If you have a WordPress Network and you use the My Sites menu a lot, you might wish the list was sorted alphabetically, rather than by site ID.
Here’s how you can reorder that list
Method 1: Modify the Admin Bar/Toolbar directly
add_action('admin_bar_menu', 'reorder_my_sites');
function reorder_my_sites( $wp_admin_bar ) {
//get "my sites"
$mysites = $wp_admin_bar->user->{'blogs'};
//and remove the unsorted list
unset( $wp_admin_bar->user->{'blogs'} );
//loop thru mysites to get id and title
$pairs = array();
foreach($mysites as $id => $info) {
$pairs[$id] = strip_tags($info->blogname);
}
$pairs = array_map( 'strtoupper', $pairs );
//sort by title, keep id
asort($pairs);
//loop thru sorted sites, and put back in menu
foreach ($pairs as $id => $title) {
$wp_admin_bar->user->{'blogs'}->$id = $mysites[$id];
}
}
Method 2: Reorder the user’s blogs, before the menu is rendered
add_filter('get_blogs_of_user','reorder_users_sites');
function reorder_users_sites( $blogs ) {
$f = create_function('$a,$b','return strcasecmp($a->blogname, $b->blogname);');
uasort( $blogs, $f );
return $blogs;
}
How do I use the above code snippet? It sounds like its exactly what I need, but I’m not sure where to add the code snippet. And is it as simple as adding it to an existing file functions?
answered my own question. you put it in functions.php
This solution wasn’t working for me (I think I’ve figured out where I was screwing up on that part though) and I also needed a solution that would affect the My Sites page. This solution works perfectly: http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/35087/need-help-sorting-my-sites-alphabetically
Thanks – I’ve updated my original code, and included the snippet from WPSE.
Thanks for this. The list not sorting on name has been a bit annoying. If I had known it was such a quick and easy fix I would have done this weeks ago.
Thanks for this great snippet. I plan on implementing this ASAP. Am probably going to make a quick functionality plugin for this as I’d like it on multiple networks and I think it should be independent of the theme.
I am also looking to see if there is a way to handle the My Sites list better when it gets too long for the screen. Any ideas on that? I was thinking of implementing something like this: http://css-tricks.com/long-dropdowns-solution/ but I’m not sure how.
Works like a charm. Thanks!