id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc
23387	Adding priority to individual settings via the settings API.	alexmansfield		"Currently there is no way (at least that I could find) to specify the order of settings on a settings page (for example, a theme options page). Use case: a child theme adding a setting to the parent theme's ""Theme Options"" page has no way of specifying the order in which the new setting should be inserted. 

I've modified the add_settings_field() function to allow for a priority to be set (much like when adding settings to the theme customizer). I also added uasort($wp_settings_fields[$page][$section], 'compare_priority'); to the do_settings_fields() function, where 'compare_priority' is a slightly modified version of the compare function used to set the priority of the theme customizer sections.

This patch is loosely related to #22487 which adds priority to settings sections, but not individual settings."	enhancement	new	normal	Awaiting Review	General	3.5	normal		has-patch settings-api