Title: WP_Theme::sort_by_name
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: April 28, 2025

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# WP_Theme::sort_by_name( WP_Theme[] $themes )

## In this article

 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_theme/sort_by_name/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_theme/sort_by_name/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_theme/sort_by_name/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_theme/sort_by_name/?output_format=md#changelog)

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Sorts themes by name.

## 󠀁[Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_theme/sort_by_name/?output_format=md#parameters)󠁿

 `$themes`[WP_Theme](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_theme/)[]
required

Array of theme objects to sort (passed by reference).

## 󠀁[Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_theme/sort_by_name/?output_format=md#source)󠁿

    ```php
    public static function sort_by_name( &$themes ) {
    	if ( str_starts_with( get_user_locale(), 'en_' ) ) {
    		uasort( $themes, array( 'WP_Theme', '_name_sort' ) );
    	} else {
    		foreach ( $themes as $key => $theme ) {
    			$theme->translate_header( 'Name', $theme->headers['Name'] );
    		}
    		uasort( $themes, array( 'WP_Theme', '_name_sort_i18n' ) );
    	}
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/class-wp-theme.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-theme.php#L2117)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/6.9.4/src/wp-includes/class-wp-theme.php#L2117-L2126)

## 󠀁[Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_theme/sort_by_name/?output_format=md#related)󠁿

| Uses | Description | 
| [get_user_locale()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_user_locale/)`wp-includes/l10n.php` |

Retrieves the locale of a user.

  |

| Used by | Description | 
| [wp_prepare_themes_for_js()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_prepare_themes_for_js/)`wp-admin/includes/theme.php` |

Prepares themes for JavaScript.

  | 
| [WP_MS_Themes_List_Table::prepare_items()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_ms_themes_list_table/prepare_items/)`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-ms-themes-list-table.php` |  | 
| [WP_Themes_List_Table::prepare_items()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_themes_list_table/prepare_items/)`wp-admin/includes/class-wp-themes-list-table.php` |  |

## 󠀁[Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/classes/wp_theme/sort_by_name/?output_format=md#changelog)󠁿

| Version | Description | 
| [3.4.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/3.4.0/) | Introduced. |

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