Title: duplicate menu_order
Last modified: March 6, 2024

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# duplicate menu_order

 *  [signelazer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/signelazer/)
 * (@signelazer)
 * [2 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-menu_order/)
 * Hello,
 * I’m getting the same value twice in menu_order even though I’m moving the items
   around, which is really strange. Any idea? i display the menu_order into a custom
   column to show that

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 *  Plugin Support [beatrice12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beatrice12/)
 * (@beatrice12)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-menu_order/#post-17517355)
 * Hello [@signelazer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/signelazer/),
 * Thanks for reaching out to us!
 * Is it possible to send us some images with your settings and also with the issue
   you encounter? You can upload them here via Imgur.
 * Warm regards,
 * Beatrice.
 *  [mkonji](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mkonji/)
 * (@mkonji)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-menu_order/#post-17533818)
 * I’m experiencing the same behavior. Some posts have the same menu_order value
   and often the menu_order value is different than the actual menu order. As an
   example, here is a screenshot of the posts list. This is unfiltered – just showing
   all posts.
 * > [Custom Post Type Order screenshot](https://imgur.com/a/f46JD6W)
 * And here is the post data for these posts. Note that there are duplicates of 
   menu_order values 6 and 7, but that these actually correspond to menu_order values
   1, 2, 4, and 5.
 *     ```wp-block-code
       [27-Mar-2024 22:43:49 UTC] WP_Post Object([ID] => 1545[post_author] => 1[post_date] => 2024-03-15 22:21:31[post_date_gmt] => 2024-03-15 22:21:31[post_content] =>[post_title] => Testimonial - One[post_excerpt] =>[post_status] => publish[comment_status] => open[ping_status] => open[post_password] =>[post_name] => testimonial-one[to_ping] =>[pinged] =>[post_modified] => 2024-03-15 22:21:45[post_modified_gmt] => 2024-03-15 22:21:45[post_content_filtered] =>[post_parent] => 0[guid] => https://mysite.local/?p=1545[menu_order] => 0[post_type] => post[post_mime_type] =>[comment_count] => 0[filter] => raw)
   
       [27-Mar-2024 22:43:49 UTC] WP_Post Object([ID] => 1571[post_author] => 1[post_date] => 2024-03-15 23:40:15[post_date_gmt] => 2024-03-15 23:40:15[post_content] =>[post_title] => Testimonial - Two[post_excerpt] =>[post_status] => publish[comment_status] => open[ping_status] => open[post_password] =>[post_name] => testimonial-two[to_ping] =>[pinged] =>[post_modified] => 2024-03-15 23:40:18[post_modified_gmt] => 2024-03-15 23:40:18[post_content_filtered] =>[post_parent] => 0[guid] => https://mysite.local/?p=1571[menu_order] => 6[post_type] => post[post_mime_type] =>[comment_count] => 0[filter] => raw)
   
       [27-Mar-2024 22:43:49 UTC] WP_Post Object([ID] => 1568[post_author] => 1[post_date] => 2024-03-15 23:25:54[post_date_gmt] => 2024-03-15 23:25:54[post_content] =>[post_title] => Testimonial - Three[post_excerpt] =>[post_status] => publish[comment_status] => open[ping_status] => open[post_password] =>[post_name] => testimonial-three[to_ping] =>[pinged] =>[post_modified] => 2024-03-15 23:25:59[post_modified_gmt] => 2024-03-15 23:25:59[post_content_filtered] =>[post_parent] => 0[guid] => https://mysite.local/?p=1568[menu_order] => 6[post_type] => post[post_mime_type] =>[comment_count] => 0[filter] => raw)
   
       [27-Mar-2024 22:43:49 UTC] WP_Post Object([ID] => 1554[post_author] => 1[post_date] => 2024-03-15 22:48:08[post_date_gmt] => 2024-03-15 22:48:08[post_content] =>[post_title] => Testimonial - Four[post_excerpt] =>[post_status] => publish[comment_status] => open[ping_status] => open[post_password] =>[post_name] => testimonial-four[to_ping] =>[pinged] =>[post_modified] => 2024-03-15 22:48:13[post_modified_gmt] => 2024-03-15 22:48:13[post_content_filtered] =>[post_parent] => 0[guid] => https://mysite.local/?p=1554[menu_order] => 7[post_type] => post[post_mime_type] =>[comment_count] => 0[filter] => raw)
   
       [27-Mar-2024 22:43:49 UTC] WP_Post Object([ID] => 1565[post_author] => 1[post_date] => 2024-03-15 23:17:45[post_date_gmt] => 2024-03-15 23:17:45[post_content] =>[post_title] => Testimonial - Five[post_excerpt] =>[post_status] => publish[comment_status] => open[ping_status] => open[post_password] =>[post_name] => testimonial-five[to_ping] =>[pinged] =>[post_modified] => 2024-03-15 23:18:00[post_modified_gmt] => 2024-03-15 23:18:00[post_content_filtered] =>[post_parent] => 0[guid] => https://mysite.local/?p=1565[menu_order] => 7[post_type] => post[post_mime_type] =>[comment_count] => 0[filter] => raw)
   
       [27-Mar-2024 22:43:49 UTC] WP_Post Object([ID] => 1562[post_author] => 1[post_date] => 2024-03-15 23:06:17[post_date_gmt] => 2024-03-15 23:06:17[post_content] =>[post_title] => Testimonial - Six[post_excerpt] =>[post_status] => publish[comment_status] => open[ping_status] => open[post_password] =>[post_name] => testimonial-six[to_ping] =>[pinged] =>[post_modified] => 2024-03-15 23:06:20[post_modified_gmt] => 2024-03-15 23:06:20[post_content_filtered] =>[post_parent] => 0[guid] => https://mysite.local/?p=1562[menu_order] => 9[post_type] => post[post_mime_type] =>[comment_count] => 0[filter] => raw)
       ```
   
 * Thank you for your help with this!
 *  Plugin Support [beatrice12](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beatrice12/)
 * (@beatrice12)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-menu_order/#post-17559677)
 * Hi there,
 * Can you please let me know how you created those posts? Are they duplicated or
   created by clicking on ‘Add New’?
 * Warmly,
 * Beatrice.
 *  Thread Starter [signelazer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/signelazer/)
 * (@signelazer)
 * [2 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-menu_order/#post-17559743)
 * Hi, it’s appear when you created a new post for me, the new one is with 0 and
   the last one too, but very strange, sometimes 2 posts are the same menu_order
   like the post before 7 and 7, maybe a caching for wordpress? or others posts 
   menu_order are not updated i don’t know
 *  [tamoss](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tamoss/)
 * (@tamoss)
 * [1 year, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/duplicate-menu_order/#post-17899443)
 * I am experiencing this same issue. I move posts around in admin and see that 
   the order is not always correct on the frontend. When I go into the database,
   I see that the cause of this is that there are posts that now have the same menu_order
   value. But shouldn’t the menu_order values be updated to prevent this issue when
   I sort posts in admin?

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