Reorder Posts vs Simple Page Ordering

Head-to-head on the signals that matter, from the public WordPress.org data.

Reorder Posts

by Ronald Huereca

Health B81

Simple Page Ordering

by 10up

Health A89

Active-install trajectory

Reorder Posts Simple Page Ordering

Active installs, each indexed to 100 at the start of the window. A line above 100 is growing its install base, below 100 is shrinking.

Metric	Reorder Posts	Simple Page Ordering
Active installs Modeled from the public "N+" band and recent downloads.	10K–20K	100K–200K ✓
Install trend Change in active installs across the charted window.	0%	0%
Overall health	B · 81	A · 89 ✓
Maintenance How recently the plugin was updated.	96/100	98/100 ✓
Rating quality Volume-adjusted review quality.	71/100	93/100 ✓
Support Share of forum threads marked resolved.	70/100	70/100
Rating (adjusted)	3.87★	4.66★ ✓
Reviews	28	131 ✓
Ranking optimization How well the listing is tuned to rank on wp.org.	96/100	98/100 ✓
Removal risk Maintenance signals that precede a wp.org closure. Not an official status.	Low	Low
Last updated	4mo ago	4mo ago ✓
Downloads · 30d	2.2K	24.2K ✓
Category	Admin & Utilities	Admin & Utilities

✓ marks the stronger plugin on each row. Rows where they're level show no marker.

Release activity

Reorder Posts Simple Page Ordering

7-day average daily downloads. Downloads spike for about a week after each release as the install base re-downloads, so read this as release cadence, not growth.