Title: Variable order
Last modified: March 9, 2021

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# Variable order

 *  Resolved [jeffatrmc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeffatrmc/)
 * (@jeffatrmc)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-order/)
 * Hello Team,
 * Is there any way for when you are viewing product variables in the backend for
   them to always be listed in order of their variation number (Either biggest number
   first or smallest first then working its way from there sequentially). It is 
   driving me mad that every time I change pages, remove a variation, or save the
   variations they all shift around randomly causing me to lose where I was especially
   in products that have over 500 variations… I am open to including PHP code or
   anything that will accomplish this. Let me know what can be done to solve this
   problem.
 * Best,
    Jeff
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fvariable-order%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Plugin Support [EastOfWest a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/eastofwest/)
 * (@eastofwest)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-order/#post-14164967)
 * Howdy Jeff,
 * Just to clarify – are you referring to the order of Variations in your Variable
   products as viewed on the Product edit screen? If that is the case, the default
   behavior is for Variations to display according to the Variation ID in descending
   order. Like so:
 * ![Variable product's product variations in order of ID descending.](https://d.
   pr/i/xHJjjs+)
 * You can change that order by hovering over a Variation to reveal the hamburger
   menu, and then click-and-dragging it into another position, where it should stick
   if you then Save changes after doing so:
 * ![Click and drag a variation to reposition it](https://d.pr/i/G3zED9+)
 * If your experience differs, then it’s possible something is interfering with 
   that ordering. If this is not what you’re referring to, please do add more detail.
   If a screenshot will make it easier to illustrate, you can upload the screenshot
   to your media library and share the link with us, or you can use a service like
   [Droplr](https://droplr.com/) or [CloudApp](https://www.getcloudapp.com/) to 
   share the image file.
 *  Plugin Support [abwaita a11n](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abwaita/)
 * (@abwaita)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-order/#post-14199471)
 * Hi [@jeffatrmc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jeffatrmc/),
 * We’ve not heard back from you in a while, so I’m marking this thread as resolved.
   Hopefully, you were able to find a solution to your problem!
 * If you have further questions, please feel free to open a new topic.
 * Thanks.

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 * Last activity: [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/variable-order/#post-14199471)
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