diff --git a/lang/en.yml b/lang/en.yml
index b8575376..ea3ab5e6 100644
--- a/lang/en.yml
+++ b/lang/en.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ en:
     INVALID_TYPECLASS_EMPTY: '"{class}": Allowed types cannot be empty'
   SilverStripe\LinkField\Models\EmailLink:
     EMAIL_FIELD: 'Email address'
+    LINKLABEL: 'Link to email address'
     PLURALNAME: 'Email Links'
     PLURALS:
       one: 'An Email Link'
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ en:
     db_Email: Email
   SilverStripe\LinkField\Models\ExternalLink:
     EXTERNAL_URL_FIELD: 'External url'
+    LINKLABEL: 'Link to external URL'
     PLURALNAME: 'External Links'
     PLURALS:
       one: 'An External Link'
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ en:
     CANNOT_VIEW_FILE: 'Cannot view file'
     FILE_DOES_NOT_EXIST: 'File does not exist'
     FILE_FIELD: File
+    LINKLABEL: 'Link to a file'
     MISSING_DEFAULT_TITLE: 'File missing'
     PLURALNAME: 'File Links'
     PLURALS:
@@ -59,6 +62,7 @@ en:
     db_Version: Version
     has_one_Owner: Owner
   SilverStripe\LinkField\Models\PhoneLink:
+    LINKLABEL: 'Phone number'
     PHONE_FIELD: Phone
     PLURALNAME: 'Phone Links'
     PLURALS:
@@ -70,6 +74,7 @@ en:
     ANCHOR_DESCRIPTION: 'Do not prepend "#". Anchor suggestions will be displayed once the linked page is attached.'
     ANCHOR_FIELD_TITLE: Anchor
     CANNOT_VIEW_PAGE: 'Cannot view page'
+    LINKLABEL: 'Page on this site'
     MISSING_DEFAULT_TITLE: 'Page missing'
     PAGE_DOES_NOT_EXIST: 'Page does not exist'
     PAGE_FIELD_TITLE: Page
diff --git a/src/Form/Traits/AllowedLinkClassesTrait.php b/src/Form/Traits/AllowedLinkClassesTrait.php
index f5911db8..417576ad 100644
--- a/src/Form/Traits/AllowedLinkClassesTrait.php
+++ b/src/Form/Traits/AllowedLinkClassesTrait.php
@@ -93,10 +93,14 @@ public function getTypesProps(): string
             }
             $typesList[$key] = [
                 'key' => $key,
-                'title' => $type->i18n_singular_name(),
+                'title' => $type->getMenuTitle(),
                 'handlerName' => $type->LinkTypeHandlerName(),
+                'priority' => $class::config()->get('menu_priority'),
             ];
         }
+        uasort($typesList, function ($a, $b) {
+            return $a['priority'] - $b['priority'];
+        });
 
         return json_encode($typesList);
     }
@@ -121,7 +125,6 @@ private function genarateAllowedTypes(): array
                 $result[$type] = $class;
             }
         }
-
         return $result;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Models/EmailLink.php b/src/Models/EmailLink.php
index ba42a9c9..f02c7da3 100644
--- a/src/Models/EmailLink.php
+++ b/src/Models/EmailLink.php
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ class EmailLink extends Link
         'Email' => 'Varchar(255)',
     ];
 
+    /**
+     * Set the priority of this link type in the CMS menu
+     */
+    private static int $menu_priority = 30;
+
     public function getCMSFields(): FieldList
     {
         $this->beforeUpdateCMSFields(function (FieldList $fields) {
@@ -38,4 +43,13 @@ public function getURL(): string
     {
         return $this->Email ? sprintf('mailto:%s', $this->Email) : '';
     }
+
+    /**
+     * The title that will be displayed in the dropdown
+     * for selecting the link type to create.
+     */
+    public function getMenuTitle(): string
+    {
+        return _t(__CLASS__ . '.LINKLABEL', 'Link to email address');
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Models/ExternalLink.php b/src/Models/ExternalLink.php
index 5a342088..9325aea7 100644
--- a/src/Models/ExternalLink.php
+++ b/src/Models/ExternalLink.php
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ class ExternalLink extends Link
         'ExternalUrl' => 'Varchar',
     ];
 
+    /**
+     * Set the priority of this link type in the CMS menu
+     */
+    private static int $menu_priority = 20;
+
     public function getCMSFields(): FieldList
     {
         $this->beforeUpdateCMSFields(function (FieldList $fields) {
@@ -35,4 +40,13 @@ public function getURL(): string
     {
         return $this->ExternalUrl ?: '';
     }
+
+    /**
+     * The title that will be displayed in the dropdown
+     * for selecting the link type to create.
+     */
+    public function getMenuTitle(): string
+    {
+        return _t(__CLASS__ . '.LINKLABEL', 'Link to external URL');
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Models/FileLink.php b/src/Models/FileLink.php
index 3429e48f..fcb6caab 100644
--- a/src/Models/FileLink.php
+++ b/src/Models/FileLink.php
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ class FileLink extends Link
         'File' => File::class,
     ];
 
+    /**
+     * Set the priority of this link type in the CMS menu
+     */
+    private static int $menu_priority = 10;
+
     public function getCMSFields(): FieldList
     {
         $this->beforeUpdateCMSFields(function (FieldList $fields) {
@@ -55,4 +60,13 @@ public function getDefaultTitle(): string
 
         return (string) $this->getDescription();
     }
+
+    /**
+     * The title that will be displayed in the dropdown
+     * for selecting the link type to create.
+     */
+    public function getMenuTitle(): string
+    {
+        return _t(__CLASS__ . '.LINKLABEL', 'Link to a file');
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Models/Link.php b/src/Models/Link.php
index ffebf426..19ac185e 100644
--- a/src/Models/Link.php
+++ b/src/Models/Link.php
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ class Link extends DataObject
      */
     private ?string $linkType = null;
 
+    /**
+     * Set the priority of this link type in the CMS menu
+     */
+    private static int $menu_priority = 100;
+
     public function getDescription(): string
     {
         return '';
@@ -454,4 +459,15 @@ public function getShortCode(): string
     {
         return strtolower(rtrim(ClassInfo::shortName($this), 'Link')) ?? '';
     }
+
+    /**
+     * The title that will be displayed in the dropdown
+     * for selecting the link type to create.
+     * Subclasses should override this.
+     * It will use the singular_name by default.
+     */
+    public function getMenuTitle(): string
+    {
+        return $this->i18n_singular_name();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Models/PhoneLink.php b/src/Models/PhoneLink.php
index a019ce5b..0cbcd4f2 100644
--- a/src/Models/PhoneLink.php
+++ b/src/Models/PhoneLink.php
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ class PhoneLink extends Link
         'Phone' => 'Varchar(255)',
     ];
 
+    /**
+     * Set the priority of this link type in the CMS menu
+     */
+    private static int $menu_priority = 40;
+
     public function getCMSFields(): FieldList
     {
         $this->beforeUpdateCMSFields(function (FieldList $fields) {
@@ -33,4 +38,13 @@ public function getURL(): string
     {
         return $this->Phone ? sprintf('tel:%s', $this->Phone) : '';
     }
+
+    /**
+     * The title that will be displayed in the dropdown
+     * for selecting the link type to create.
+     */
+    public function getMenuTitle(): string
+    {
+        return _t(__CLASS__ . '.LINKLABEL', 'Phone number');
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/Models/SiteTreeLink.php b/src/Models/SiteTreeLink.php
index 601ce168..2e128851 100644
--- a/src/Models/SiteTreeLink.php
+++ b/src/Models/SiteTreeLink.php
@@ -30,6 +30,11 @@ class SiteTreeLink extends Link
         'Page' => SiteTree::class,
     ];
 
+    /**
+     * Set the priority of this link type in the CMS menu
+     */
+    private static int $menu_priority = 0;
+
     public function getDescription(): string
     {
         $page = $this->Page();
@@ -131,4 +136,13 @@ public function getDefaultTitle(): string
         }
         return $page->Title;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * The title that will be displayed in the dropdown
+     * for selecting the link type to create.
+     */
+    public function getMenuTitle(): string
+    {
+        return _t(__CLASS__ . '.LINKLABEL', 'Page on this site');
+    }
 }
diff --git a/tests/php/Traits/AllowedLinkClassesTraitTest.php b/tests/php/Traits/AllowedLinkClassesTraitTest.php
index abffd775..ed8b731d 100644
--- a/tests/php/Traits/AllowedLinkClassesTraitTest.php
+++ b/tests/php/Traits/AllowedLinkClassesTraitTest.php
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 use ArrayIterator;
 use InvalidArgumentException;
 use ReflectionMethod;
+use SilverStripe\Core\Injector\Injector;
 use SilverStripe\Dev\SapphireTest;
 use SilverStripe\LinkField\Form\Traits\AllowedLinkClassesTrait;
 use SilverStripe\LinkField\Form\LinkField;
@@ -105,6 +106,78 @@ public function provideTypesExceptionDataProvider() : array
         ];
     }
 
+    public function sortedTypesDataProvider() : array
+    {
+        return [
+            'sort all allowed Link classes' => [
+                'enabled' => [
+                    SiteTreeLink::class,
+                    ExternalLink::class,
+                    FileLink::class,
+                    EmailLink::class,
+                    PhoneLink::class,
+                    TestPhoneLink::class,
+                ],
+                'expected' => [
+                    'sitetree',
+                    'file',
+                    'external',
+                    'email',
+                    'phone',
+                    'testphone',
+                ],
+                'reorder' => false,
+            ],
+            'sort all allowed Link classes and move TestPhoneLink up ' => [
+                'enabled' => [
+                    SiteTreeLink::class,
+                    ExternalLink::class,
+                    FileLink::class,
+                    EmailLink::class,
+                    PhoneLink::class,
+                    TestPhoneLink::class,
+                ],
+                'expected' => [
+                    'sitetree',
+                    'testphone',
+                    'file',
+                    'external',
+                    'email',
+                    'phone',
+                ],
+                'reorder' => true,
+            ],
+            'sort only particular allowed Link class and move TestPhoneLink up' => [
+                'enabled' => [
+                    SiteTreeLink::class,
+                    TestPhoneLink::class,
+                    EmailLink::class,
+                ],
+                'expected' => [
+                    'sitetree',
+                    'testphone',
+                    'email',
+                ],
+                'reorder' => true,
+            ],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider sortedTypesDataProvider
+     */
+    public function testGetTypesProps(array $enabled, array $expected, bool $reorder): void
+    {
+        if ($reorder) {
+            Injector::inst()->get(TestPhoneLink::class)->config()->set('menu_priority', 5);
+        }
+        
+        $linkField = LinkField::create('LinkField');
+        $linkField->setAllowedTypes($enabled);
+        $json = json_decode($linkField->getTypesProps(), true);
+        $this->assertEquals(array_keys($json), $expected);
+    }
+
     public function testGetTypesPropsCanCreate(): void
     {
         $linkField = LinkField::create('LinkField');