When you saved a Menu Item, this will save the new item and place it as the last element (or sub-element, in case of sub-menu items) in the menu. You can use the green arrows in the Order column to change the item position within the menu.

Changing the order of items in a menu

  • Log in to the Joomla! back-end. 
  • Select the Menu you wish to change the order of Items to from the Menus drop-down menu.

Select Menu
Select Menu

  • Once inside the Menu Set, i.e. Main Menu, menu order can be changed via the up/down green arrows or by actually typing the sort number.

Changing the order of items in a menu
Changing the order of items in a menu

  • Alternatively, you can also go into the Menu Item and change order in Menu Item Details. 

Menu Item Details Order
Menu Item Details Order

Videos tutorial How to change the order of menu items in a Joomla! 1.5