Custom Post Order
by ctltwp · Uncategorized
Also makes 14 other plugins · 5.7K+ installs across the portfolio →
descending , posts, categories, wordpress mu, wpmu Requires at least: 2.6 Tested up to: 2.7 Stable tag: trunk The plugin enables any user to modify t …
45 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
51/100Maintenance 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 17+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- No tested-up-to version. The listing declares no "Tested up to" version.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 6293 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
110
now · peak 179
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
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
17.4y ago
latest release · v1.0.2
2
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-09-19 · 1,422 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ JTGD10.4y ago
There are numerous plugins out there that offer the ability to sort posts, but most use a drag and drop system which I don’t like as it requires some periodic intervention on my part. This plugin is exactly what I was hoping to find as it allows me to permanently set the order of specific categories while leaving others untouched in their default order with a simple series of checkboxes. My blog posts remain unaffected with newest posts on top, while the events that I publish show the oldest on top (nearest in the future). Perfect! So far it seems to work great, although seeing that it hasn’t been updated in 7 years was a bit alarming. Any plans to keep this plugin alive?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Minaya11.6y ago
Great Plugin very useful, thanks for your work
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-02-23 500+ → 400+ down after 238 days in tier
- 2025-06-30 600+ → 500+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2025-06-28 500+ → 600+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2025-06-24 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-06-23 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-06-22 600+ → 500+ down after 248 days in tier
- 2024-10-17 700+ → 600+ down after 205 days in tier
- 2024-03-26 800+ → 700+ down after 2 days in tier
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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Custom Post Type Maker 6K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags D - C Custom Shortcodes 5K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
- N NS Featured Posts 4K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B
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Anything Order by Terms 900+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B - C Custom Post Type Parents 900+ installs · 3.9★ · 2 shared tags B
- P PostLinks 900+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
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