Ordered factors use orthogonal polynomials (contr.poly) by default with k number of levels -1 (k-1) of trend comparisons. If you use these functions to set the contrasts to something else, the ordered class (hence ordering to the levels) will remain but the contrasts will be set to something else.
.msg_if_ordered_reset(model_data, vars_in_model)
Nothing, messages the user.
Data frame to be used with the model
Variables to check against