Title: Sorting another parameter than menu_order
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Sorting another parameter than menu_order

 *  [Chris](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moargh/)
 * (@moargh)
 * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-another-parameter-than-menu_order/)
 * Many thanks for this helpful plugin!
 * I was wondering if it’s possible to sort another parameter than the `menu_order`
   via drag and drop.
 * I am asking because I have have three different post types (publication, activity,
   project) and I like all posts from these three post types to appear on one page
   on my website ordered by an overarching menu position like `overarching_menu_order`.
   Therefore, the first step was to merge all the posts of these post types on the
   same admin screen (lets call it »dashboard post view«). I did this [(see code here)](http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/176145/query-posts-from-multiple-post-types-sorted-by-overarching-menu-order)
   but because the menu order on each post type page (publication, activity, project)
   should not be affected by the order on the dashboard post view I need the parameter`
   overaching_menu_order`.
 * So would it be possible to sort a custom parameter like `overaching_menu_order`
   with your plugin? Which customizations would be necessary?
 * Thanks in advance!
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-custom-post-order/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-custom-post-order/)

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sorting-another-parameter-than-menu_order/)
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