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Default Sort Ascend

by rdsteed · Uncategorized

This plugin changes the default order of queries generating posts from descending to ascending.

⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
85 Health · A
Maintenance 98
Rating quality 82
Support 70

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-52%
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing

Directory rank

Popularity rank over time · lower is better

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “500+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
500–600 ≈590

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install trend · reconstructed from 1377 daily snapshots

Details

Version
0.9
Last updated
3mo ago
Added
2007-09-25
Requires WP
2.0
Tested up to
6.9.4
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2025-01-05 600+ → 500+ down after 301 days in band
  2. 2024-03-10 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in band
  3. 2024-03-09 600+ → 700+ up after 13 days in band
  4. 2024-02-25 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in band
  5. 2024-02-24 600+ → 700+ up after 2 days in band
  6. 2024-02-22 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in band
  7. 2024-02-21 600+ → 700+ up after 18 days in band
  8. 2024-02-03 700+ → 600+ down after 2 days in band

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Default Sort Ascend: 500+ active installs, 4.9★ (7 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-14. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/default-sort-ascend