Custom Taxonomy Order
by Marcel Pol · Uncategorized
Also makes 17 other plugins · 81.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Allows for the ordering of categories and custom taxonomy terms through a simple drag-and-drop interface
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Health
A 90/100
no flags
Active installs
50K+
≈59K estimated
Momentum
+14%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “contributions”, “order posts” and “custom order” to your wp.org tags. You rank #6, #6 and #7 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
90 health vs 58 average across 25,753 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →6.7%
of downloads still active
At least 50K of 742.6K 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.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 34 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.8★ over 96 reviews, smoothed to 4.56★
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
1 of 2 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
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.
42
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
26%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.1
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 taxonomy order | #1 | #1 | up 1 |
| taxonomy order your tag | #1 | #1 | up 1 |
| taxonomy | #2 | #2 | up 1 |
| custom taxonomy | #2 | #2 | up 1 |
| move taxonomy term | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| classicpress | #2 | #2 | up 1 |
| order your tag | #4 | #5 | up 7 |
| term order your tag | #4 | #5 | 0 |
| category order your tag | #4 | #4 | 0 |
| custom taxonomies | #3 | #3 | up 4 |
| taxonomy image | #3 | #2 | up 1 |
| taxonomy plugin | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| duplicate taxonomy term | #2 | #1 | down 1 |
| taxonomy term | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| add taxonomy | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| terms order | #4 | #3 | up 5 |
| order by taxonomy | #3 | #4 | — |
| page taxonomy | #3 | #3 | 0 |
| post taxonomy terms order | #3 | #3 | 0 |
| custom ordering | #3 | #4 | 0 |
264 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 199 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words).
What to do about it
- Add “contributions”, “order posts” and “custom order” to your wp.org tags. You rank #6, #6 and #7 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 24.2K · 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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
10mo ago
latest release · v4.0.2 · 10 Jan 2026
18
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 80% 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 “50K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 years ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 7 Dec 2019
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 4.0.2 2024-11-27 Use transient for caching settings to have less database queries. 4.0.2
- — Version 4.0.1 2024-10-02 Add option to show slugs of terms. Add data-term-order parameter to admin list of terms. Loading plugin translations should be delayed until init action (in this case admin_init). Use DIR instead of dirname( F 4.0.1
- — Version 4.0.0 2023-11-14 Move admin menu item under Tools. On sub-subpages, have the menu-item for Tools open. Add small advertisement for a recommended plugin (free). 4.0.0
- — Version 3.4.4 2022-07-27 Use correct value for updating term_relationships table. this should fix some reported issues where the problem was unclear. On updating order, list the number of terms that were updated. 3.4.4
- — Version 3.4.3 2022-04-30 Ouch, don’t do those calculations on frontend either when there are too many terms, it is too expensive. 3.4.3
- — Version 3.4.2 2022-04-27 Do not use the previous change on admin dashboard, some WooCommerce pages are way too heavy with terms. 3.4.2
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 71 languages, 6 at 90% or more
Plus 47 more locales with partial translations.
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
5 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Allows for the ordering of categories and custom taxonomy terms through a simple drag-and-drop interface"
- ✓ Has a FAQ 13 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 12 of 13 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 2 headings and 1 list.
- ! Enough to quote 796 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 4 tags appear in the text; "category order" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2022-11-01 40K+ → 50K+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2022-10-28 50K+ → 40K+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2022-10-26 40K+ → 50K+ up after 435 days in tier
- 2021-08-17 30K+ → 40K+ up after 619 days in tier
- 2019-12-07 20K+ → 30K+ up after 181 days in tier
- 2019-06-09 10K+ → 20K+ up after 1249 days in tier
- 2016-01-07 9K+ → 10K+ up after 62 days in tier
- 2015-11-06 8K+ → 9K+ up after 48 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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Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order 500K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A - T Terms Order WP – Categories And Taxonomies Order Plugin 800+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags C
- W WP Category Sort 400+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
- T Terms Order 100+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags
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Reshuffle – Change Post Order, Product Order, Taxonomy Order 70+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags -
Simple Page Ordering 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A
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