Term Menu Order
by Yoast · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 6 other plugins · 13.2M+ installs across the portfolio →
Creates a 'menu_order' column to specify term order, allowing theme and plugin developers to sort term by menu order.
46 health vs 54 average across 3,790 Admin & Utilities 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 14+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2, 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 5170 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 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
66
now · peak 3.1K
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
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
14.2y ago
latest release · v0.4
7
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 95% 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 “300+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-03-22 · 1,395 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
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ tjcafferkey11.9y ago
Brilliant, simple plugin. No unwanted code or functionality. Did exactly what I wanted.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ iLucato12.7y ago
I was looking for this plug-in to try to solve a problem with a multi-language site to get to sort the menu in one order in one language and in other order for other language. This plug-in didn’t solved it due the order field doesn’t accept the quick-tag or tags from translators plug-ins such as xLanguage, qTranslator. So, here is a suggestion: The order input field would accept the quick-tag or regular-tags from qTranslator for example, so I would set in de field: Quick tag: [:en]3[pt:8] Regural-tag: <!–:en–>3<!–:–><!–:pt–>8<!–:–> So, when using the site in English the menu item would be in order 3, or in Portuguese in the order 8. Well, just a suggestion. Have a great week.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jonathan Wold13.3y ago
A simple, easy-to-implement plugin that does exactly what it says and stays out the way. Great work guys.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-26 400+ → 300+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-05-23 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-22 400+ → 300+ down after 313 days in tier
- 2025-07-13 500+ → 400+ down after 259 days in tier
- 2024-10-27 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-10-26 500+ → 600+ up after 5 days in tier
- 2024-10-21 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-10-20 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
Competes with
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