[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #40826: Allow items queried in batch via "slug" to maintain order

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#40826: Allow items queried in batch via "slug" to maintain order
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 Reporter:  wonderboymusic  |      Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)    |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal          |  Milestone:  4.7.6
Component:  REST API        |    Version:  4.7.4
 Severity:  normal          |   Keywords:  has-patch
  Focuses:                  |
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 When querying endpoints that have items, it is possible to pass an array
 of values to the `slug` param. This will filter the result set to only
 include slugs that match. This works for posts, pages, media, users,
 categories, and tags.

 Often, the reason this is happening is so that a remote system can collect
 all relevant queries before sending one HTTP request that contains them
 all. This was formalized in #40027.

 One caveat: the endpoints do not currently have a proper `orderby` value
 that ensures the items are returned in the same order they requested.

 The best convention I could come up with is: `orderby=slugs`. Patch
 incoming.
 This is essential for tools like Dataloader
 https://github.com/facebook/dataloader#batching

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