WordPress Plugin – My Category Order

My Category Order allows you to set the order in which Post categires will appear on your WordPress site. Uses a drag and drop interface for ordering. Adds a widget with additional options for easy installation on widgetized themes.

Download here: My Category Order - WordPress.org Plugin Directory

Plugin Info

My Category Order was released in 2006 and has been compatible with every version of WordPress from 1.5 to 2.8.5. It went through a lot of changes, but the effort needed to keep it backwards compatible was quite burdensome. Breaking support for versions of WP older than 2.8 allowed for the inclusion of a more powerful widget and the removal of the horrible taxonomy.php patch (believe me I hated it more than anyone).

The most exciting change comes from the move to the new Widget API. It makes adding support for multiple widget instances a snap. Rewriting the widget code also allowed me to add widget options for nearly every single parameter normally available to the wp_list_categories template function. If you were being held back by the lack of options on the built in Categories widget then definitely check that out.

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120 Responses to WordPress Plugin – My Category Order

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  2. Hi,

    With Mycategory order I have installed it uninstalled it ftp installed it and it is not working no matter what I do.

    Is there any bugs or any known problems since WP 2.8.6?

    Regards,

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  5. leo says:

    hello,
    i install your plug in but he wont make any changes to my cat and sub cat.

    any idea why?
    my blog in in Hebrew. is it matter ?

    thanks

  6. Rick says:

    In order to make it work on my site, I had to update the parameters within the function wp_list_categories. I added orderby=order in the function call. The complete code that works for me is:

  7. re: Rick,

    Can you please give us the code you used to modify your parameters? Did you make the changes in the functions.php file?

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  10. Javier says:

    Hi!
    i install your plug in, it lets me order the cats… but after finishing (“clik here to order”) id does not make any changes to my cat order.
    My wordpress is in spanish language.

    thanks for your workout!

  11. Great plugin, two things though:

    1. The checkbox options are not visually holding their status. This code starting around line 389 in mycategoryorder.php will fix it (note the addition of (bool) ):

    <input class="checkbox" type="checkbox" id=”get_field_id(‘show_dropdown’); ?>” name=”get_field_name(‘show_dropdown’); ?>” />
    <label for="get_field_id(‘show_dropdown’); ?>”>

    <input class="checkbox" type="checkbox" id=”get_field_id(‘hierarchical’); ?>” name=”get_field_name(‘hierarchical’); ?>” />
    <label for="get_field_id(‘hierarchical’); ?>”>

    2. Are you considering the possibility of adding additional option(s) to show the posts, maybe a recent list of excerpts, under each category?

  12. It seems your comment functions stripped out the complete code I posted, my bad. Drop me a note and I would be happy to send you the edited file.

  13. Bob says:

    Thanks for the effort put into this plugin. I took over a site for a new client who was using the older version. When I upgraded to the new version, the descriptions were no longer visible. Instead of the description being displayed on mouseover, what I get is “View all posts filed under…”

    What am I missing or doing wrong here?

  14. rb says:

    Your plugin does not work in new version Word Press (2.9).
    When you fix?

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  17. rb, the plugin is working really fine with WP 2.9. I have installed it just now.

    Andrew, thanks for this plugin!

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  23. Kim Wesley says:

    ’m using WordPress MU 2.8.6. On the blogs I’ve created, I am using the FoCal plugin combined with My Category Order. When I publish a post from an admin account, everything works fine. If I publish from an author account, the My Category Order defaults to alphabetical order and the numbers after the categories to indicate how many posts have been written in that category does not update. If I publish from an editor account, the numbers do update, but the My Category Order still defaults back to alphabetical. If I log in to admin and rebuild the cache in FoCal, it goes back to how it’s supposed to look. Will I always have to rebuild the cache after every posting?

    I’m don’t have much technical knowledge with coding the WordPress theme. I used Artisteer 2 to create it. But, if you point me in the right direction I can probably fix it.

    One of the sites I’m working with is http://www.grubcritic.com/annarbor

    Best Wishes,

    Kim

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  28. Lisa says:

    I cannot get this to work either. Can anyone tell me exactly which file in which directory (wp-admin)? I need to modify and where with what text?
    I think I need to add something to the sidebar.php file, but unsure as to exactly what and where.
    Many thanks,
    Lisa

  29. Lisa says:

    You have been such a huge help. Thanks so much for everything!!! Works great!

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  31. Aivaras says:

    That would be great if plugin would use some css… or would be wrapped in some or at least it could use some predefined id names for and tags.
    Then I use it as widged its no way how to wrap it in your own div.

    Or the widget could have some fields like AddBefore and AddAfter

  32. Aivaras says:

    That would be great if plugin would use some css… or would be wrapped in some ‘div id=”MyCategoryOrder”‘ or at least it could use some predefined id names for ‘ul’ and ‘li’ tags
    Then use it as widged its no way how to wrap it in your own div

    Or the widget could have some fields like AddBefore and AddAfter

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  34. Hi,

    firstly i wish to thanks you for your great plugins and for the share of them. I’ve updated the french translation for my-page-order, my-category-order and my-link-order and have done some (very) littles “corrections/modifications” in them (for translations purposes) and i wish to be able to send you the files.
    Could you please contact me by mail, by the way i’ll send you back the modified files ;).

    Thanks again.

    Amicably,

    Pierre.

  35. Hi,

    following the WP Codex there is no orderby=order parameter (although it works). See http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_list_categories#Parameters

    Why is that? Is this an issue of the Codex or does the plugin make use ob invalid parameters?

    Thanks
    Michael

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  37. Roman says:

    Hi,
    love the plugin, have a question though:
    is there a way to assign a special CSS class to the current selected item, so we could highlight it?

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  39. Thomas O says:

    This plugin looks like it’s exactly what I need. However, it isn’t changing the categories on my site. I am using WPN2 premium theme, not sure if that makes a difference.

    I have a mixed martial arts site with about 10 total categories, so I really would like to get them organized correctly so they’re not too awkward. If you have a suggestion or seeing would help, I’m at http://mma.bs

    Thanks!

  40. Swapnil Kale says:

    Very Very Helpful! Thanks a lot. :)

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  47. Gareth says:

    In case it helps someone to remove the category title I used a html space such as

    Great plugin I was trying to do this for hours today.

  48. andreas says:

    Hey there,

    one question:

    is it possible to use the my category order-managed sorting within the following wordpress code as a parameter?

    wp_list_categories(‘title_li=0&orderby=name&show_count=0&exclude=1′);

    for example: orderby=mycategoryorder

    thank a lot for your help and this great plugin,
    andreas

  49. Don says:

    where is one supposed to find the “category id” ?

    A Newbie

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  51. Bonfire says:

    Hi
    wp_list_categories(‘orderby=order&title_li=’);

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  55. Trey says:

    Hi.. I like the plugin, but am having an issue. Is there a way I can prevent each category link from displaying an “alt” tag of the category’s entire Description during hover/rollover of each link? I hope that made sense.. thanks for your time.

  56. Trey says:

    Nevermind.. you can ignore my question.. I finally figured it out. Any chance of creating a simple “how to” with a brief description of what each item does? Just a thought, to make things easier to understand (for beginners like me).

  57. Stephen Moon says:

    I’m using 2.9.2

    I downloaded the widget and it looks fine. It let’s me drag and drop the categories into the order I want. I press the update button and that’s fine. But when I look at the site, it hasn’t changed the order.

    I’m a WP newbie, so could use some advice please.

    Thanks
    Stephen

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  64. RICK IS THE MAN.
    “In order to make it work on my site, I had to update the parameters within the function wp_list_categories. I added orderby=order in the function call. The complete code that works for me is:”

    Go to header.php in the theme folder and find the line that has:

    is hould be:

    notice Rick made it orderby=order. I added this to the code and viola it worked.

  65. RICK IS THE MAN.
    “In order to make it work on my site, I had to update the parameters within the function wp_list_categories. I added orderby=order in the function call. The complete code that works for me is:”

    Go to header.php in the theme folder and find the line that has:
    <?php wp_list_categories('orderby='.$trns_options["orderBy"].

    it should be:
    <?php wp_list_categories('orderby=order'.$trns_options["orderBy"].

    notice Rick made it orderby=order. I added this to the code and viola it worked.

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  67. works wp_list_categories(‘orderby=order&title_li=’);

  68. Nefeli says:

    Thank you so much! It is a much needed plugin

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  70. hostgator says:

    i have a problem… I opened my sidebar.php i found the code :

    BUT which code i will replace?
    i tried “wp_list_categories(‘orderby=order&title_li=’);” and <?php wp_list_categories('orderby=order'.$trns_options["orderBy"].

    They doesnt work!…

  71. hostgator says:

    my site code: wp_list_categories(‘title_li=’); ?>

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  74. New User says:

    WP 2.9.2 / MyCategoryOrder 2.8.7.

    Finally figured out how to use it, dragging the widget to the left sidebar. Thx for this tool, makes navigation much more efficient.

    Simon

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  76. ahmetoff says:

    SO, where is one supposed to find the “category id” ?

    Anyone don’t answer!

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  87. Jed says:

    Spot on mate, keep the good work up!

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  90. John says:

    Man Ya’ll Had Me Runnibg East Looking For A Sunset.

    WP 2.9.2 / MyCategoryOrder 2.8.7.

    I drag n drop my categories to the order I wanted.
    Okay All Good So Far.

    I check my site & the categories didn’t change.
    Shucks!

    I go to header.php.
    I’m pasteing code, it’s not working.
    I put my original code back.

    Went to my widgets, draged My Category Order to
    the sidebar.
    Moved old category to the inactive widgets.

    This Plugin Worked Like A Champ.
    Boom! Done Deal, & I’m On To My Next Task.
    I give this plugin 5 Stars *****

    I’m happy to donate $5 dollars to Developer.
    The donate link is listed on wordpress.org
    Under the download link.

    DO THE RIGHT THING.

    I had like 40 categories.

    It’s All Goodie Goodie

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  92. Eric says:

    Hello,
    I’ve just update to Version 2.8.7 and I’m running WordPress version 2.9.2.
    Since the update I can’t drag the categories anymore, the cross tool just highlights the text to select it, this using either IE8 or FF3.6

    Please advise, up to now it was working flawlessly, regards,
    Eric

  93. Hi I am website developer, I encounter this problem before, on my client website that im doing. Then this is working for me wp_list_categories(‘orderby=order… I used version 2.9.x . Thanks great plugins and interfacing of drag and drops

  94. Eric says:

    Hello all,

    (in ref. of my comment #40 – resolved)
    Andrew contacted me and suggested my problem was with a javascript conflict and the installation of a new plugin. In fact it was a conflict with what seemed to be a very old jquery version used by wp-ecommerce I’ve installed long time ago and never used. Upgrading wp-ecommerce to their latest version resolved the problem.

    Again “My Category Order” is working fine, thanks for this great plugin and the fast support.
    Regards,
    Eric

  95. iphone 4 says:

    It would be nice if this plugin could sort also other (e.g. custom) taxonomies

  96. Sagive says:

    its a great plug-in for a regular Blog
    but doesn’t work in wordpress MU latest ver..

    to fix it manually means i don’t need the
    plug-in so… any plug-in update coming ?

  97. Disappoint says:

    This plugin is a train wreck for new 3.0

    It destroyed my site :(

  98. nathan118 says:

    Works great on my wordpress 3.0 install! Using the widget.

  99. Is it possible if we use templates swift, and when the menu is displayed but the tab menu category omitted ?
    Thanks.

  100. Himanshu says:

    Hello how to creat new sab-catagory tell me in detail i can many times try but not creat so give me solution….

  101. Joe says:

    Himanshu, not sure how you are trying to create a subcategory, but the way I created subcategory was to create the Page and then under the Attribute options to the left on that same page, I chose the main parent page that the subcategory should fall under.

  102. capes says:

    The plugin don’t works in wordpress 3.0.
    I have the page-order and it work but the plugin my-category-order isn’t work
    when new version?

    PS:sory for my bad english.
    I’m Portuguese

  103. php_novice says:

    I’m trying to use this plugin with a non-widgetized WordPress theme (not my site…).
    I guess all I need to do is replace the existing category list display code in the sidebar.php file with a call to a function in the mycategoryorder.php file?

    Any help would be much appreciated!

    Thanks –

  104. Marius says:

    All you have to do for the plugin to run on the wp 3.0 is update your categori order

  105. Joseph says:

    orderby=order,name – DON’T WORK! (show: no categories)

    I need order by “order” default for parent categories (only changed in the plugin admin), but, order by name for the others child categories (more the 50), don’t changed for the plugin. And order manualy is impossible (much child categories).

    Wait update…
    Thanks.

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  110. Wordup says:

    Anyone has a fix for 3.0.1 ? It doesn’t seem to work, need help!

  111. Can I use this plugin with WordPress 3.1?
    It is not compatible yet right?

    Thanks

  112. psycho says:

    10x man!! excatly what i was searching for
    a great plugin… should be built in wordpress no doubt

    Cheers, Psycho

  113. I mean 3.0.1 yes, but I can see my previous commenter says he has problems with 3.0.1 so I will wait till the update.

  114. Andrew says:

    IBR,

    There aren’t any outstanding issues. The previous commenter never responded with more information and it was likely another plugin was doing something nasty to the Javascript includes.

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  116. Excellent plugin. A long time ago who was looking for a plugin like this.
    Greatly facilitates my work.
    I’m using this plugin on my blog Computers Shop
    Thank you.

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