I am using the Simple Custom Post Order plugin. I have a custom post type with a specific post order in the WP admin. When I move a post to be the first one, the order doesn’t stay. After I refresh, the post below it swaps to be the first. It’s almost as if it is not saving the changes properly, but it only seems to effect the first and second post in the list. If I filter it to only show posts in a specific category, the same issue occurs there as well. It is not a caching issue, as I have cleared and disabled all caching while troubleshooting the issue.
Any help would be appreciated.
Hi there
Make sure its not a sticky post, or conflict with other third-party plugins, can you please check it?
There are no sticky posts and there are no plugin conflicts.
While troubleshooting the issue further yesterday, I found that the post order number is not updating for the first and second post. If I move the second post above the first or vice versa, both posts have the order of 1, rather than setting a unique order number sequentially as I would expect. It then sorts the posts with the same order number based on ID ASC, which is not what I want. I would assume this behavior is abnormal and the plugin should update the order numbers on the posts accordingly when the order has changed.
Because of this behavior, I had to manually set the first post’s order number to 0 so the order numbers would be unique and it would display the posts in the correct order. This is not a real fix though, because it doesn’t guarantee that in the future when posts are reordered, the order numbers won’t get mixed up again.
Hi there
Ok, I understand your problem however I was not able to replicate your problem on my test case. I think we can leave your solution for now, if you still experience the same problem in the future let’s investigate it again
Best
how do i use this thing. i have installed it then what?
Hi @hawaiianlungs
Which thing? please provide a better description of your issue 
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I apologize for the brevet. I just emailed WordPress with details and thought you got them.
I just upgraded to a business account which allows me to install plug-ins.
I downloaded and installed “Simple Custom Post Order” version 2.5.6 from the WordPress site.
It seemed to install fine. I activated it. It says it is active.
If I look for installed plug-ins it shows installed and active.
I want to order my posts by drag and drop. But no matter what I do nothing works.
If I go to “posts” I cannot reorder them. I get a round circle with a slash mark and nothing reorders.
So my question is how do I use this plugin? Do I just go to posts and order them? Go elsewhere?
Best to make sure it is configured correctly. I think it is but nothing seems to work.
I apologize for the brevet. I just emailed WordPress with details and thought you got them.
I just upgraded to a business account which allows me to install plug-ins.
I downloaded and installed “Simple Custom Post Order” version 2.5.6 from the WordPress site.
It seemed to install fine. I activated it. It says it is active.
If I look for installed plug-ins it shows installed and active.
I want to order my posts by drag and drop. But no matter what I do nothing works.
If I go to “posts” I cannot reorder them. I get a round circle with a slash mark and nothing reorders.
So my question is how do I use this plugin? Do I just go to posts and order them? Go elsewhere?
Best to make sure it is configured correctly. I think it is but nothing seems to work.
Windows 11, 32 gb ram, and lots of HD space. WordPress sent me two days ago the app for the above desktop.
Hi there
I can only check this problem if you provide admin details in DM, please sent them in my inbox and I will verify your problem
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