---
title: "Hooks"
date: 2026-10-22
author: "Matt Cromwell"
featured_image: "https://rootsandfruit.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/rf-featured-reorder-all-the-things-2400x1260-1.png"
---

# Hooks

You can skip the settings screen and do the same jobs in code. The filters run on the list of types, the admin menu, and the optional query rewrite. Actions are for add-ons that need to hang a tab or a script on the reorder screen.

## Which types

`metronet_reorder_post_types` receives the types that are already enabled in settings. Appending a slug turns that type on without a click.

```
add_filter( 'metronet_reorder_post_types', function ( $post_types ) {
    $post_types[] = 'portfolio';
    return array_unique( $post_types );
} );
```

```
add_filter( 'metronet_reorder_post_types', function ( $post_types ) {
    $post_types[] = 'portfolio';
    return array_unique( $post_types );
} );

```



Returning a fresh array replaces the settings list. This is the version that locks the plugin to exactly the types you name.

```
add_filter( 'metronet_reorder_post_types', function () {
    return array( 'portfolio', 'page' );
} );
```

```
add_filter( 'metronet_reorder_post_types', function () {
    return array( 'portfolio', 'page' );
} );

```



`metronet_reorder_post_types_loaded` fires after that filter, with the final list. Use it if you need to react, not to change the list.

## Admin menu

HookRole`metronet_reorder_menu_location_{post_type}`Parent menu slug for the Reorder submenu. Not used for posts, which always sit under Posts. Second argument is the post type`metronet_reorder_menu_label_{post_type}`Menu label. Defaults to Reorder. For types other than post, the post type is the second argument`metronet_reorder_menu_url_{post_type}`Action. Receives the reorder screen URL after the menu is registered`metronet_reorder_posts_add_menu_{post_type}`Action. Receives the hook suffix, so an add-on can enqueue scripts on that screen## Tabs on the reorder screen

`metronet_reorder_posts_tabs_{post_type}` filters the tab list. Each tab is an array with `url`, `label`, `get` (the `tab` query argument), and `action` (the hook that prints the panel). The default tab’s action is `metronet_reorder_posts_interface_{post_type}`. With a single tab the screen does not draw a tab bar. Add a second tab and the bar shows up.

## Turn Advanced sorting off in code

`metronet_reorder_post_allow_admin` defaults to true. Return false and the settings screen, plus both query-rewrite hooks, never load. The reorder screens still register.

`metronet_reorder_allow_menu_order` kills the rewrite for every type when it returns false. `metronet_reorder_allow_menu_order_{post_type}` kills it for one type. The settings can still say Menu Order. The filter wins.

```
add_filter( 'metronet_reorder_allow_menu_order_portfolio', '__return_false' );
```

```
add_filter( 'metronet_reorder_allow_menu_order_portfolio', '__return_false' );

```