Title: Custom category sorting issue
Last modified: May 7, 2020

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# Custom category sorting issue

 *  Resolved [houmansoly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/houmansoly/)
 * (@houmansoly)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-category-sorting-issue/)
 * Dear guys,
 * I am writing to kindly ask you to guide me to sort my categories in the order
   that I like to be. I have already set my category default sorting in the Appearance
   => WooCommerce => Product Catalogue => Default product sorting to custom ordering
   + name, and also, the product categories in widgets are set to category order,
   but when I try to drag and drop to sort the categories in the list it doesn’t
   work. The category list is not being changed at all and the drag and drop don’t
   work.
 * I need to know what is wrong with me to solve this issue.
 * Bests

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 *  [AJ a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amandasjackson/)
 * (@amandasjackson)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-category-sorting-issue/#post-12796321)
 * Hi [@houmansoly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/houmansoly/)
 * I sounds like the categories are not allowing you to drag and drop them to the
   order that you would like them to display on your shop page. Is this what you
   are referring to?
 * 
    Link to image: [https://d.pr/i/5BrbbY](https://d.pr/i/5BrbbY)
 * If so, this kind of problem is usually caused by either a conflict with your 
   theme or with another plugin.
      The best way to determine this is to:
    - 
    - Disable all plugins except for WooCommerce
    - Repeat the action that is causing the problem
 * If you’re not seeing the same problem after completing the conflict test, then
   you know the problem was with the plugins and/or theme you deactivated. To figure
   out which plugin is causing the problem, reactivate your other plugins one by
   one, testing after each, until you find the one causing conflict. You can find
   a more detailed explanation on how to do a conflict test here.
 *  Thread Starter [houmansoly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/houmansoly/)
 * (@houmansoly)
 * [6 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-category-sorting-issue/#post-12800839)
 * Dear Amanda,
 * Thanks for your reply and help. This is exactly the problem that I am facing 
   now, but the solution is a bit complex and time consuming to me. I have already
   found a plugin to help me to sort and customize all the categories as I wish,
   and the problem has solved by this solution.
 * Great thanks,
    Houman
 *  [AJ a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/amandasjackson/)
 * (@amandasjackson)
 * [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-category-sorting-issue/#post-12857885)
 * Hi [@houmansoly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/houmansoly/)
 * Glad to hear it – thanks for letting us know!
 * I’ll mark this thread as resolved now. If you have any further questions, I recommend
   creating a new thread.

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 * Last activity: [6 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-category-sorting-issue/#post-12857885)
 * Status: resolved