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Sort Settings Menu helps by organizing the \"Settings\" sub-level menu items in alphabetical order, making it easier to find the correct settings page.<\/p>\n\n<p>To use Sort Settings Menu, there are only two things you need to do: install and activate the plugin. Sort Settings Menu automatically sorts the \"Settings\" menu in alphabetical order without any extra configuration. Sort Settings Menu also works great as a <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/must-use-plugins\/\">must-use plugin<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Bug Reports<\/h3>\n\n<p>Do you want to report a bug or suggest a feature for Sort Settings Menu? Best to do so in the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/pluginpizza\/sort-settings-menu\/\">Sort Settings Menu repository on GitHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<p>To use Sort Settings Menu, there are only two things you need to do: install and activate the plugin. Sort Settings Menu automatically sorts the \"Settings\" menu in alphabetical order without any extra configuration. Sort Settings Menu also works great as a <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/documentation\/article\/must-use-plugins\/\">must-use plugin<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Install Sort Settings Menu from within WordPress<\/h3>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Visit the Plugins page within your dashboard and select \u2018Add New\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Search for 'Sort Settings Menu'<\/li>\n<li>Install and activate Sort Settings Menu from your Plugins page<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<h3>Install Sort Settings Menu manually<\/h3>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Upload the 'sort-settings-menu' folder to the \/wp-content\/plugins\/ directory<\/li>\n<li>Activate the Sort Settings Menu plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n<!--section=faq-->\n<dl>\n<dt id='can%20sort%20settings%20menu%20alphabetically%20sort%20other%20admin%20menus%3F'><h3>Can Sort Settings Menu alphabetically sort other admin menus?<\/h3><\/dt>\n<dd><p>Sort Settings Menu only sorts the \"Settings\" section and does not have any options to sort other parts of the administration menu.<\/p>\n\n<p>A <code>pluginpizza_settings_menu<\/code> <a href=\"https:\/\/developer.wordpress.org\/plugins\/hooks\/filters\/\">filter<\/a> is available that allows additional menus to be sorted via code. For example, if you add the following code to your theme's <code>functions.php<\/code> file or to a plugin, both the \"Settings\" and \"Tools\" sections will be sorted alphabetically.<\/p>\n\n<pre><code>\/\/ Organize the \"Settings\" and \"Tools\" menu in alphabetical order.\nadd_filter( 'pluginpizza_sort_settings_menu', function( $menus ) {\n    return array( 'options-general.php', 'tools.php' );\n} );\n<\/code><\/pre><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n<!--section=changelog-->\n<h4>1.1.1<\/h4>\n\n<p>Release Date: Feb 28, 2025<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n<li>Fix deprecating the <code>functions_file_sort_settings_menu<\/code> in favor of <code>pluginpizza_sort_settings_menu<\/code>. 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