Custom Post Order
by ctltwp · Uncategorized
Also makes 20 other plugins · 4.7K+ 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 …
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
400+
≈450 estimated
Momentum
—
no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: “custom”, “display” and “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.
45 health vs 58 average across 25,739 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →0.8%
of downloads still active
At least 400 of 50.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 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
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.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 6358 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
No "Tested up to" declared, treated as a major version behind
5.0★ over 2 reviews, smoothed to 4.13★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 6358 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| custom your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| display your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| order your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| orderby your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| post 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
- “custom”, “display” and “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 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 179 · 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
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
17.4y ago
latest release · v1.1 · 5 Jun 2009
3
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.
Crossed into this band 8 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 19 Sep 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ JTGD10.6y 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 ↗ - ★★★★★ Minaya11.8y 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
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "descending , posts, categories, wordpress mu, wpmu Requires at least: 2.6 Tested up to: 2.7 Stable tag: tru..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! 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 735 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "orderby" does not.
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 A
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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 600+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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