Remove alphabetical order from wordpress categories

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1. Here you go: just place this in your functions.php:

   /**
    * Sort post_tags by term_order
    *
    * @param array $terms array of objects to be replaced with sorted list
    * @param integer $id post id
    * @param string $taxonomy only 'post_tag' is changed.
    * @return array of objects
    */
   function plugin_get_the_ordered_terms ( $terms, $id, $taxonomy ) {
       if ( 'post_tag' != $taxonomy ) // only ordering tags for now but could add other taxonomies here.
           return $terms;
   
       $terms = wp_cache_get($id, "{$taxonomy}_relationships_sorted");
       if ( false === $terms ) {
           $terms = wp_get_object_terms( $id, $taxonomy, array( 'orderby' => 'term_order' ) );
           wp_cache_add($id, $terms, $taxonomy . '_relationships_sorted');
       }
   
       return $terms;
   }
   
   add_filter( 'get_the_terms', 'plugin_get_the_ordered_terms' , 10, 4 );
   
   /**
    * Adds sorting by term_order to post_tag by doing a partial register replacing
    * the default
    */
   function plugin_register_sorted_post_tag () {
       register_taxonomy( 'post_tag', 'post', array( 'sort' => true, 'args' => array( 'orderby' => 'term_order' ) ) );
   }
   
   add_action( 'init', 'plugin_register_sorted_post_tag' );
   

   (Credit goes to lgedeon on the WordPress Core Trac)

   Now all you need to do is enter the tags in the order you want them to appear.

   Note: the above code shows how to do this for post_tag. If you want a different taxonomy, just update the above code with the taxonomy name you want.

2. When displaying categories you should use

   <?php wp_list_categories(array('orderby' => 'ID')); ?>
   

   Instead of ID you can use name,slug,count or term_group. See Codex

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