Best Sellers” — each term maintains its own independent sort.</p>
<h4>Three Types of Ordering</h4>
<p><strong>1. Global Post Ordering</strong><br />
Drag-and-drop to reorder posts, pages, and custom post types on the standard admin list table. The new order is saved to <code>menu_order</code> and automatically applied on the front end.</p>
<p><strong>2. Per-Term Post Ordering</strong><br />
Filter your admin list by a category or taxonomy term, and the interface switches to per-term mode. Drag posts into the order you want for <em>that specific term</em>. Assign the same post to multiple categories — each one keeps its own sort. New posts added to a term automatically appear first (newest on top).</p>
<p><strong>3. Taxonomy Term Ordering</strong><br />
Reorder categories, tags, and custom taxonomy terms themselves via drag-and-drop on the native <code>edit-tags.php</code> screen. The new term order is applied to <code>get_terms()</code> queries and navigation menus on the front end.</p>
<h4>Key Features</h4>
<ul>
<li><strong>Reset Order</strong> — Reset post order by date or title with one click. Most requested feature across all ordering plugins.</li>
<li><strong>Undo</strong> — “Order saved. [Undo]” link appears for 8 seconds after every reorder. Click to revert instantly.</li>
<li><strong>Mobile/Touch Support</strong> — Full touch drag-and-drop on phones and tablets via jQuery UI Touch Punch.</li>
<li><strong>Keyboard Accessibility</strong> — Tab to a row, Enter to activate, Arrow keys to move, Enter to save, Escape to cancel. WCAG compliant.</li>
<li><strong>Order Column</strong> — “#” column shows each post’s position number at a glance.</li>
<li><strong>WPML & Polylang Support</strong> — Per-term ordering works correctly across languages.</li>
<li><strong>Admin Bar Indicator</strong> — Shows current ordering mode (Global or Per-Term) in the admin bar.</li>
<li><strong>Settings Link</strong> — Quick access from the Plugins page.</li>
</ul>
<h4>How It Works</h4>
<ol>
<li>Go to <strong>Settings > Bracket Post Order</strong></li>
<li>Toggle on the post types you want to reorder</li>
<li>Toggle on taxonomies for per-term post ordering</li>
<li>Toggle on taxonomies for term reordering</li>
<li>Visit your admin list pages and start dragging</li>
</ol>
<p>Changes save automatically via AJAX — no page refresh needed.</p>
<h4>Built for WordPress, Not Against It</h4>
<ul>
<li>Works directly inside native admin list tables (<code>edit.php</code> and <code>edit-tags.php</code>)</li>
<li>Uses standard <code>menu_order</code> for global ordering — compatible with any theme</li>
<li>Uses <code>term_order</code> for taxonomy terms — the same column WordPress defines</li>
<li>Per-term order stored as term meta — clean, portable, conflict-free</li>
<li>Front-end queries are modified transparently via <code>pre_get_posts</code> and <code>posts_clauses</code></li>
<li>Explicit <code>orderby</code> parameters (date, title, etc.) are never overridden</li>
</ul>
<h4>Works With</h4>
<ul>
<li>Any public custom post type (portfolios, team members, testimonials, events, FAQs, services)</li>
<li>WooCommerce products and product categories</li>
<li>Any registered taxonomy with a UI</li>
<li>Page builders that use standard <code>WP_Query</code> (Elementor, Divi, Beaver Builder)</li>
<li>Themes that follow WordPress template hierarchy</li>
<li>WPML and Polylang multilingual plugins</li>
</ul>
<h4>For Developers</h4>
<p>Bracket Post Order provides hooks so you can extend or control its behavior:</p>
<pre><code>// Filter: skip per-term ordering for a specific query
add_filter( 'bracket_po_apply_term_post_order', function( $apply, $term_id, $query ) {
    // Return false to skip
    return $apply;
}, 10, 3 );

// Filter: modify the retrieved term post order
add_filter( 'bracket_po_get_term_post_order', function( $ordered_ids, $term_id ) {
    return $ordered_ids;
}, 10, 2 );

// Actions: fired after order is saved via drag-and-drop
do_action( 'bracket_po_global_order_updated', $post_ids );
do_action( 'bracket_po_term_post_order_updated', $term_id, $post_ids );
do_action( 'bracket_po_term_order_updated', $term_ids );

// Actions: fired after order is reset
do_action( 'bracket_po_global_order_reset', $post_type, $sort_by );
do_action( 'bracket_po_term_post_order_reset', $term_id );
</code></pre>
<p>To apply per-term order in custom queries, set <code>orderby</code> to <code>menu_order</code> and include a <code>tax_query</code> with a single term:</p>
<pre><code>$query = new WP_Query( [
    'post_type' => 'product',
    'orderby'   => 'menu_order',
    'order'     => 'ASC',
    'tax_query' => [ [
        'taxonomy' => 'product-category',
        'field'    => 'term_id',
        'terms'    => 42,
    ] ],
] );
</code></pre>
<p>The plugin will automatically apply the saved per-term order via <code>FIELD()</code> SQL — ordered posts appear first, new/unordered posts appear last (sorted by date, newest on top).</p>


Bracket Post Order

Drag-and-drop ordering for posts, pages, custom post types, and taxonomy terms — with per-category post ordering.

Lovinnagi

<p>The WP Category Sort plugin allows you to easily reorder your categories the way you want via drag and drop.</p>


WP Category Sort

Awesome, It does what I exactly want. Thank you!

Very light and good solution

The WP Category Sort plugin allows you to easily reorder your categories the way you want via drag and drop.

Bracket Post Order vs WP Category Sort