As Sorting toggle to Directory Z-A/A-Z

Hi @brianol

You can try the following code snippet to add A-Z / Z-A sorter. Ensure that the “Enable custom sorting” is checked in the Member Directory Settings > Sorting section for this to work:

add_filter("um_member_directory_pre_display_sorting","um_031022_custom_sorting_option");
function um_031022_custom_sorting_option( $options ){
    $options['sort_az'] = "A-Z";
    $options['sort_za'] = "Z-A";
    
    return $options;
}

add_filter("um_modify_sortby_parameter","um_031022_sortby_parameter", 10, 2 );
function um_031022_sortby_parameter( $query_args, $sortby ){
    
    if( "sort_az" == $sortby ){
        $query_args['orderby'] = array( 'user_login' => 'ASC' );
    }else if( "sort_za" == $sortby ){
        $query_args['orderby'] = array( 'user_login' => 'DESC' );
    }

    return $query_args;
}

You can add the code to your theme/child-theme’s functions.php file or use the Code Snippet plugin to run the code.

Regards,

OK, I have added this snippet. I’ve cleared cache and enabled custom filtering.

But I don’t know where to change this.

If I am honest, what I want is to be able to sort that one list in particular in a random order, with a sort field, much like pages and posts have a sort order for navigation.

OK, I see where we added the A-Z… that’s not quite what I meant. That sorts the directory list A-Z/Z-A.

I want to sort the order of the tags as they appear in the dropdown.

see this: screenshot

Hi @brianol

I’ve manually sorted the Age Brackets to the Profile Form > Age Bracket’s field settings. When I filled users with the Age Brackets, it automatically sorts them based on the sort done in the Profile Form.

Infant/Toddler | 0 - 2 years old
Preschooler | 3 - 5 years old
Child | 6 - 10 years old
Youth/Teen | 11 - 17 years old
Adult | 18 years old +

Here’s a screenshot:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BtRdMw3YCRodZaQ6OgcDQgXa3eiS4SSI/view?usp=sharing

Regards,

OK, I’m missing a piece.
See screenshots.

1. Code Snippet added to functions
2. custom sorting on

the Custom sorting A-Z returns no results (i’m sorting by nickname, so that may be the problem)

I have no options in the user tags field options?

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1L1hEcl45-RX1sBfbA88CTfmNTE7dyNBl/view?usp=sharing, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YNgNU4qUKD_P6W3J4xoxG_2sHCz-t_dX/view?usp=sharing, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_ATNm8CXLGXUh4m5evSUrr7MB7OEZ0pE/view?usp=sharing, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wVgPyCRfDbQ06oW_TXIfd3-K5JHUJkpb/view?usp=sharing

Hi @brianol

Please replace the above code with the following:

add_action("init", function(){
    if( class_exists( 'UM_User_Tags' ) ){
        remove_filter( 'um_member_directory_filter_select_options_sorted', array( UM()->User_Tags()->member_directory(), 'user_tags_filter_options_sort' ), 10, 2 );
    }
});

The above code will disable the automatic sort for the User Tags filter. Ensure that the order is correctly set in the WP Admin > Ultimate Member > User Tags.

Regards,

How do you set the sort order here: WP Admin > Ultimate Member > User Tags? I don’t have any sort fields.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_CcpVYTqs5HIIpTlvUfM591ZxI98guOS/view?usp=sharing

Hi @brianol

We have the same order of Age Brackets options and it perfectly follows the order of the options as a filter in the Member Directory. Did you try using the new code snippet?

Regards,

Hi @champsupertramp,
yes I added the snippet. It seems to display tags in the order they were added now.

(I edited and resaved the “age” list)

the “sport category list is now not A-Z…

Hi @brianol

Sorry for the late response.

Is the Sports Category created via UM User tags?

Yes everything is created using User Tags.

I had to remove the code snippets though. When I added the code snippets in, they become sorted by “date edited” and therefore where no longer a-z. I could beak the system simply by editing them in order, but that’s not a long term solutions.

For now I’ve kind of put this aside. It would be cool if you could just edited the “sort” number like wordpress pages and posts.

Thanks