Simple Taxonomy Ordering
by Evan Herman · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 15 other plugins · 113.1K+ installs across the portfolio →
Quickly and easily reorder taxonomy terms with an easy to use and intuitive drag and drop interface.
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Health
D 51/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
10K+
≈19K estimated
Momentum
+20%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “admin”, “meta” and “order” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
51 health vs 56 average across 5,895 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.6%
of downloads still active
At least 10K of 392.1K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,187 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
45/100Maintenance 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 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 1319 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.2.15; the current branch is 6.8
4.9★ over 28 reviews, smoothed to 4.39★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 1319 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| admin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| meta your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| order your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| simple your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| term your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “admin”, “meta” and “order” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 8.2K · 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
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
3.6y ago
latest release · v2.3.4 · 22 Mar 2023
20
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 96% 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 “10K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago and the previous band took 5.3 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 20K.
Install history since 14 Dec 2016
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ 247web3.4y ago
Works even with Parent categories (takes all the children with it).
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tatof5.0y ago
Saved my day 🙂 easy to use and light weight. thnx
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Pt5.7y ago
Migrated from Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order by NSP-Code because that plugin just wasn’t recognising all of my taxonomies. In this one you can (must) explicitly tell it which taxonomies to activate for. This topic was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by Pt. Reason: fixed typo
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Artneo5.8y ago
Simple to use and easy to change categories ordering. Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mastmast6.0y ago
Works excellent for me
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ mindfrakker6.6y ago
Exactly what you would want from a plugin like this
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Rasso Hilber6.8y ago
The best drag&drop ordering of terms so far.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ banago7.2y ago
Works like a charm – use it.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 2.3.4 Fixes custom order not being displayed on edit-tags pages. 2.3.4
- — Version 2.3.3 Housekeeping 2.3.3
- — Version 2.3.2 Fixes column span bug present after updating to WordPress 5.5. 2.3.2
- — Version 2.3.0 Fixes bug with illegal string offset when disabling taxonomies under certain conditions. 2.3.0
- — Version 2.2.0 Added action yikes_sto_taxonomy_order_updated to hook into updated Taxonomy event. Thanks @d4mation! 2.2.0
- — Version 2.1.0 Singleton Pattern. This approach makes removing the filter, which sets the custom order, a lot easier. 2.1.0
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 5.9.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 6 languages, 5 at 90% or more
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
1 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! 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 0 headings and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 930 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "admin" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-29 20K+ → 10K+ down after 1941 days in tier
- 2021-03-06 10K+ → 20K+ up after 548 days in tier
- 2019-09-05 5K+ → 10K+ up after 487 days in tier
- 2018-05-06 4K+ → 5K+ up after 65 days in tier
- 2018-03-02 900+ → 4K+ up after 443 days in tier
- 2016-12-14 200+ → 900+ up after 239 days in tier
- 2016-04-19 20+ → 200+ up
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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Custom Meta Widget 7K+ installs · 4.6★ · 3 shared tags D -
Advanced Custom Fields: Extended 100K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Catch IDs 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Term Management Tools 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
WP Term Order 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Filter Orders by Product for WooCommerce 4K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
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