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.

Aslam Doctor

<p>Take Full Control of Your WooCommerce Shop Page with Rearrange WooCommerce Products Plugin</p>
<p>Are you looking for a way to improve your WooCommerce shop page? The Rearrange WooCommerce Products plugin is the ultimate solution for customizing your product sort order. Designed specifically for WooCommerce-powered stores, this plugin empowers you to optimize the browsing experience and showcase your products in the best possible way.</p>
<p>With intuitive <strong>drag-and-drop</strong> functionality, you can:</p>
<ul>
<li>Effortlessly reorder products on your WooCommerce shop page.</li>
<li>Customize sorting for specific categories or sub-categories.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Why Choose Rearrange WooCommerce Products?</h3>
<ol>
<li>Enhanced User Experience: Help customers find what they need faster by displaying products in the most engaging order.</li>
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<li>Increased Conversions: Present your best-selling, new, or featured products at the top of the page.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
<li>Fully compatible with WooCommerce.</li>
<li>Drag-and-drop interface for quick sorting.</li>
<li>Custom sorting for categories or individual pages.</li>
<li>Lightweight and optimized for fast performance.</li>
</ul>
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<p>** Before using this plugin, ensure that WooCommerce is properly installed and activated on your website. **</p>
<h3>Important Notes</h3>
<ol>
<li>If you’re using a page builder plugin to showcase your products, please be aware that this plugin may not be compatible. We recommend reaching out to the developers of your page builder plugin for further guidance.</li>
<li>It’s important to note that once you deactivate or delete the plugin, any rearrangements of all products cannot be reversed as it updates the ‘menu_order’ of the products.</li>
<li>If you’re reordering products by categories, please keep in mind that the rearrangements WILL BE reversed upon deactivating or deleting the plugin.</li>
</ol>
<h3>Troubleshooting</h3>
<p><strong>If the sort order you changed is not working on your Shop page, please check below is set properly.</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Go to WordPress Admin > Appearance > Customize</li>
<li>Select “Woocommerce” from left and go to “Product Catalogue”</li>
<li>Now here check for “Default Product Sorting”.</li>
<li>Make sure it is set to “Default sorting (custom ordering + name)”</li>
</ol>
<p><strong>If you have huge list of product and the plugin is not saving the sort order changes</strong></p>
<p>Then it may be issue with PHP configuration done on your server for <code>memory_limit</code> and <code>max_execution_time</code>.<br />
Ask your web hosting provider to increase <code>memory_limit</code> and <code>max_execution_time</code> and try updating sort order after that.</p>
<p>This will fix the issue.</p>
<h3>Plugin Demo</h3>
<span class="embed-youtube" style="text-align:center; display: block;"><iframe loading="lazy" class="youtube-player" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/3JFmaoYjZyE?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent" allowfullscreen="true" style="border:0;" sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox"></iframe></span>


Rearrange Woocommerce Products

Rearrange Woocommerce Products is the best solution if you need to customize the product sorting in WooCommerce.

Kudos to this amazing plugin.

great plugin to customize the product sorting in WooCommerce

The plugin does exactly what it says, but -1 star because the products to be rearranged don't include a thumbnail, which would make things a lot easier

Show me a thumbnail for 5 stars


This is great but I would love it to work with tags, could you add that?


Great but would love it work with tags!

Boost WooCommerce sales with the Rearrange WooCommerce Products plugin. Easily reorder products with a simple drag-and-drop tool!

Custom Taxonomy Sort vs Rearrange Woocommerce Products