Sort Taxonomy Field SOLVED

• Quantum Dynamix

• January 22, 2014 at 4:06 am

I love the Taxonomy field because it can be used to restrict how CMS users interact with complex Taxonomies.

However, it would be great to be able to order this from within ACF. Sort options could include Alpha order (default), Term ID, etc. This would really increase the usefulness of the Taxonomy field.

• Quantum Dynamix

• January 22, 2014 at 4:32 am

I actually patched the plugin to include this functionality.

At line 211, I added the following:

    if($field['sort_order'] == 'alpha'){
      $sort_args = array(
        'orderby'      => 'name',
        'order'        => 'ASC',
      );
      array_push($args, $sort_args);
    }else if($field['sort_order'] == 'alpha_desc'){
      $sort_args = array(
        'orderby'      => 'name',
        'order'        => 'DESC',
      );
      $args = array_merge($args, $sort_args);
    }

And at approx line 384 (after the last ‘field_option’), I added:

<tr class="field_option field_option_<?php echo $this->name; ?>">
	<td class="label">
		<label><?php _e("Sort Order",'acf'); ?></label>
	</td>
	<td>
		<?php
		do_action('acf/create_field', array(
			'type'		=>	'select',
			'name'		=>	'fields['.$key.'][sort_order]',
			'value'		=>	$field['sort_order'],
			'choices'	=> array(
				'alpha'	=>	__("Alpha Order Assending",'acf'),
        'alpha_desc'	=>	__("Alpha Order Desending",'acf'),
				'id'		=>	__("Term ID",'acf')
			)
		));
		?>
	</td>
</tr>

I’ve attached the PHP file (as a txt file) for those that would like to see it.

taxonomy.php....txt

• Quantum Dynamix

• January 22, 2014 at 4:53 am

However, I can’t seem to get this to switch to an actual Select box. It seems to show a radio list regardless of specifying “Select”. Thoughts on that?

• Elliot

• January 23, 2014 at 11:40 am

Hi @Quantum Dynamix

If you remove your custom ‘field_option’ code, does the field allow you to change the field_type setting?

Thanks
E