How do I order subpages within my static ones in Wordpress.org 2.8.4?

Question

I already applied a custom order for the toplevel navigation of my page, but it doesn't automatically sort the submenus alphabetically, although i assumed this behavior:

Pages are usually ordered alphabetically, but you can put a number above to change the order pages appear in. (We know this is a little janky, it’ll be better in future releases.)

I implemented the navigation using this line of code:

<?php wp_page_menu( 'sort_column=menu_order' ); ?>

Finally, do I really have to go and manually order my static pages, or should i manually program the order of the menu items?

Answer 1

I think that the My Page Order extension might be what you are looking for.

Answer 2

Also, have you tried:

wp_page_menu('sort_column=post_title');

instead of 'menu_order'?

Per the Codex, it looks like the title would result in alphabetical sorting?

http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/wp_page_menu