Title: _usort_terms_by_name
Published: April 25, 2014
Last modified: May 20, 2026

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# _usort_terms_by_name( object $a, object $b ): int

## In this article

 * [Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_usort_terms_by_name/?output_format=md#description)
 * [Parameters](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_usort_terms_by_name/?output_format=md#parameters)
 * [Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_usort_terms_by_name/?output_format=md#return)
 * [Source](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_usort_terms_by_name/?output_format=md#source)
 * [Related](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_usort_terms_by_name/?output_format=md#related)
 * [Changelog](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_usort_terms_by_name/?output_format=md#changelog)

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This function has been deprecated since 4.7.0. Use wp_list_sort() instead.

This function’s access is marked private. This means it is not intended for use 
by plugin or theme developers, only by core. It is listed here for completeness.

Sort categories by name.

## 󠀁[Description](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_usort_terms_by_name/?output_format=md#description)󠁿

Used by usort() as a callback, should not be used directly. Can actually be used
to sort any term object.

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

 `$a`objectrequired

`$b`objectrequired

## 󠀁[Return](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/_usort_terms_by_name/?output_format=md#return)󠁿

 int

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

    ```php
    function _usort_terms_by_name( $a, $b ) {
    	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '4.7.0', 'wp_list_sort()' );

    	return strcmp( $a->name, $b->name );
    }
    ```

[View all references](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/files/wp-includes/deprecated.php/)
[View on Trac](https://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tags/7.0/src/wp-includes/deprecated.php#L3893)
[View on GitHub](https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/blob/7.0/src/wp-includes/deprecated.php#L3893-L3897)

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

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

Marks a function as deprecated and inform when it has been used.

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

| Version | Description | 
| [4.7.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/4.7.0/) | Deprecated. Use [wp_list_sort()](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_list_sort/)  | 
| [2.3.0](https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/since/2.3.0/) | Introduced. |

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