Posts Order
by Piotr Po · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Order posts separately for each terms and taxonomies
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Health
D 49/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
900+
≈990 estimated
Momentum
+27%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “category post order”, “custom post order” and “post order” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
49 health vs 58 average across 25,753 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.6%
of downloads still active
At least 900 of 34.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,772 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 6.1.16.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1375 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.1.16; the current branch is 6.8
4.6★ over 17 reviews, smoothed to 4.23★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1375 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| category post order your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| custom post order your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| post order your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| posts order your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| taxonomy post order your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “category post order”, “custom post order” and “post order” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 737 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
3.8y ago
latest release · v1.5.0 · 26 Jan 2023
13
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 62% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “900+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 30 days ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 1K.
Install history since 23 Mar 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ hudsoncss2.9y ago
It orders -posts by category- perfectly. There are many options available for sort data. Simple and precise.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ May5.3y ago
I want this feature to be added to WP.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ SMukta9.9y ago
Easy to use and works great! Thank you so much!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Arvind Kumar10.3y ago
I tried few other order plugin but waste of time.. This works like a charm!! Just need to update the VIDEO 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ fastway10.7y ago
Created the order now everything went wrong. Disabling this plugin didn’t restored any previous sort.. is just useless.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sleeplessinDC10.7y ago
I was updating some links in old posts and then discovered that they were all reposted at the top of the post feed by the date updated. I tried to change the Published date but it was already set to the original date, which was three years ago, but now appeared as if posted today when it was updated. I found this plugin and set the Post Order to be by the Published Date and everything fell back into place in the order published. Thank you for this plugin!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gordonlangley10.8y ago
This plugin allows you to change the priority of posts depending on which category you are viewing. An absolute must for clients that like to put posts in multiple categories. It works with custom post types and custom taxonomy too. Support is second to none!! Brilliant.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kankichi2011.0y ago
So good plugin is not known why in Japan!! I tell everybody with blog!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.1.1
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
0 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 159 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 5 tags appear in the text ("category post order", "custom post order", "post order", "posts order", "taxonomy post order" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-02 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-10-01 900+ → 1K+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-09-27 1K+ → 900+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2026-09-23 900+ → 1K+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2026-09-19 1K+ → 900+ down after 1446 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 2K+ → 1K+ down after 789 days in tier
- 2020-08-06 1K+ → 2K+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Sortable Posts 90+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags D - I Integration of Simple Custom Post Order and WP Rocket 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags
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Post Types Order 600K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Intuitive Custom Post Order 400K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags B -
Simple Custom Post Order 300K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
GR Order Category Post 200+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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