The Taxonomy Sort
by Risto Niinemets · Uncategorized
Also makes 3 other plugins · 1.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
Allows you to easily change the order of different taxonomies/terms/categories.
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Health
B 84/100
no flags
Active installs
60+
≈67 estimated
Momentum
-15%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “categories” and “ordering” for “sort” and “posts sort”. “categories” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “sort” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “ordering” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “posts sort” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
84 health vs 58 average across 25,756 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.0%
of downloads still active
At least 60 of 5.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,774 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 1 release in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 70 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.1★ over 14 reviews, smoothed to 4.10★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
37
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.3
Velocity
places per keyword, 26d
18%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 26d
-0.7
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| sort | #10 | #17 | 0 |
| sort by taxonomy | #6 | #15 | 0 |
| sort terms | #8 | #20 | down 1 |
| posts sort | #24 | #23 | 0 |
| categories sort | #17 | #21 | down 1 |
| sort order | #23 | #20 | down 1 |
| sort by post id | #23 | #24 | — |
| categories your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| ordering your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| sorting your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| taxonomy your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| terms your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
14 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 7 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
- Swap “categories” and “ordering” for “sort” and “posts sort”. “categories” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “sort” sits at #10 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “ordering” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “posts sort” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 148 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #19,000 to #20,000, alongside the other plugins at 60+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
Downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites.
Not enough installs to measure. This needs at least 100 active sites; below that, a handful of downloads reads as tens of thousands.
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 · v2.1 · 24 Aug 2026
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “60+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 4 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 69% of the way through.
Install history since 17 Nov 2019
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
4 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Allows you to easily change the order of different taxonomies/terms/categories."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 3 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 3 of 3 read like questions a user would type.
- ! 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 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 527 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "ordering" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-12 70+ → 60+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-07-10 60+ → 70+ up after 12 days in tier
- 2026-06-28 70+ → 60+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-27 60+ → 70+ up after 7 days in tier
- 2026-06-20 70+ → 60+ down after 191 days in tier
- 2025-12-11 80+ → 70+ down after 212 days in tier
- 2025-05-13 90+ → 80+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-05-12 80+ → 90+ up after 11 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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Bulk Add Terms 800+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D -
JSM Show Term Metadata 800+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
PublishPress Taxonomies – Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Beautiful taxonomy filters 2K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Enhanced Category Pages 2K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D -
Bulk Term Generator – Import multiple tags, categories, and taxonomies easily 1K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags C
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