diff --git a/Zotlabs/Module/Settings/Featured.php b/Zotlabs/Module/Settings/Featured.php
index 1da139206..542a05363 100644
--- a/Zotlabs/Module/Settings/Featured.php
+++ b/Zotlabs/Module/Settings/Featured.php
@@ -57,7 +57,10 @@ class Featured {
 		}
 
 		call_hooks('feature_settings', $settings_addons);
-					
+		
+		$this->sortpanels($settings_addons);
+
+			
 		$tpl = get_markup_template("settings_addons.tpl");
 		$o .= replace_macros($tpl, array(
 			'$form_security_token' => get_form_security_token("settings_featured"),
@@ -67,5 +70,15 @@ class Featured {
 		));
 		return $o;
 	}
-	
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+
+	function sortpanels(&$s) {
+		$a = explode('<div class="panel">',$s);
+		if($a) {
+			usort($a,'featured_sort');
+			$s = implode('<div class="panel">',$a);
+		}
+	}
+
+}
+
+
diff --git a/include/text.php b/include/text.php
index c82fad517..6675043e6 100644
--- a/include/text.php
+++ b/include/text.php
@@ -3311,4 +3311,10 @@ function purify_filename($s) {
 	return $s;
 }
 
+// callback for sorting the settings/featured entries.
 
+function featured_sort($a,$b) {
+	$s1 = substr($a,strpos($a,'id='),20);
+	$s2 = substr($b,strpos($b,'id='),20);
+	return(strcmp($s1,$s2));
+}