Answers.Body: <p>This isn't possible using Craft's Categories since Categories are a hierarchical structure and will always keep the order they are set in the Category Group when they are added to a category field.</p>
  
  <p>One way around this limitation is to use a channel of entries in place of categories, since it is possible to drag and drop the order of related entries in an entries field.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Thanks for the quick answer, Steve. Appreciate the work around as well!
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Body: <p>I've been searching all over for this and have been coming up short unfortunately. Does anyone know if it's possible with in Craft CMS 3 to allow custom sorting of categories on a per entry basis?</p>
  
  <p>For instance, maybe one entry is:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Category 1</li>
  <li>Category 2</li>
  <li>Category 3</li>
  <li>Category 4</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>And on another entry, the admin orders the categories as:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Category 3</li>
  <li>Category 4</li>
  <li>Category 2</li>
  <li>Category 1</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>If not available in Craft's core functionality, does anyone know of a custom category field type that allows this?</p>
  
  <p>Thank you!</p>
  
  <p>Evan</p>
  
Tags: <categories><ordering>
Title: Sortable Categories on per Entry basis
ThreadText: # Sortable Categories on per Entry basis
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2019-05-08)
  
  I've been searching all over for this and have been coming up short unfortunately. Does anyone know if it's possible with in Craft CMS 3 to allow custom sorting of categories on a per entry basis?
  
  For instance, maybe one entry is:
  
  * Category 1
  * Category 2
  * Category 3
  * Category 4
  
  And on another entry, the admin orders the categories as:
  
  * Category 3
  * Category 4
  * Category 2
  * Category 1
  
  If not available in Craft's core functionality, does anyone know of a custom category field type that allows this?
  
  Thank you!
  
  username_0
  
  **Tags:** categories, ordering
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2019-05-08. Score: 1 | Accepted answer
  
  This isn't possible using Craft's Categories since Categories are a hierarchical structure and will always keep the order they are set in the Category Group when they are added to a category field.
  
  One way around this limitation is to use a channel of entries in place of categories, since it is possible to drag and drop the order of related entries in an entries field.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Thanks for the quick answer, username_1. Appreciate the work around as well!  
  
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