5 Best WP Sort Order Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
WP Sort Order has 6,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 5 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 5 closest alternatives to WP Sort 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 taxonomy order tag on WordPress.org. About 8.3 times the installs, last updated January 10, 2026.
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4.5 (162) 500,000+ active installsDrag-and-drop ordering for Categories & any taxonomy (hierarchically) using a Drag and Drop Sortable JavaScript capability.
Shares the taxonomy order tag on WordPress.org. About 83 times the installs, last updated 21 days ago.
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4.5 (296) 600,000+ active installsSort posts and custom post type objects using a drag-and-drop, sortable JavaScript AJAX interface, or through the default WordPress dashboard
Shares the post order tag on WordPress.org. About 100 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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4.4 (140) 400,000+ active installsIntuitively reorder Posts, Pages, Custom Post Types, Taxonomies, and Sites with a simple drag-and-drop interface.
Shares the post order tag on WordPress.org. About 67 times the installs, last updated September 16, 2025.
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4.8 (572) 300,000+ active installsEasily reorder posts, pages, custom post types, and taxonomies with intuitive drag-and-drop sorting in the WordPress admin.
Shares the post order tag on WordPress.org. About 50 times the installs, last updated 12 days ago.
Switching from WP Sort Order: common questions
What is the best alternative to WP Sort 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 WP Sort Order alternative has the most users?
Post Types Order, with 600,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which WP Sort Order alternative is rated highest?
Simple Custom Post Order, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 572 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these WP Sort 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 WP Sort 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 WP Sort 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 WP Sort Order by the data we track, and Post Types Order has the widest reach with 600,000+ active installs. Post Types Order shipped the most recent release, on September 1, 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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