Term Menu Order
Creates a 'menu_order' column to specify term order, allowing theme and plugin developers to sort term by menu order.
The facts
- Rating
- 5★ from 3
- Active installs
- 300+
- Price
- Free
- Last updated
- 4 Jul 2012
- Added
- Dec 2010
- Requires WP
- 3.0.1
- Tested up to
- WP 3.4.2
- Downloads
- 27,506
Our analysis
AI-assistedTerm Menu Order is a WordPress plugin designed for developers. It allows for the arbitrary sorting of terms, similar to how pages can be sorted, enabling queries to use 'menu_order' as a sort order.
This plugin is suitable for theme and plugin developers who need to customize the order of terms in their projects. It can help manage term displays more effectively in taxonomies.
Best for: This plugin is best for developers working with WordPress taxonomies.
What it does well
- ✓Allows arbitrary sorting of terms
- ✓Enables use of 'menu_order' in queries
- ✓Free to use from the WordPress.org directory
- ✓Translated into Spanish and French
Where it falls short
- •Last updated in July 2012
- •Limited active installs
- •Basic functionality with no advanced features detailed
Verdict
Term Menu Order provides a straightforward solution for sorting terms but may lack updates and advanced features. It is primarily useful for developers needing basic term management.
From the developer
Yoast's own description of Term Menu Order, lightly tidied.
This plugin is intended as an aid to theme and plugin developers.
The purpose of the plugin is to allow arbitrary sorting of terms, similar to pages. This allows queries that
fetch terms to use ‘menu_order’ as a sort order. Here’s an example:
$terms = get_terms('category', array( 'orderby' => 'menu_order' ) );
Internationalization (i18n)
This plugin has been translated into the languages listed below:
- es_ES – Spanish. Thank you to Ivan Vasquez for contributing!
- fr_FR – French. Thank you to Frederick Marcoux for contributing!
If you’re interested in doing a translation into your language, please let me know.