Simple Custom Post Order

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 34% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ Anonymous

   6mo ago

   I could only wish other plugins worked this well. It delivers what it says it will… I easily reorder posts using this plugin.

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2. ★★★★★ whitedd

   9mo ago

   Plugin not working and support dont answer.

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3. ★★★★★ pastorjim

   10mo ago

   The plugin allows simple reordering of posts as advertised. But in the Premium Theme I’m using, Ashe Pro, the widget that displays latest posts seems unaffected. It still shows posts in their date order. So I won’t be using this plugin until I can figure out how to fix this -if it’s possible.

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4. ★★★★★ yudayuda

   12mo ago

   Has all the required features, and does a great job.

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5. ★★★★★ mengeco

   1.1y ago

   This plugin has it all: efficient, discreet, and highly configurable. It allows you to reorganize everything on the site, unlike other plugins that are limited to pages or articles. And this plugin is essential for any content that needs to be manually and intuitively categorized. I hope it will be updated for a long time. A huge thank you to the developer!

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6. ★★★★★ asandco

   1.2y ago

   The error was triggered because conditional query tags like is_search() don’t work before the main query is established,but the plugin was trying to use it during pre_get_posts which runs before the query flags are properly set.

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7. ★★★★★ Bodhi McGee

   1.2y ago

   Ive been using this plugin for a year or two now and its been great on a few sites ive installed it on for the sites i manage for Total WP Support. A serious issue was reported to me however by a client and it was that the custom sort order was affecting the default search in wordpress, skewing the results and making the search inaffective. I reported the issue to the plugin authors and they fixed and released a new updated version of the plugin in a very respectable turn around time. I just updated the plugin and tested and it is indeed resolved! I couldnt be happier with this plugin and support team. For a free plugin to boot. Thank you Colorlib team!!!!!! This topic was modified 1 year ago by Bodhi McGee.

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8. ★★★★★ DigitalGdn

   1.3y ago

   Very nice and the UI is perfectly minimal. Very user friendly. To order a custom WP_Query I just removed order and orderby parameters.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. 2026-07-27 Version 2.8.6 Bug fixes Fixed “Couldn’t update the order — please try again” when typing a position into the Order column. The column had no recovery for an expired security token, so leaving a post list open for a while (or running a 2.8.6
2. 2026-07-27 Version 2.8.5 Bug fixes Fixed stale and duplicated order numbers on sites running a persistent object cache (Redis, Memcached, etc.). Creating a post and tidying up the order both wrote straight to the database without telling WordPre 2.8.5
3. 2026-07-14 Version 2.8.4 Performance Fixed very slow WordPress admin on sites with many posts. The plugin’s order-normalization routine ( refresh() ) ran on every admin page — Dashboard, Plugins, Tools, Settings — even those that never display a 2.8.4
4. 2026-07-01 Version 2.8.3 Security Hardened the drag-and-drop reorder AJAX endpoints with per-object permission checks. Previously any signed-in user who could reach the reorder actions (by default anyone able to edit posts) could submit arbitrar 2.8.3
5. 2026-06-26 Version 2.8.2 Bug fixes Fixed newly created posts and items landing at the bottom of the manual order on sites upgraded from before 2.8.0 — which made the latest post appear at the bottom of admin lists instead of the top. The 2.8.0 “ 2.8.2
6. 2026-06-22 Version 2.8.1 Improvements Added a scpo_reverse_adjacent_posts filter to reverse the direction of the previous/next post navigation links for manually-ordered posts and custom post types. The 2.7.2 fix (#146) made “previous” the item 2.8.1

1 disclosed vulnerability on record for this plugin, fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 4.3 Simple Custom Post Order <= 2.5.7 - Missing Authorization ↗
   2024-10-15 CVE-2024-49321 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.5.7 Patched in 2.5.8

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 22 languages, 5 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2024-01-15 200K+ → 300K+ up after 1 days in tier
2. 2024-01-14 300K+ → 200K+ down after 5 days in tier
3. 2024-01-09 200K+ → 300K+ up after 1 days in tier
4. 2024-01-08 300K+ → 200K+ down after 33 days in tier
5. 2023-12-06 200K+ → 300K+ up after 247 days in tier
6. 2023-04-03 300K+ → 200K+ down after 13 days in tier
7. 2023-03-21 200K+ → 300K+ up after 1 days in tier
8. 2023-03-20 300K+ → 200K+ down after 26 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).

• P Posts Order 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
• C Custom Category Post Order 500+ installs · 3.4★ · 2 shared tags C
• Sortable Posts 90+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
• O Order Manager 40+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• I Integration of Simple Custom Post Order and WP Rocket 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• Post Order Master – Free Drag & Drop Hierarchy Manager 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags B

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Simple Custom Post Order: 300K+ active installs, 4.8★ (566 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-25. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/simple-custom-post-order