How to copy an order list from a category to another
Customizing order of posts within categories is an easy task through Advanced Post Types Order plugin. The self explanatory interface featuring a drag & drop functionality makes sorting a breeze.
For large posts lists, order customize can take a bit of time, unless use automatic ordering. Manual sorting require drag & drop for individual posts in the list, up and down, Multiple Posts Selection can be done to speed up the process.
A category sorting (or any other taxonomy term) can be migrated to another one by a simple push of a button. This is useful when posts exists in booth terms and order is required to be the same, or similar (allow further adjustments).
There is a “Copy this sort to” option at the end of drag & drop list, which allow list order to apply o the other side.
To achieve this functionality, the following code is required. This can be placed inside theme functions.php or within a custom plugin.
add_action('apto/re-order-interface/footer-html','apto_reorder_interface_copy_sort');
function apto_reorder_interface_copy_sort( $sort_view_id )
{
$sort_view_settings = APTO_functions::get_sort_view_settings($sort_view_id);
$sort_view_post = get_post($sort_view_id);
$sort_ID = $sort_view_post->post_parent;
?>
<style>
.major-publishing-actions p {margin: 0px}
#apto_sort_copy img.process_image {display: none}
</style>
<div class="alignleft actions" id="apto_sort_copy">
<p>Copy this sort to
<select name="apto_sort_copy_to" id="apto_sort_copy_to">
<?php
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'apto_sort',
'post_parent' => $sort_ID
);
$custom_query = new WP_Query( $args );
//make a sorted list of items
$sort_view_list = array();
foreach($custom_query->posts as $found_sort_view_post)
{
$sort_view_post_details = APTO_functions::get_sort_view_settings( $found_sort_view_post->ID );
if(empty($sort_view_post_details['_term_id']))
continue;
if($sort_view_post->ID == $found_sort_view_post->ID)
continue;
$term_data = get_term_by('id', $sort_view_post_details['_term_id'], $sort_view_post_details['_taxonomy']);
$sort_view_list[ $sort_view_post_details['_taxonomy'] ][ $found_sort_view_post->ID ] = $term_data->name;
}
foreach($sort_view_list as $taxonomy_name => $data)
{
asort($data);
foreach($data as $sort_view_id => $term_name)
{
?>
<option value="<?php echo $sort_view_id ?>"><?php echo ucfirst($taxonomy_name) ?> - <?php echo $term_name ?></option>
<?php
}
}
?>
</select> <a href="javascript: void(0)" class="button-secondary" id="apto_sort_copy_button" onClick="apto_sort_copy_confirmSubmit()">Copy</a> <img alt="" src="<?php echo APTO_URL ?>/images/wpspin_light.gif" class="process_image"></p>
<script type="text/javascript">
function apto_sort_copy_confirmSubmit()
{
var agree=confirm("Are you sure you want to copy this sort? All orders will be lost on the other side.");
if (agree)
{
jQuery('#apto_sort_copy img.process_image').show();
var queryString = {
action: 'apto_sort_copy',
sort_view_id: sort_view_id,
copy_to: jQuery('#apto_sort_copy_to').val(),
nonce: '<?php echo wp_create_nonce( 'apto_sort_copy-' . get_current_user_id()) ?>'
};
jQuery.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: ajaxurl,
data: queryString,
cache: false,
dataType: "html",
success: function(response){
jQuery('#apto_sort_copy img.process_image').hide();
alert('Sort successfully copied');
},
error: function(html){
jQuery('#apto_sort_copy img.process_image').hide();
}
});
}
else
{
return false ;
}
}
</script>
</div>
<?php
}
add_action( 'wp_ajax_apto_sort_copy', 'wp_ajax_apto_sort_copy' );
function wp_ajax_apto_sort_copy()
{
//check for nonce
if(! wp_verify_nonce($_POST['nonce'], 'apto_sort_copy-' . get_current_user_id()))
{
_e( 'Invalid Nonce', 'apto' );
die();
}
$sort_view_id = $_POST['sort_view_id'];
$copy_to = $_POST['copy_to'];
global $wpdb;
$query = "DELETE FROM `". $wpdb->prefix ."apto_sort_list`
WHERE `sort_view_id` = ". $copy_to;
$results = $wpdb->get_results($query);
//retrieve the sort list
$query = "SELECT object_id FROM `". $wpdb->prefix ."apto_sort_list`
WHERE sort_view_id = '". $sort_view_id ."'";
$results = $wpdb->get_results( $query );
if(count($results) < 1)
die();
$query = "INSERT INTO `". $wpdb->prefix ."apto_sort_list`
(`sort_view_id`, `object_id`)
VALUES ";
$sort_list = array();
$first = TRUE;
foreach($results as $result)
{
if($first === FALSE)
$query .= ', ';
$query .= " ('" . $copy_to . "', '" . $result->object_id . "') ";
$first = FALSE;
}
$results = $wpdb->get_results( $query );
die();
}