Beyond widget side menu editing, with the php page, custom template.

I know I’m close with the ‘orderby’, but I can’t seem to figure this out!

<?php
global $post;

$children = get_children( array(
  'post_parent' => $post->ID,
  'post_type' => 'page',
  'numberposts' => -1
));

// if current page has children set parent to current page
if ( count($children) > 0 ) {

  $id = $post->ID;

// if current page doesn't have children use parent of current page
} else {

  $parents = get_post_ancestors( $post->ID );

  if ( count($parents) > 0 ) {
    $id = $parents[0];
  }
}

if ( isset($id) ):

  $the_query = new WP_Query(array(
    'post_type' => 'page',
    'posts_per_page' => -1,
    'post_parent' => $id,
    'order' => 'ASC',
    'orderby' => 'menu_order'
  ));

  if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : ?>

    <h3><a href="<?php echo get_the_permalink( $id ); ?>"><?php echo get_the_title( $id ); ?></a></h3>

    <ul class="nav nav-pills nav-stacked">

    <?php while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) :  $the_query->the_post(); ?>

      <li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>

    <?php endwhile; ?>

    </ul>

  <?php endif;

endif; ?>

That’s the menu php page.