Zack Tollman

<p>Surprisingly, WordPress does not provide a mechanism for sorting taxonomies by a custom defined order. Taxonomies can only be sorted by name or id. Custom Taxonomy Sort allows the average user a mechanism to define and display terms in a specified order. After installing Custom Taxonomy Sort, each taxonomy term will have the ability to have a “tax-order” value associated with it. This order is specified by doing the following:</p>
<ol>
<li>Go to any taxonomy add or edit screen (e.g., wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category)</li>
<li>Fill in a numeric value for the “Order” field. By default, the order will be ascending, meaning it will sort from low to high (e.g., 1, 2, 3). These values can be added on the Add Taxonomy screen, the Edit Taxonomy screen, or through the Quick Edit panel.</li>
<li>Observe all of your terms automagically being sorted in the order you specified</li>
</ol>
<p>Custom Taxonomy Sort automatically applies the sort order to all instances in which the terms are displayed. All you need to do is define that order.</p>
<h4>Manual Mode</h4>
<p>In addition to automatically sorting the terms, Custom Taxonomy Sort allows developers to override the automatic sort to offer finer control over how terms are displayed in different parts of WordPress. Manual mode can be started by changing “Automatic Sort” to “Off” in the Custom Taxonomy Sort Settings page (wp-admin/options-general.php?page=custom-taxonomy-sort-settings). Once “Automatic Sort” is switched to “Off”, the terms will no longer be sorted automatically by the custom order. Instead, the custom sort order can be envoked with a new parameter for the “orderby” argument. Custom Taxonomy Sort allows you to use the following argument to access a custom sorted list of terms using “get_terms”</p>
<pre><code><?php get_terms('orderby=custom_sort'); ?>
</code></pre>
<p>Voila! Now, your terms will only be sorted by the specified order in the places that you want it sorted in this order. All other instances of displaying terms will revert to WordPress’ default of sorting the terms by name. Additionally, you can specifically have the terms sort in ascending (‘ASC’; default; e.g., 1, 2, 3) or descending (‘DESC’; e.g., 3, 2, 1) order by adding the “order” argument.</p>
<pre><code><?php get_terms('orderby=custom_sort&order=ASC'); ?>

<?php get_terms('orderby=custom_sort&order=DESC'); ?>
</code></pre>
<h4>Acknowledgements</h4>
<ul>
<li>Thanks to Jacob M Goldman for his excellent <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-term-meta/" rel="ugc">Simple Term Meta plugin</a>, which made programming the term meta quite simple. </li>
<li>Thanks to hydrowire <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-custom-taxonomy-sort-error-in-quick-edit-post" rel="ugc">for pointing out a bug</a> fixed in 1.1.1</li>
<li>Thanks to “Mosey” for pointing out a bug with a situation in which order did not work for a custom taxonomy</li>
<li>Thanks to DUCK__BOY1981 for pointing out a bug where the column values where overridden inappropriately</li>
<li>Thanks to @martindj for pointing out a bug where the column value returned incorrectly</li>
</ul>


Custom Taxonomy Sort

Nice idea, but the plugin is quite severely broken and triggers nasty errors.
The problems do go away if you remove the function name clashes which are in the simple-term-meta.php file.
I'm guessing the errors have been occurring since WordPress 4.4 was released. So based on how long ago that was created, I'm assuming this plugin will never be updated :/



Broken

Custom Taxonomy Sort allows you to explicitly control the sort order of all taxonomy terms.

Savvas

<p>This plugin is an extension for <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/sportspress/" rel="ugc">SportsPress</a>.</p>
<p>Give your league managers the option to use more advanced Sorting Criteria for your League Tables.<br />
Now is possible to select different Sorting Criteria for each League Table!</p>
<h3>How to Use</h3>
<h4>Step 1: Create Sorting Criteria</h4>
<ol>
<li>Go to <strong>SportsPress -> Teams -> Sorting Criteria</strong> in your WordPress admin.</li>
<li>Click <strong>“Add New Criterion”</strong>.</li>
<li>Give your criterion a descriptive name (e.g., “Premier League Style”, “Champions League Rules”).</li>
</ol>
<h4>Step 2: Configure Regular Order</h4>
<p>In the <strong>“Regular Order”</strong> section:</p>
<ol>
<li>Drag and drop the columns in the order you want them to be considered for initial sorting.</li>
<li>Toggle the switch to disable criteria you do not want.</li>
<li>Set sort direction (Ascending/Descending) for each column.</li>
</ol>
<p>This determines the primary sorting order when teams have different points.</p>
<h4>Step 3: Configure Tiebreak Order</h4>
<p>In the <strong>“Tiebreak Order”</strong> section:</p>
<ol>
<li>Drag and drop columns in the order they should be used for tiebreakers.</li>
<li>Toggle the switch to disable criteria you do not want.</li>
<li>Set sort direction for each column.</li>
<li>Enable the <strong>“H2H Only”</strong> checkbox for columns that should only consider head-to-head results.</li>
</ol>
<p>This determines how teams are ranked when they have the same points.</p>
<h4>Step 4: Review the Summary</h4>
<p>The <strong>“Sorting Criteria Summary”</strong> sidebar shows:</p>
<ul>
<li>Your configured regular order.</li>
<li>Your configured tiebreak order.</li>
<li>A clear overview of your sorting rules.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Step 5: Apply to League Tables</h4>
<ol>
<li>Go to <strong>SportsPress -> Tables</strong>.</li>
<li>Edit an existing league table or create a new one.</li>
<li>In the sidebar, find the <strong>“Advanced Sorting Criteria”</strong> meta box.</li>
<li>Select your custom sorting criterion from the dropdown.</li>
<li>Save the league table.</li>
</ol>
<h4>Examples</h4>
<p><strong>Premier League Style:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Regular Order: Points (DESC), Goal Difference (DESC), Goals For (DESC)</li>
<li>Tiebreak Order: Points (DESC), Goal Difference (DESC), Goals For (DESC), Goals Away (DESC)</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Champions League Style:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Regular Order: Points (DESC), Goal Difference (DESC), Goals For (DESC)</li>
<li>Tiebreak Order: Points (DESC), Head-to-Head Points (DESC), Head-to-Head Goal Difference (DESC), Goal Difference (DESC)</li>
</ul>


Advanced H2H for SportsPress

Give your league managers the option to use more advanced Sorting Criteria for your League Tables.

Custom Taxonomy Sort vs Advanced H2H for SportsPress