Allows you to order posts by menu order so you dont have to use a plugin! Copy Snippet

add_action( 'admin_init', 'menu_order_for_posts' );

function menu_order_for_posts()
{
add_post_type_support( 'post', 'page-attributes' );
}

//ex
$args = array(
 'post_parent' => 12,
 'post_type'   => 'page', 
 'numberposts' => -1,
 'post_status' => 'publish',
 'orderby' => 'menu_order', 
 'order' => 'ASC', 
);

add_action( 'admin_init', 'menu_order_for_posts' ); function menu_order_for_posts() { add_post_type_support( 'post', 'page-attributes' ); } //ex $args = array( 'post_parent' => 12, 'post_type' => 'page', 'numberposts' => -1, 'post_status' => 'publish', 'orderby' => 'menu_order', 'order' => 'ASC', );