orderby menu_order not working

Hi guys,

I also use the plugin “Post Types Order” and sort the posts for a special order. This Plugin generates a menu_order column in database which is filled with the ordernumber. (I checked that)

When I activate this, everything works as expected – but “recent Posts” on my WP home is also ordered by menu_order and NOT by recent posts.

So I read in docu for “Post Types Order” plugin, that automatic sort can be disabled – if only some parts should use that sort.

And I read in docu of your plugin, that orderby=menu_order could be chosen as additional sorting criteria.

Doing that, I see the recently publishes posts on my home page (what I desired), but orderby=menu_order did not work on my category page, where I used that in that way:

Chapter 1

[display-posts category=”mainchapterA” tag=”chapter1″ orderby=”menu_order”]

Chapter 2

[display-posts category=”mainchapterA” tag=”chapter2″ orderby=”menu_order”]

The order inside the chapters was according to publish date and not the intended manual given order.

This moment I enabled automatic sort in Plugin “Post Types Order” because my category page is more important than the overview of recent published posts on my Home page.

Why is orderby=menu_order not working or did I missunderstand something?

Frank