Title: Page order using the loop
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Page order using the loop

 *  [stucurry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stucurry/)
 * (@stucurry)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/page-order-using-the-loop/)
 * Hi – I’ve made a page template that loops all child pages with a thumbnail, title
   and excerpt.
 * What I’d like to be able to do is to change the sort order
 * Here’s the loop:
 *     ```
       <?php
       query_posts('&order=menu_order&post_type=page&post_parent='.$parent);
        while (have_posts()) : the_post();
       ?>
       <div <?php post_class('news-block') ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
   
       						<div class="thumbnail">
       							<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" class="news-block-img">
       							<?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?></a>
       						</div>
   
       						<div class="news-block-text">
       							<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" class="news-block-title" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
       							<div class="news-block-summary"><?php the_excerpt(); ?></div>
       						</div><!-- end .news-block-text /-->
       					</div><!-- end .news-block /-->
   
       <?php endwhile; ?>
       ```
   
 * Unfortunately `&order=menu_order` doesn’t list the pages in the order I’ve specified(
   though it does list them in the correct order in the navigation)
 * I’ve tried using a page order plugin as well but that doesn’t work either.

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 *  [Michael](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alchymyth/)
 * (@alchymyth)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/page-order-using-the-loop/#post-1444309)
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/query_posts#Orderby_Parameters](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/query_posts#Orderby_Parameters)
 * > Orderby Parameters
   >  Sort retrieved posts by this field.
   > orderby=author
   >  orderby=date orderby=title orderby=modified orderby=menu_order
   > Note: Only works with Pages. orderby=parent orderby=ID orderby=rand orderby
   > =meta_value Note: A meta_key=keyname must also be present in the query. orderby
   > =none – no order (available with Version 2.8) orderby=comment_count – (available
   > with Version 2.9) Order Parameters Designates the ascending or descending order
   > of the ORDERBY parameter.
   > order=ASC – ascending order, lowest to highest value
   >  order=DESC – descending
   > order, highest to lowest value
 *  Thread Starter [stucurry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stucurry/)
 * (@stucurry)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/page-order-using-the-loop/#post-1444349)
 * Thank you very much – I see I was using `order` and not `orderby`
 * Here’s my updated code which is now working in case anyone else has this issue:
 *     ```
       <?php
       query_posts('&order=ASC&orderby=menu_order&post_type=page&post_parent='.$parent);
        while (have_posts()) : the_post();
       ?>
       <div <?php post_class('news-block') ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
   
       						<div class="thumbnail">
       							<a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" class="news-block-img">
       							<?php the_post_thumbnail(); ?></a>
       						</div>
   
       						<div class="news-block-text">
       							<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" class="news-block-title" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
       							<div class="news-block-summary"><?php the_excerpt(); ?></div>
       						</div><!-- end .news-block-text /-->
       					</div><!-- end .news-block /-->
   
       <?php endwhile; ?>
       ```
   

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 * 2 replies
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 * Last reply from: [stucurry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stucurry/)
 * Last activity: [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/page-order-using-the-loop/#post-1444349)
 * Status: not resolved

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