Add new global attribute fallback

README.md

@@ -380,6 +380,8 @@ plugins:
         filename: .index
         collapse_single_pages: true
         strict: false
+        order: asc
+        sort_type: natural
 ```
 
 ### `filename`
@@ -399,6 +401,10 @@ Raise errors instead of warnings when:
 
 Default is `true`
 
+### `order` and `sort_type`
+
+Global fallback values for the Meta attributes. Default is `None`.
+
 <br/>
 
 ## Contributing

mkdocs_awesome_pages_plugin/navigation.py

@@ -79,7 +79,8 @@ def _process_children(self, children: List[NavigationItem], collapse: bool, meta
         return result
 
     def _order(self, items: List[NavigationItem], meta: Meta):
-        order, sort_type = meta.order, meta.sort_type
+        order = meta.order or self.options.order
+        sort_type = meta.sort_type or self.options.sort_type
         if order is None and sort_type is None:
             return
         key = lambda i: basename(self._get_item_path(i))

mkdocs_awesome_pages_plugin/options.py

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 class Options:
-    def __init__(self, *, filename: str, collapse_single_pages: bool, strict: bool):
+    def __init__(
+        self, *, filename: str, collapse_single_pages: bool, strict: bool, order: str = None, sort_type: str = None
+    ):
         self.filename = filename
         self.collapse_single_pages = collapse_single_pages
         self.strict = strict
+        self.order = order
+        self.sort_type = sort_type

mkdocs_awesome_pages_plugin/plugin.py

@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ class AwesomePagesPlugin(BasePlugin):
         ("filename", config_options.Type(str, default=DEFAULT_META_FILENAME)),
         ("collapse_single_pages", config_options.Type(bool, default=False)),
         ("strict", config_options.Type(bool, default=True)),
+        ("order", config_options.Choice(["asc", "desc"], default=None)),
+        ("sort_type", config_options.Choice(["natural"], default=None)),
     )
 
     def __init__(self):