Title: How to use categories & order_by
Last modified: June 12, 2025

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# How to use categories & order_by

 *  [TxFig](https://wordpress.org/support/users/txfig/)
 * (@txfig)
 * [10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-use-categories-order_by/)
 * I would like to change how we display the members in our organization to the 
   public. 
   Our organization has 2 types of memberships which we call “Structural
   Removers” & “Non-Structural Removers”. In our case, everyone who is a “structural
   remover” is also a “non-structural remover”. Iow, of all of the types of jobs
   that can be done, structural removers do everything while the non-structural 
   people only do a subset of the job types. Currently in Connections, we have 2
   categories for this division. Category 1 is “non-structural”; category 2 is “
   structural” – where category 1 is the parent of category 2. On the page given
   above we are currently listing ALL members (category 1) using this code:
 * `[connections enable_pagination=false order_by='id|RANDOM' show_image=false image
   =none image_fallback=none image_single_fallback=none image_single=none enable_search
   =false enable_category_select=false str_select_all='' enable_map=TRUE card_height
   =200 card_width=300 enable_category_by_root_parent=FALSE show_addresses=TRUE 
   str_seperator='' str_image='' str_contact='' str_home_addr=''  str_school_addr
   ='' str_work_addr=''  str_other_addr='' str_home_phone='' str_home_fax='' str_cell_phone
   ='' str_work_phone='' str_work_fax='' str_personal_email='' str_work_email='']`
 * 
   But what I would really like to do is list the members in 2 phasesList the category
   2 people (structural removers) at the top, followed by the people who are not
   category 2 (people who are restricted to doing non-structural).I am willing to
   redo the categories if needed
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fhow-to-use-categories-order_by%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 * Last activity: [10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-to-use-categories-order_by/)
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