feat: add term order field (resolves #294)

[greatislander]

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Description

Adds a custom meta field to topics and goals which allows a numeric order to be assigned.

Steps to test

1. Edit a topic or goal.

Expected behavior: Order can be customized.

Additional information

Front-end implementation will be completed in https://github.com/platform-coop-toolkit/coop-library/issues/168.

Related issues

• Resolves #294.

[greatislander]

@jhung Found a plugin that does this better, and bypasses the issue with meta_value.

[greatislander]

@jhung I'd have to patch the third-party plugin to change this — do you consider it a dealbreaker?

[jhung]

@jhung I'd have to patch the third-party plugin to change this — do you consider it a dealbreaker?

@greatislander Not a dealbreaker if it can't be done easily.

Can the negative values be sanitized however?

[greatislander]

@jhung I decided it was best to fork so as to implement these changes. You'll need to trash the wp-term-order plugin from your plugins directory, then our fork will be installed.

[jhung]

@jhung I decided it was best to fork so as to implement these changes. You'll need to trash the wp-term-order plugin from your plugins directory, then our fork will be installed.

This would require maintaining this fork just to avoid negative numbers on the input? Not sure if the increased technical burden is justified. Do we gain anything else by using our fork? @greatislander

[greatislander]

@jhung I think it’s worth it, as the plugin doesn’t appear to be accepting pull requests and I already had to use a filter to fix a different issue. It uses stable APIs and I think there’s very minimal need for maintenance.