10 Best Simple Custom Post Order Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Simple Custom Post Order has 300,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Simple Custom Post Order
- 1
Pods
Closest matchPods – Custom Content Types and Fields
4.8 (418) 100,000+ active installsPods is a framework for creating, managing, and deploying customized content types and fields for any project.
About a third of the installs, last updated 7 days ago.
- 2
Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk
4.8 (3,211) 200,000+ active installsTop-rated antispam for contact forms, comments, WooCommerce, eCommerce, and login. No CAPTCHAs, no friction, just background anti spam protection.
About half the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
- 3
Forminator Forms
Paid version availableForminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder
4.8 (2,121) 600,000+ active installsBest WordPress form builder plugin. Create contact forms, payment forms & order forms with 1000+ integrations.
About 2 times the installs, last updated 11 days ago.
- 4
Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor
4.8 (611) 600,000+ active installsElementor templates, Header footer builder, Elementor Post Grid, Woocommerce Grid builder, Slider, Forms, Gallery, Nav menu addons, Elementor widgets.
About 2 times the installs, last updated 21 days ago.
- 5
WooCommerce
Paid version available4.5 (4,821) 7 million+ active installsEverything you need to launch an online store in days and keep it growing for years. From your first sale to millions in revenue, Woo is with you.
About 23 times the installs, rated 4.5 against 4.8, last updated 4 days ago.
- 6
4.8 (2,770) 7 million+ active installsAll-in-one unbeatable acceleration & PageSpeed improvement: caching, image/CSS/JS optimization...
About 23 times the installs, last updated 5 days ago.
- 7
4.6 (276) 1 million+ active installsAdmin UI for creating custom content types like post types and taxonomies
About 3.3 times the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.8, last updated July 14, 2026.
- 8
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)
4.5 (1,438) 2 million+ active installsACF helps customize WordPress with powerful, professional and intuitive fields. Proudly powering over 2 million sites, WordPress developers love ACF.
About 6.7 times the installs, rated 4.5 against 4.8, last updated 11 days ago.
- 9
WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers + Custom Code Snippets – WordPress Code Manager
4.9 (1,877) 3 million+ active installsEasily add code snippets in WordPress. Insert header & footer scripts, add PHP code snippets with conditional logic, insert ads pixel code, and more.
About 10 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.8, last updated 11 days ago.
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Essential Addons for Elementor
Paid version availableEssential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets
4.9 (4,115) 1 million+ active installsElementor addon offering 120+ widgets and templates — Elementor Gallery, Slider, Form, Post Grid, Menu, Accordion, WooCommerce & more.
About 3.3 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.8, last updated 6 days ago.
Switching from Simple Custom Post Order: common questions
What is the best alternative to Simple Custom Post Order?
Pods is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 100,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which Simple Custom Post Order alternative has the most users?
WooCommerce, with 7 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Simple Custom Post Order alternative is rated highest?
Essential Addons for Elementor, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 4,115 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Simple Custom Post Order alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Simple Custom Post Order score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Simple Custom Post Order on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Pods is the closest match to Simple Custom Post Order by the data we track, and WooCommerce has the widest reach with 7 million+ active installs. WooCommerce shipped the most recent release, on September 3, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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