Change Tab Order in Filterable Portfolio Module

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The Divi theme comes with a filterable portfolio module which lets you filter a list of projects by category. These category 'tabs' are sorted alphabetically by default.

Here's how the filterable portfolio looks in this case:

Changing the Filterable Portfolio Tab Order using Divi Booster

Divi Booster includes an option to change the order of the filterable portfolio module tabs. It can be found at:

Filterable Portfolio Settings > Design > Layout > Tab Order

Like so:

This option is available in Divi Booster v3.5.1 upwards.

Reverse Tab Order

To make the tabs display in reverse alphabetical order, set the Tab Order option to "Reverse":

Here's how the filterable portfolio looks in this case:

Random Tab Order

To make the tabs display in a random order each time, set the Tab Order option to "Random":

Here's how the filterable portfolio looks in this case:
Note that caching plugins may cause the same random order to be displayed each time. If this is undesirable, it can be solved by disabling caching on the page with the filterable portfolio.

Custom Tab Order (By Category Slug)

To make the tabs display in a custom order each time, set the Tab Order option to "By Slug". This will cause a new "Tab Order Slugs" option to appear. Entering a (comma-separated) list of category slugs here will cause the corresponding tabs to be displayed first, in the order given:

Note: You can find out the category slugs by going to "WP Dashboard > Projects > Categories".

Here's how the filterable portfolio looks in this case:

Move "All" Tab to the End

Normally the main "All" tab will be shown at the start, regardless of the order you set for the individual category tabs. If you'd like to move the "All" tab to the end instead, you can do it using the "All Tab Position" option:

 Here's how the filterable portfolio looks in this case:

 The "All Tab Position" option is available in Divi Booster v4.2.3 onwards

Set a Custom Tab Order using PHP

To display the filterable portfolio tabs in a custom order without using a plugin, you can add the following PHP code to your site:

$filter = (new DBCFilterablePortfolioTabsTermsFilter());
$filter->init();

class DBCFilterablePortfolioTabsTermsFilter {

    private $props;
    private $atts;

    public function init() {
        add_filter('et_pb_module_shortcode_attributes', array($this, 'add_terms_filter'), 10, 3);
        add_filter('et_module_shortcode_output', array($this, 'remove_terms_filter'));
    }

    public function add_terms_filter($props, $atts, $slug) {
        if ($slug !== 'et_pb_filterable_portfolio') return $props; 
        $this->props = $props;
        $this->atts = $atts;
        add_filter('get_terms', array($this, 'portfolio_tabs_filter'));
        return $props;
    }

    public function portfolio_tabs_filter($terms) {
        return apply_filters('dbc_filterable_portfolio_tabs_terms', $terms, $this->props, $this->atts);
    }

    function remove_terms_filter($content) {
        remove_filter('get_terms', array($this, 'portfolio_tabs_filter'));
        return $content;
    }
}

add_filter('dbc_filterable_portfolio_tabs_terms', 'dbc_sort_filterable_portfolio_tabs', 10, 3);

function dbc_sort_filterable_portfolio_tabs($terms, $props, $atts) {

    $tab_category_slugs = 'charlie,echo,bravo'; // <- *** REPLACE these with your category slugs ***

    if (!is_array($terms)) return $terms;
    $slugs = explode(',', $tab_category_slugs);
    $slugs = array_reverse($slugs);
    foreach($slugs as $slug) {
        $slug = trim($slug);
        foreach($terms as $k=>$term) {
            if (isset($term->slug) && $term->slug === $slug) {
                $terms = array($k=>$term) + $terms;
                break;
            }
        }
    }
    $terms = array_values($terms);
    return $terms;
}
It looks a lot but all you should need to do is replace the list of category slugs at the marked line in the above code with your own. Note that, unlike the Divi Booster option, the code above will affect all filterable portfolio modules on the site which include the specified categories.

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4 Comments

  1. Thank you for this information. I wonder: is it also possible to put 'all' at the end of 'Custom Tab Order (By Category Slug)?

    Reply
    • Hey Hanneke, I've just updated Divi Booster (v4.2.3) with an option to move the 'all' tab to the end. I've added a section to the end of this post with details. I hope it helps, but let me know if you have any questions about it. Cheers!

      Reply
  2. Great overview of all the functionality Divi Booster entails thank you. I didn't realize how much it actually included easily worth the price.

    Reply
    • You're very welcome, Jeff. Thanks!

      Reply

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