10 Best Simple Custom Post Order Alternatives in 2026
Updated October 23, 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
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Royal Addons for Elementor
Closest matchRoyal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor
4.8 (612) 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 7 days ago.
- 2
Pods – 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 August 31, 2026.
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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.
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Custom Sidebars – Dynamic Sidebar Classic Widget Area Manager
4.7 (1,028) 100,000+ active installsFlexible sidebars for custom classic widget configurations on any page or post. Create custom sidebars with ease!
About a third of the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.8, last updated August 16, 2026.
- 5
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)
4.5 (1,440) 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 September 10, 2026.
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WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers + Custom Code Snippets – WordPress Code Manager
4.9 (1,910) 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 14 days ago.
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ECS – Ele Custom Skin for Elementor
4.6 (117) 100,000+ active installsSeven free modules for Elementor: dark mode, container layouts, mobile menu, editorial text, style presets, JSON editor — all modular, all free.
About a third of the installs, rated 4.6 against 4.8, last updated 6 days ago.
- 8
Forminator Forms
Paid version availableForminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder
4.8 (2,139) 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 8 days ago.
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Skyboot Custom Icons for Elementor – Elementor Icons library – 14300+ Icons
5.0 (22) 200,000+ active installsSkyboot Custom Icons for Elementor expands your Elementor icons library with custom icons, perfect for website owners who use the Elementor plugin.
About half the installs, last updated August 11, 2026.
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Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE)
5.0 (424) 200,000+ active installsDuplicate post, post order, image resize, email via SMTP, admin menu editor, custom css / code, disable gutenberg and much more in a single plugin.
About half the installs, rated 5.0 against 4.8, last updated 4 days ago.
Switching from Simple Custom Post Order: common questions
What is the best alternative to Simple Custom Post Order?
Royal Addons for Elementor is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 600,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which Simple Custom Post Order alternative has the most users?
Insert Headers and Footers, with 3 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Simple Custom Post Order alternative is rated highest?
Admin and Site Enhancements, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 424 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
Royal Addons for Elementor is the closest match to Simple Custom Post Order by the data we track, and Insert Headers and Footers has the widest reach with 3 million+ active installs. Admin and Site Enhancements shipped the most recent release, on October 18, 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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