Post Order By Category
by Atanas Yonkov · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 1.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Reverse the post order for a specific category to be date ascending. This is a lightweight plugin that adds the option to reorder the posts from a spe …
87 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins
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
Biggest win: Rating quality
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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
165
now · peak 201
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
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
2mo ago
latest release · v1.05
5
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 98% 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 “900+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2021-04-23 · 1,421 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
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.8
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-07 1K+ → 900+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-06-05 900+ → 1K+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-06-02 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-01 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-31 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-30 900+ → 1K+ up after 34 days in tier
- 2026-04-26 1K+ → 900+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-04-24 900+ → 1K+ up after 5 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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Chronological Posts 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 3 shared tags A -
Selected Categories Post Ordering — installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
Post Types Order 600K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Intuitive Custom Post Order 400K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag B -
Simple Custom Post Order 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
WP Sort Order 6K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag C
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<iframe src="https://plugins.wpmayor.com/embed/post-order-by-category" width="480" height="300" style="border:0" loading="lazy" title="Post Order By Category — Plugin Pulse"></iframe> Post Order By Category: 900+ active installs, 5.0★ (7 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/post-order-by-category