I Changed the Menu Order, But the Page Order Didn't Change on Front Page

Question

First-timer here! I'm trying to change the order of pages on my boardgame webpage, as displayed on the top banner www.mangakagame.com .

Basically, I've used "Edit" in the Dashboard and adjusted all the "order" attributes, but nothing changes. It's still using chronological ordering. The "Simple Page Ordering" plugin didn't do anything either.

Weirder still, I tried to set one of the pages to "Private" but it still shows up in the banner! :/ It just links to an "Oops! That page can not be found." So I had to set it to public again, at least temporarily...

I assume this may be due to something in the WP theme I'm using (Auberge), but I can't figure it out. If this requires fiddling with the actual CSS, I don't even know where to begin. If anyone has any suggestions, I'd be super grateful.

Many thanks,

Jason (@mockman)

Answer 1

By default, posts and pages are sorted after the date. If you want sort pages by "order" field, which is visible on edit page, you have to set orderby parameter:

add_action('pre_get_posts', 'change_order');

function change_order($query) {
    if ( is_front_page() || is_home() ) {
        $query->set( 'orderby', 'menu_order' );
        $query->set( 'order', 'ASC' );
    }
    return $query;
}

Put code in functions.php file. More about orderby parameters you will find here.