diff --git a/exampleSite/content/basics/configuration/_index.en.md b/exampleSite/content/basics/configuration/_index.en.md
index 3a07c1c11d..1fa53490f3 100644
--- a/exampleSite/content/basics/configuration/_index.en.md
+++ b/exampleSite/content/basics/configuration/_index.en.md
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Note that some of these parameters are explained in details in other sections of
customOpenapiURL = "https://unpkg.com/swagger-ui-dist/swagger-ui-bundle.js"
# Hide Next and Previous page buttons displayed in topbar
disableNextPrev = true
- # Order sections in menu by "weight" or "title". Default to "weight";
+ # Order menu sections by "weight", "title", "linktitle", "modifieddate", "expirydate", "publishdate", "date", "length" or "default" (adhering to Hugo's default sort order). Default to "weight";
# this can be overridden in the pages frontmatter
ordersectionsby = "weight"
# Change default color scheme with a variant one. Eg. can be "auto", "red", "blue", "green" or an array like [ "blue", "green" ].
diff --git a/exampleSite/content/basics/migration/_index.en.md b/exampleSite/content/basics/migration/_index.en.md
index 15bd069b5e..c0369fca39 100644
--- a/exampleSite/content/basics/migration/_index.en.md
+++ b/exampleSite/content/basics/migration/_index.en.md
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ This document shows you what's new in the latest release. For a detailed list of
- {{% badge style="info" icon="plus-circle" title=" " %}}New{{% /badge %}} This release adds social media meta tags for the Open Graph protocol and Twitter Cards to your site. [See the docs]({{% relref "basics/configuration#social-media-meta-tags" %}}).
+- {{% badge style="info" icon="plus-circle" title=" " %}}New{{% /badge %}} This release comes with additional sort options for the menu and the [`children` shortcode]({{% relref "shortcodes/children" %}}). Both will now accept the following values: `weight`, `title`, `linktitle`, `modifieddate`, `expirydate`, `publishdate`, `date`, `length` or `default` (adhering to Hugo's default sort order).
+
---
## 5.22.0 (2023-10-02) {#5220}
diff --git a/exampleSite/content/cont/pages/_index.en.md b/exampleSite/content/cont/pages/_index.en.md
index 6217ecfe3f..6e3b01a60d 100644
--- a/exampleSite/content/cont/pages/_index.en.md
+++ b/exampleSite/content/cont/pages/_index.en.md
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ collapsibleMenu = false
# If set, this will explicitly override common rules for the expand state of a page's menu entry
alwaysopen = true
# If set, this will explicitly override common rules for the sorting order of a page's submenu entries
-ordersectionsby = "title"
+ordersectionsby = "weight"
# The title of the page heading will be prefixed by this HTML content
headingPre = ""
# The title of the page heading will be postfixed by this HTML content
diff --git a/exampleSite/content/shortcodes/children/_index.en.md b/exampleSite/content/shortcodes/children/_index.en.md
index e5df1b0d63..404428cead 100644
--- a/exampleSite/content/shortcodes/children/_index.en.md
+++ b/exampleSite/content/shortcodes/children/_index.en.md
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ While the examples are using shortcodes with named parameter you are free to als
| **showhidden** | `false` | When `true`, child pages hidden from the menu will be displayed as well. |
| **description** | `false` | When `true` shows a short text under each page in the list. When no description or summary exists for the page, the first 70 words of the content is taken - [read more info about summaries on gohugo.io](https://gohugo.io/content/summaries/). |
| **depth** | `1` | The depth of descendants to display. For example, if the value is `2`, the shortcode will display two levels of child pages. To get all descendants, set this value to a high number eg. `999`. |
-| **sort** | see notes | The sort order of the displayed list.
If not set it is sorted by the [`ordersectionsby`]({{% relref "basics/configuration#global-site-parameters" %}}) setting of the site and the pages frontmatter
- `weight`: to sort on menu order
- `title`: to sort alphabetically on menu label. |
+| **sort** | `auto` | The sort criteria of the displayed list.
- `auto` defaults to [`ordersectionsby` of the pages frontmatter]({{% relref "cont/pages/#frontmatter-configuration" %}})
or to [`ordersectionsby` of the site configuration]({{% relref "basics/configuration#global-site-parameters" %}})
or to `weight`
- `weight`
- `title`
- `linktitle`
- `modifieddate`
- `expirydate`
- `publishdate`
- `date`
- `length`
- `default` adhering to Hugo's default sort criteria|
## Examples
diff --git a/layouts/partials/menu.html b/layouts/partials/menu.html
index 4cfaec813c..7a3e792684 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/menu.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/menu.html
@@ -31,17 +31,10 @@
@@ -151,7 +144,7 @@
{{- $isSelf := eq .RelPermalink $currentFileRelPermalink }}
{{- $isAncestor := and (not $isSelf) (.IsAncestor $currentNode) }}
{{- $isActive := $isSelf }}
- {{- $pages := .Pages }}
+ {{- $pages := partial "pageHelper/pagesBy.html" (dict "page" . "hidden" true) }}
{{- $relearnIsHiddenFrom := index ($currentNode.Scratch.Get "relearnIsHiddenFrom") .RelPermalink }}
{{- $hidden := and $relearnIsHiddenFrom (not $.showhidden) (not $isSelf) (not $isAncestor) }}
{{- if $hidden }}
@@ -168,8 +161,6 @@
{{- if $numberOfVisibleChildren }}
{{- $title := or .Params.menuTitle .LinkTitle .Title }}
{{- $url := partial "relLangPrettyUglyURL.hugo" (dict "to" .) }}
- {{- $defaultOrdersectionsby := .Site.Params.ordersectionsby | default "weight" }}
- {{- $currentOrdersectionsby := .Params.ordersectionsby | default $defaultOrdersectionsby }}
{{- $isCollapsible := or (.Params.collapsibleMenu | default .Site.Params.collapsibleMenu) (not $url) }}
{{- $currentAlwaysopen := .Params.alwaysopen | default $alwaysopen }}
{{- $pageHash := md5 .Page }}
@@ -178,14 +169,8 @@
{{- partial "menu-pre.html" . }}{{ $title }}{{ partial "menu-post.html" . }}
{{- if $url }}{{ if $showvisitedlinks }}
{{ end }}{{ else }}{{ end }}
{{- else }}
{{- $title := or .Params.menuTitle .LinkTitle .Title }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/nested-article.hugo b/layouts/partials/nested-article.hugo
index 07cbe64f85..b4c2469ada 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/nested-article.hugo
+++ b/layouts/partials/nested-article.hugo
@@ -3,22 +3,14 @@
{{- $page.Page.Store.Set (printf "%sIsNested" $outputFormat) true }}
{{- with $page }}
{{- $currentNode := . }}
- {{- $pages := .Pages }}
- {{- $defaultOrdersectionsby := .Site.Params.ordersectionsby | default "weight" }}
- {{- $currentOrdersectionsby := .Params.ordersectionsby | default $defaultOrdersectionsby }}
+ {{- $pages := partial "pageHelper/pagesBy.html" (dict "page" . "hidden" true) }}
{{- template "section-print" dict "sect" . "currentnode" $currentNode "outputFormat" $outputFormat }}
{{- if $pages }}
{{ T "Subsections" .Title }}
{{- end }}
- {{- if eq $currentOrdersectionsby "title" }}
- {{- range $pages.ByTitle }}
- {{- template "section-tree-print" dict "sect" . "currentnode" $currentNode "outputFormat" $outputFormat }}
- {{- end }}
- {{- else }}
- {{- range $pages.ByWeight }}
- {{- template "section-tree-print" dict "sect" . "currentnode" $currentNode "outputFormat" $outputFormat }}
- {{- end }}
+ {{- range $pages }}
+ {{- template "section-tree-print" dict "sect" . "currentnode" $currentNode "outputFormat" $outputFormat }}
{{- end }}
{{- if $pages }}
@@ -31,26 +23,18 @@
{{- with .sect }}
{{- $isSelf := eq .RelPermalink $currentFileRelPermalink }}
{{- $isAncestor := and (not $isSelf) (.IsAncestor $currentNode) }}
- {{- $pages := .Pages }}
+ {{- $pages := partial "pageHelper/pagesBy.html" (dict "page" . "hidden" true) }}
{{- $relearnIsHiddenFrom := index ($currentNode.Scratch.Get "relearnIsHiddenFrom") .RelPermalink }}
{{- $hidden := and $relearnIsHiddenFrom (not $.showhidden) (not $isSelf) (not $isAncestor) }}
{{- if $hidden }}
{{- else }}
- {{- $defaultOrdersectionsby := .Site.Params.ordersectionsby | default "weight" }}
- {{- $currentOrdersectionsby := .Params.ordersectionsby | default $defaultOrdersectionsby }}
{{- template "section-print" dict "sect" . "currentnode" $currentNode "outputFormat" $outputFormat }}
{{- if $pages }}
{{ T "Subsections" .Title }}
{{- end }}
- {{- if eq $currentOrdersectionsby "title" }}
- {{- range $pages.ByTitle }}
- {{- template "section-tree-print" dict "sect" . "currentnode" $currentNode "outputFormat" $outputFormat }}
- {{- end }}
- {{- else }}
- {{- range $pages.ByWeight }}
- {{- template "section-tree-print" dict "sect" . "currentnode" $currentNode "outputFormat" $outputFormat }}
- {{- end }}
+ {{- range $pages }}
+ {{- template "section-tree-print" dict "sect" . "currentnode" $currentNode "outputFormat" $outputFormat }}
{{- end }}
{{- if $pages }}
diff --git a/layouts/partials/page-meta.hugo b/layouts/partials/page-meta.hugo
index b071af1488..9e10f1f361 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/page-meta.hugo
+++ b/layouts/partials/page-meta.hugo
@@ -14,14 +14,13 @@
{{- $currentNode.Store.Set $has true }}
{{- end }}
{{- end }}
-{{- template "relearn-structure" dict "node" .Site.Home "currentnode" $currentNode "hiddenstem" false "hiddencurrent" false "defaultOrdersectionsby" (.Site.Params.ordersectionsby | default "weight") }}
+{{- template "relearn-structure" dict "node" .Site.Home "currentnode" $currentNode "hiddenstem" false "hiddencurrent" false }}
{{- define "relearn-structure" }}
{{- $currentNode := .currentnode }}
{{- $isSelf := eq $currentNode .node }}
{{- $isDescendant := and (not $isSelf) (.node.IsDescendant $currentNode) }}
{{- $isAncestor := and (not $isSelf) (.node.IsAncestor $currentNode) }}
{{- $isOther := and (not $isDescendant) (not $isSelf) (not $isAncestor) }}
-
{{- $isChildren := eq $currentNode .node.Parent }}
{{- if $isSelf }}
{{- $currentNode.Scratch.Set "relearnIsSelfFound" true }}
@@ -48,15 +47,8 @@
{{- end}}
{{- end }}
- {{- $pages := .node.Pages }}
- {{- $defaultOrdersectionsby := .defaultOrdersectionsby }}
- {{- $currentOrdersectionsby := .node.Params.ordersectionsby | default $defaultOrdersectionsby }}
- {{- if eq $currentOrdersectionsby "title"}}
- {{- $pages = $pages.ByTitle }}
- {{- else}}
- {{- $pages = $pages.ByWeight }}
- {{- end }}
+ {{- $pages := partial "pageHelper/pagesBy.html" (dict "page" .node "hidden" true) }}
{{- range $pages }}
- {{- template "relearn-structure" dict "node" . "currentnode" $currentNode "hiddenstem" $hidden_stem "hiddencurrent" $hidden_from_current "defaultOrdersectionsby" $defaultOrdersectionsby }}
+ {{- template "relearn-structure" dict "node" . "currentnode" $currentNode "hiddenstem" $hidden_stem "hiddencurrent" $hidden_from_current }}
{{- end}}
{{- end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/layouts/partials/pageHelper/isHidden.html b/layouts/partials/pageHelper/isHidden.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..741399dbc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/partials/pageHelper/isHidden.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{{- return (or (not .Title) .Params.hidden) }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/layouts/partials/pageHelper/pagesBy.html b/layouts/partials/pageHelper/pagesBy.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..518e830bad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/layouts/partials/pageHelper/pagesBy.html
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+{{- $page := .page }}
+{{- /* default sort order for the theme is historically by weight */}}
+{{- $by := .by }}
+{{- if eq $by "auto" }}
+ {{- $by = "" }}
+{{- end }}
+{{- $by = $by | default $page.Params.ordersectionsby | default $page.Site.Params.ordersectionsby | default "weight" }}
+{{- $hidden := .hidden }}
+
+{{- $pages := slice }}
+
+{{- if eq $by "weight" }}
+ {{- $pages = $page.Pages.ByWeight }}
+{{- else if or (eq $by "name") (eq $by "title") }}
+ {{- $pages = $page.Pages.ByTitle }}
+{{- else if eq $by "linktitle" }}
+ {{- $pages = $page.Pages.ByLinkTitle }}
+{{- else if eq $by "modifieddate" }}
+ {{- $pages = $page.Pages.Lastmod }}
+{{- else if eq $by "expirydate" }}
+ {{- $pages = $page.Pages.ByExpiryDate }}
+{{- else if eq $by "publishdate" }}
+ {{- $pages = $page.Pages.ByPublishDate }}
+{{- else if eq $by "date" }}
+ {{- $pages = $page.Pages.ByDate }}
+{{- else if eq $by "length" }}
+ {{- $pages = $page.Pages.ByLength }}
+{{- else if eq $by "default" }}
+ {{- $pages = $page.Pages }}
+{{- else }}
+ {{- warnf "%q: Unknown pages sort order '%s'" $page.File.Path }}
+ {{- $pages = $page.Pages }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- if not $hidden }}
+ {{- $nonhiddenpages := slice }}
+ {{- range $page := $pages }}
+ {{- if not (partial "pageHelper/isHidden.html" $page) }}
+ {{- $nonhiddenpages := $nonhiddenpages | append $page }}
+ {{- end }}
+ {{- end }}
+ {{- $pages = $nonhiddenpages }}
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- return $pages }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/layouts/partials/shortcodes/children.html b/layouts/partials/shortcodes/children.html
index cf5b2240dc..24602c77bb 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/shortcodes/children.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/shortcodes/children.html
@@ -21,23 +21,8 @@
{{- with $page }}
{{ (printf "<%s class=\"children children-%s children-sort-%s\">" $containerstyle $style $sortTerm)|safeHTML }}
- {{- $pages := .Pages }}
-
- {{- $defaultOrdersectionsby := .Site.Params.ordersectionsby | default "weight" }}
- {{- $currentOrdersectionsby := $sortTerm | default (.Params.ordersectionsby | default $defaultOrdersectionsby) }}
- {{- if eq $currentOrdersectionsby "weight" }}
- {{- template "childs" dict "menu" $pages.ByWeight "containerstyle" $containerstyle "style" $style "showhidden" $showhidden "count" 1 "depth" $depth "pages" .Site.Pages "description" $withDescription "sortTerm" $sortTerm "page" . }}
- {{- else if or (eq $currentOrdersectionsby "name") (eq $currentOrdersectionsby "title") }}
- {{- template "childs" dict "menu" $pages.ByTitle "containerstyle" $containerstyle "style" $style "showhidden" $showhidden "count" 1 "depth" $depth "pages" .Site.Pages "description" $withDescription "sortTerm" $sortTerm "page" . }}
- {{- else if eq $currentOrdersectionsby "publishdate" }}
- {{- template "childs" dict "menu" $pages.ByPublishDate "containerstyle" $containerstyle "style" $style "showhidden" $showhidden "count" 1 "depth" $depth "pages" .Site.Pages "description" $withDescription "sortTerm" $sortTerm "page" . }}
- {{- else if eq $currentOrdersectionsby "date" }}
- {{- template "childs" dict "menu" $pages.ByDate "containerstyle" $containerstyle "style" $style "showhidden" $showhidden "count" 1 "depth" $depth "pages" .Site.Pages "description" $withDescription "sortTerm" $sortTerm "page" . }}
- {{- else if eq $currentOrdersectionsby "length" }}
- {{- template "childs" dict "menu" $pages.ByLength "containerstyle" $containerstyle "style" $style "showhidden" $showhidden "count" 1 "depth" $depth "pages" .Site.Pages "description" $withDescription "sortTerm" $sortTerm "page" . }}
- {{- else }}
- {{- template "childs" dict "menu" $pages "containerstyle" $containerstyle "style" $style "showhidden" $showhidden "count" 1 "depth" $depth "pages" .Site.Pages "description" $withDescription "sortTerm" $sortTerm "page" . }}
- {{- end }}
+ {{- $pages := partial "pageHelper/pagesBy.html" (dict "page" . "hidden" true) }}
+ {{- template "childs" dict "menu" $pages "containerstyle" $containerstyle "style" $style "showhidden" $showhidden "count" 1 "depth" $depth "pages" .Site.Pages "description" $withDescription "sortTerm" $sortTerm "page" . }}
{{ (printf "%s>" $containerstyle)|safeHTML }}
{{- end }}
@@ -87,23 +72,8 @@
{{- (printf "<%s>" $.containerstyle)|safeHTML }}
{{- end }}
- {{- $pages := .Pages }}
-
- {{- $defaultOrdersectionsby := .Site.Params.ordersectionsby | default "weight" }}
- {{- $currentOrdersectionsby := $.sortTerm | default (.Params.ordersectionsby | default $defaultOrdersectionsby) }}
- {{- if eq $currentOrdersectionsby "weight" }}
- {{- template "childs" dict "menu" $pages.ByWeight "containerstyle" $.containerstyle "style" $.style "showhidden" $.showhidden "count" (add $.count 1) "depth" $.depth "pages" $.pages "description" $.description "sortTerm" $.sortTerm "page" $page }}
- {{- else if or (eq $.currentOrdersectionsby "name") (eq $.currentOrdersectionsby "title") }}
- {{- template "childs" dict "menu" $pages.ByTitle "containerstyle" $.containerstyle "style" $.style "showhidden" $.showhidden "count" (add $.count 1) "depth" $.depth "pages" $.pages "description" $.description "sortTerm" $.sortTerm "page" $page }}
- {{- else if eq $.currentOrdersectionsby "publishdate" }}
- {{- template "childs" dict "menu" $pages.ByPublishDate "containerstyle" $.containerstyle "style" $.style "showhidden" $.showhidden "count" (add $.count 1) "depth" $.depth "pages" $.pages "description" $.description "sortTerm" $.sortTerm "page" $page }}
- {{- else if eq $.currentOrdersectionsby "date" }}
- {{- template "childs" dict "menu" $pages.ByDate "containerstyle" $.containerstyle "style" $.style "showhidden" $.showhidden "count" (add $.count 1) "depth" $.depth "pages" $.pages "description" $.description "sortTerm" $.sortTerm "page" $page }}
- {{- else if eq $.currentOrdersectionsby "length" }}
- {{- template "childs" dict "menu" $pages.ByLength "containerstyle" $.containerstyle "style" $.style "showhidden" $.showhidden "count" (add $.count 1) "depth" $.depth "pages" $.pages "description" $.description "sortTerm" $.sortTerm "page" $page }}
- {{- else }}
- {{- template "childs" dict "menu" $pages "containerstyle" $.containerstyle "style" $.style "showhidden" $.showhidden "count" (add $.count 1) "depth" $.depth "pages" $.pages "description" $.description "sortTerm" $.sortTerm "page" $page }}
- {{- end }}
+ {{- $pages := partial "pageHelper/pagesBy.html" (dict "page" . "hidden" true) }}
+ {{- template "childs" dict "menu" $pages "containerstyle" $.containerstyle "style" $.style "showhidden" $.showhidden "count" (add $.count 1) "depth" $.depth "pages" $.pages "description" $.description "sortTerm" $.sortTerm "page" $page }}
{{- if eq $.style "li" }}
{{- (printf "%s>" $.containerstyle)|safeHTML }}