10 Best Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order has 500,000+ 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 Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order
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Custom Taxonomy Order
Closest match4.8 (96) 50,000+ active installsAllows for the ordering of categories and custom taxonomy terms through a simple drag-and-drop interface
Shares the category order, taxonomy order tags on WordPress.org. 50,000+ installs against 500,000+, rated 4.8 against 4.5, last updated January 10, 2026.
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WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – The Most Popular SMTP and Email Log Plugin
4.8 (5,188) 4 million+ active installsMake email delivery easy for WordPress. Connect with SMTP, Gmail, Outlook, SendGrid, Mailgun, SES, Zoho, + more. Rated #1 WordPress SMTP Email plugin.
About 8 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.5, last updated June 25, 2026.
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Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More
4.9 (4,930) 1 million+ active installsThe best WordPress backup and migration plugin. Quickly and easily backup ,migrate, copy, move, or clone your site from one location to another.
About 2 times the installs, rated 4.9 against 4.5, last updated 11 days ago.
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UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin
4.8 (8,637) 3 million+ active installsBackup, restore or migrate your WordPress website to another host or domain. Schedule backups or run manually. Migrate in minutes.
About 6 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.5, last updated 17 days ago.
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Code Snippets
Paid version available4.7 (509) 1 million+ active installsAn easy, clean, and simple way to enhance your site with code snippets.
About 2 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.5, last updated 5 days ago.
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All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall
4.7 (1,715) 1 million+ active installsProtect your website investment with All-In-One Security (AIOS) – a comprehensive and easy to use security plugin designed especially for WordPress.
About 2 times the installs, rated 4.7 against 4.5, last updated 25 days ago.
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All-in-One WP Migration
Paid version availableAll-in-One WP Migration and Backup
4.5 (7,665) 5 million+ active installsTrusted by 60M+ sites: The gold standard for WordPress migration and backup. Migrate, backup, and restore your WordPress site with one click.
About 10 times the installs, last updated 18 days ago.
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4.8 (2,112) 2 million+ active installsChange wp-login.php to anything you want.
About 4 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.5, last updated 25 days ago.
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Limit Login Attempts Security – Login Security, 2FA, Firewall, Brute Force Prevention
4.8 (1,481) 1 million+ active installsWordPress login security with brute force protection, Two-factor authentication (2FA/MFA), firewall, IP/country blocking, and login monitoring
About 2 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.5, last updated 6 days ago.
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Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings
4.8 (7,498) 4 million+ active installsGrow your organic traffic and AI visibility with powerful SEO tools, XML sitemaps, Schema automation, and built-in AI SEO, all in one place.
About 8 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.5, last updated 7 days ago.
Switching from Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order: common questions
What is the best alternative to Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order?
Custom Taxonomy Order is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 50,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order alternative has the most users?
All-in-One WP Migration, with 5 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order alternative is rated highest?
Duplicator, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 4,930 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Category Order and Taxonomy Terms 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 Category Order and Taxonomy Terms 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 Category Order and Taxonomy Terms 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
Custom Taxonomy Order is the closest match to Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order by the data we track, and All-in-One WP Migration has the widest reach with 5 million+ active installs. Code Snippets shipped the most recent release, on September 2, 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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