Sortable Posts
by Carlos Rios · Uncategorized
Sortable Posts is a small plugin for WordPress that adds sortability to post types and taxonomies from the admin panel.
47 health vs 59 average across 7,385 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34, 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 3769 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 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
34
now · peak 74
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
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 “90+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,377 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-07-17 100+ → 90+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-07-15 90+ → 100+ up after 3 days in band
- 2026-07-12 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-07-11 90+ → 100+ up after 62 days in band
- 2026-05-10 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in band
- 2026-05-09 90+ → 100+ up after 6 days in band
- 2026-05-03 100+ → 90+ down after 1278 days in band
- 2022-11-02 200+ → 100+ down
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- I Integration of Simple Custom Post Order and WP Rocket 20+ installs · 3.6★ · 5 shared tags D
- P Posts Order 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 3 shared tags D
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Post Types Order 600K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Intuitive Custom Post Order 400K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
Simple Custom Post Order 300K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A - M My Post Order 400+ installs · 3.5★ · 2 shared tags D
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