Custom tag order

Hello,

I'm using your excellent taxonomy plugin for an academic journal to display the authors. So far, it has served me well. However, I was asked to keep a certain order of the author tags (that should reflect their contribution, status etc.). Is there a way to do this with the GD Taxonomies Tools? A simple tip would be nice.

Thank you. Keep up the good work!

[MillaN]

Hi,

I am not sure that I understand. But plugin supports different sorting methods for terms. If you need something else, or you have suggestion, please give me example so that I can understand what exactly needs to be done.

Regards,
Milan

Ok. The idea is that right now the plugin orders the custom tags only alphabetically (at least that's what I've observed). So, if I have three authors - Bob, Alice and Clyde - they will be listed like this: Alice, Bob, Clyde. The problem is that Clyde is the senior author and it's customary to enumerate him first (like this: Clyde, Alice, Bob). Right now, this can't be done.

I found a solution here, but apparently taxonomy.php mentioned there doesn't have the same contents as in 2.8+. I was looking for the same behavior: list the tags in order of their addition, not (only) alphabetically.

Thank you for your support.

[MillaN]

Well, WordPress doesn't save order of addition of taxonomies. I will add ID sort order, but this actually sorts term by the date of adding, not adding to taxonomy. It's the closest sort that can be added.

I see. I thought it would've been easy to do it, but your word will be an honest excuse for me to provide to my clients.
It's OK. Anyway, your plugins are very useful and dependable (apart from GD Taxonomy, GD Press Tools was just what I needed to handle some admin tasks).
Thanks.

[MillaN]

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Regards,
Milan