Compatibility with Advanced Post Types Order Pro Native Drag & Drop.
I’m using Admin Columns Pro together with Advanced Post Types Order Pro (APTO) on a custom post type called Projects.
I noticed something interesting.
When Admin Columns Pro is active, the native drag-and-drop handles provided by APTO no longer appear on the default WordPress Projects list.
When ACP is deactivated, the drag handles immediately return.
My questions are:
1. Is there a compatibility setting in Admin Columns Pro that preserves the native drag-and-drop ordering interface provided by APTO?
2. Is there a recommended configuration for using ACP together with APTO?
3. Does ACP intentionally replace the native WordPress list table in a way that prevents APTO’s drag handles from appearing?
At the moment we’ve chosen to leave ACP deactivated because our current workflow on the native Projects screen is working extremely well, but I’d appreciate knowing whether the two plugins can coexist without losing the drag-and-drop functionality.
Thank you for your assistance.
Hi Dan,
Thanks for your message.
I’m not very familiar with the APTO plugin, but I believe it should be able to work alongside ours.
The main thing to keep in mind when using drag-and-drop plugins with Admin Columns is that all the default columns need to be visible and the table shouldn’t have any sorting applied.
As a first step, could you create a new view for the Products list table and remove all custom columns from that view? Then save the view without adding any columns. This will load all the default WordPress columns.
Once you’ve done that, could you check if the drag-and-drop functionality works?
If it still doesn’t work, please check whether the table is currently sorted. You can do this by clicking any column header to sort the table, then clicking the Reset Sorting button at the top of the table.
If the issue remains, another option is to disable Admin Columns only for the Products post type, while continuing to use it for all your other list tables. You can do that with the following hook:
https://github.com/codepress/admin-columns-hooks/blob/master/ac-post_types.php
Let me know how it goes, or if you have any other questions.
Hi Stefan,
Thank you for the detailed explanation and for taking the time to outline the troubleshooting steps.
That makes sense. It sounds like the issue is related to the customized list table rather than a direct incompatibility with APTO.
We ultimately chose to use the native WordPress Projects list together with APTO’s drag-and-drop ordering, and that workflow has been working extremely well for our editors. Since we no longer have a strong need for custom columns on this particular post type, we’ll likely leave Admin Columns Pro disabled for Projects and continue using it elsewhere if needed.
I appreciate the suggestion about testing a default column set and the hook to disable ACP for a specific post type. It’s good to know those options are available if our requirements change in the future.
Thanks again for the excellent support.
Best regards,
Dan St. Peter