Custom Taxonomy Sort
by Zack Tollman · Uncategorized
Also makes 5 other plugins · 790+ installs across the portfolio →
Custom Taxonomy Sort allows you to explicitly control the sort order of all taxonomy terms.
45 health vs 56 average across 16,378 Uncategorized plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2, well behind 6.8.
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 5374 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 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
65
now · peak 98
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
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
14.7y ago
latest release · v1.1.5
8
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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-08-14 · 1,384 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 ↗- ★★★★★ Ryan Hellyer10.3y ago
Nice idea, but the plugin is quite severely broken and triggers nasty errors. The problems do go away if you remove the function name clashes which are in the simple-term-meta.php file. I’m guessing the errors have been occurring since WordPress 4.4 was released. So based on how long ago that was created, I’m assuming this plugin will never be updated :/
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ always3010.6y ago
I used to like this plugin, but it is not compatible with WordPress 4.4.2. I have to remove it and find the other plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jojones5510.7y ago
Custom Taxonomy Sort broke my website- completely took it offline. I can only assume it is not compatible anymore with WordPress and the developer seems to be long gone- his domain has expired and the plugin hasn’t been updated in years.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gautamarya11.1y ago
Wish i had Installed from the beginning, I would have saved my 3.30 Hours. Great. Thanks, Gautam.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Devin Price11.3y ago
Great plugin. Simple to set up and work with. Well coded too.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nilamsqt11.4y ago
Its really nice plugin for order category
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ danielsneijers12.8y ago
Does exactly what it says, no hassle
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ralphonz12.8y ago
This still works like a charm on wordpress 3.7.1! Tried three other and much newer plugins to sort my custom taxonomies and none of them worked, but this one seems solid. The only thing it needs is for the admin column “Order” to be sortable (i.e. the taxonomies are sorted by the order you enter on the admin screen too).
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
- 2026-07-09 400+ → 300+ down after 254 days in tier
- 2025-10-28 500+ → 400+ down after 337 days in tier
- 2024-11-25 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-11-24 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-11-23 600+ → 500+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2024-11-20 500+ → 600+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2024-11-14 600+ → 500+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2024-11-12 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
Competes with
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Taxonomy Images 9K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D - R Remove Taxonomy Base Slug 4K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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