diff --git a/src/scripts/error.js b/src/scripts/error.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3133d2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripts/error.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export class DockerRegistryUIError extends Error {
+  constructor(msg) {
+    super(msg);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/scripts/utils.js b/src/scripts/utils.js
index 778226d..f6e39cc 100644
--- a/src/scripts/utils.js
+++ b/src/scripts/utils.js
@@ -244,3 +244,21 @@ export const taglistOrderVariants = (taglistOrder) => {
       throw new DockerRegistryUIError(`The order \`${taglistOrder}\` is not recognized.`);
   }
 };
+
+export function talgistOrderParser(taglistOrder) {
+  const orders = taglistOrderVariants(taglistOrder)
+    .split(';')
+    .filter((e) => e)
+    .map((e) => e.split('-').filter((e) => e))
+    .reduce((acc, e, idx) => {
+      if (e.length > 1) {
+        acc[e[0] + 'Asc'] = e[1] === 'asc';
+      }
+      if (idx === 0) {
+        acc.numFirst = e[0] === 'num';
+      }
+      return acc;
+    }, {});
+
+  return orders;
+}
diff --git a/test/utils.test.js b/test/utils.test.js
index c87c8d3..09239a7 100644
--- a/test/utils.test.js
+++ b/test/utils.test.js
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { taglistOrderVariants } from '../src/scripts/utils.js';
+import { taglistOrderVariants, talgistOrderParser } from '../src/scripts/utils.js';
 import { DockerRegistryUIError } from '../src/scripts/error.js';
 import assert from 'assert';
 
@@ -35,4 +35,36 @@ describe('utils tests', () => {
       );
     });
   });
+
+  describe('talgistOrderParser', () => {
+    it('should have default configuration when empty or undefined', () => {
+      const expected = { numAsc: true, alphaAsc: true, numFirst: true };
+      assert.deepEqual(talgistOrderParser(), expected);
+      assert.deepEqual(talgistOrderParser(''), expected);
+    });
+
+    it('should parse correctly `num-asc;alpha-asc` and variants', () => {
+      const expected = { numAsc: true, alphaAsc: true, numFirst: true };
+      ['asc', 'num-asc;alpha-asc', 'num-asc'].forEach((e) =>
+        assert.deepEqual(talgistOrderParser(e), expected, `wrong result for ${e}`)
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should parse correctly `alpha-desc;num-desc` and variants', () => {
+      const expected = { numAsc: false, alphaAsc: false, numFirst: false };
+      ['desc', 'alpha-desc;num-desc'].forEach((e) =>
+        assert.deepEqual(talgistOrderParser(e), expected, `wrong result for ${e}`)
+      );
+    });
+
+    it('should parse correctly `alpha-asc;num-desc` and variants', () => {
+      const expected = { numAsc: false, alphaAsc: true, numFirst: false };
+      assert.deepEqual(talgistOrderParser('alpha-asc;num-desc'), expected)
+    });
+
+    it('should parse correctly `num-desc;alpha-desc` and variants', () => {
+      const expected = { numAsc: false, alphaAsc: false, numFirst: true };
+      assert.deepEqual(talgistOrderParser('num-desc;alpha-desc'), expected)
+    });
+  });
 });