Sort Query by Post In

A very simple plug-in that allows post queries to sort the results by the order specified in the "post__in" parameter.

Author:Jake Goldman, 10up, Oomph (profile at wordpress.org)
WordPress version required:3.0
WordPress version tested:3.4.2
Plugin version:1.2.3
Added to WordPress repository:28-05-2010
Last updated:20-10-2012
Warning! This plugin has not been updated in over 2 years. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress.
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Plugin URI:http://10up.com/plugins/sort-query-by-post-in...
Total downloads:3 874
Active installs:10+
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NOTE: This plug-in has been incorporated into WordPress core as of version 3.5.

Sort Query by Post In is a very light weight (less than 10 lines of code) plug-in intended for developers executing custom post queries. You're welcome to include it in your theme and redistribute - just offer us some credit, please!

When constructing a WordPress post query in your theme template files or plug-in, WordPress offers the option to explicitly specify the posts to retrieve using the post__in parameter. Unfortunately, the orderby parameter does not offer an option that will sort the result by the exact order passed in the post__in parameter. This plug-in adds a post__in option for the orderby parameter that will order the result by the exact order specified in the post__in parameter.

And don't worry about the plug-in being deactivated - your post queries with the new post__in value used for orderby will simply gracefully fall back to the default date sorting.