[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #30244: Category / Taxonomy Term "Menu Order"

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#30244: Category / Taxonomy Term "Menu Order"
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 Reporter:  Howdy_McGee  |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  closed
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:
Component:  Taxonomy     |     Version:  4.0
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:  maybelater
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:  ui, administration
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Comment (by boonebgorges):

 Correct: After #34996, it's possible to build a simple plugin that adds
 `term_order` term meta via some UI. You can then order `get_terms()`
 results by that key as follows:

 {{{
 $terms = get_terms( $taxonomy, array(
     'meta_key' => 'term_order',
     'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
 ) );
 }}}

 There's no point in introducing the UI for adding `term_order` into core
 unless core actually takes advantage of that `term_order` somewhere. Where
 would that be? Eg: would the Categories widget have an option to sort by
 term order? Would term order be used as the default sort order for
 `get_terms()` in all contexts? Would template tags like
 `get_the_tag_list()` use `term_order` by default? Proposals are welcome,
 but until we have a solid proposal for the edit UX as well as specific
 core use cases, this remains clearly in plugin territory.

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