Overwrite default sort ordering in CMS Pages overview

server/core/urls.py

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from wagtail.documents import urls as wagtaildocs_urls
 from wagtailautocomplete.urls.admin import urlpatterns as autocomplete_admin_urls
 
 from core import views
-
+from core.views import override_wagtailadmin_explore_default_ordering
 
 urlpatterns = [
     # django admin
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ urlpatterns = [
 
     # wagtail
     url(r'^admin/autocomplete/', include(autocomplete_admin_urls)),
+    re_path(r'^cms/pages/(\d+)/$', override_wagtailadmin_explore_default_ordering),
     url(r'^cms/', include(wagtailadmin_urls)),
     url(r'^documents/', include(wagtaildocs_urls)),
 

server/core/views.py

@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 import requests
 from django.conf import settings
 from django.contrib.auth.mixins import LoginRequiredMixin
-from django.http.response import HttpResponse
+from django.http.response import HttpResponse, HttpResponseRedirect
 from django.shortcuts import render
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import ensure_csrf_cookie
 from django.views.generic import TemplateView
 from graphene_django.views import GraphQLView
+from wagtail.admin.views.pages.listing import index as wagtailadmin_explore
 
 
 class PrivateGraphQLView(LoginRequiredMixin, GraphQLView):
@@ -24,3 +25,17 @@ def home(request):
             print('Can not connect to dev server at http://localhost:8080:', e)
 
     return render(request, 'index.html', {})
+
+
+def override_wagtailadmin_explore_default_ordering(request, parent_page_id):
+    """
+    Wrap Wagtail's explore view to change the default ordering
+    """
+    if request.method == 'GET' and 'ordering' not in request.GET:
+
+        # Display reordering handles by default for children of FooPage types.
+        #if FooPage.objects.filter(id=parent_page_id).first():
+        return HttpResponseRedirect(request.path_info + '?ordering=ord')
+
+
+    return wagtailadmin_explore(request, parent_page_id=parent_page_id)