wp_list_categories : how do I sort by ID when IDs are not sequential

Question

Trying to display a category by an odd sequence and have the following:

<?php wp_list_categories('orderby=id&include=4,5,6,7,8,9,10,72,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41'); ?>

notice after ID #10 it jumps to ID #72. How can I code this better?

Note: Names are not alphabetical and numbers are not sequential, so just need to display IDs #4 to #10, #72, #11 to #41 listed in that order.

Respectfully, jw

Answer 1

You could do something like this:

<ul>
<?php
wp_list_categories('order_by=ID&title_li=&include=4,5,6,7,8,9,10');
wp_list_categories('order_by=ID&title_li=$include=72');
wp_list_categories('order_by=ID&title_li=&include=11,12,13,14,15,16,17, 18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41');
?>
</ul>

Just listing them in order for the include arg won't help you since that only goes into the WHERE clause, not into the ORDER BY clause of the SQL query.

Answer 2

I've not used it, but you may be interested in the My Category plugin.

Answer 3

Easy, if i understood a little bit (of your question) right...

$args_include = array(4,5,6,7,8,9,10,72,11,12,13,14,15,16,17, 18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41)';
$args_include = sort( $args_include, SORT_NUMERIC);

wp_list_categories( 'orderby=id&include='.$args_include );

...but i guess i haven't. So, what have the includes in common? And what "Note: Names are not alphabetical and numbers are not sequential" does that mean? I can't see any names, only IDs.