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Custom Taxonomy Order
Allows for the ordering of categories and custom taxonomy terms through a simple drag-and-drop interface
- Installs
- 50,000+
- Rating
- 4.8 (96)
- Updated
- 33 days ago
Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order
Drag-and-drop ordering for Categories & any taxonomy (hierarchically) using a Drag and Drop Sortable JavaScript capability.
- Active installs
- 500,000+
- #120 of 1,000
- Downloads, all time
- 11.1M
- 11,139,614
- Downloads, 30 days
- 149.5K
- 87.9K in the last 7
- Rating
- 4.5 / 5
- 162 reviews
- Last updated
- 1 day ago
- Oct 30, 2026
- Version
- 2.1
- 61 releases
Upkeep and compatibility
| Last updated | October 30, 2026Updated in the last 3 months |
|---|---|
| Tested up to | WordPress 7.1.4Covers WordPress 7.1.4, the current release |
| Needs WordPress | 2.8 or newer |
| Needs PHP | Not stated |
| First published | September 17, 2011 |
| Support, last two months | 1 of 1 threads resolved (100%) |
Reviews
4.5 / 5 from 162 reviews
| 5 stars | 133 |
|---|---|
| 4 stars | 8 |
| 3 stars | 4 |
| 2 stars | 4 |
| 1 star | 13 |
Downloads, last 30 days
What the author says it does
Easily control the order of Categories and any hierarchical taxonomy with a simple drag-and-drop interface. Reorder parent and child terms visually in the admin and choose whether the plugin automatically applies your custom term order to front-end queries.
Key features
- Intuitive drag-and-drop reordering for Categories and all hierarchical taxonomies.
- Option to auto-apply the custom term order to front-end queries (no theme/plugin edits required).
- Keep the admin term lists in your new order (makes management and editorial workflows consistent).
- Works with multiple taxonomies per post type — switch between taxonomies from the same interface.
- Multisite aware and regularly updated for modern WordPress and PHP versions (see changelog for compatibility notes).
How it works
After activating the plugin, a new Taxonomy Order page becomes available under the custom post type menu. Simply open it and drag terms into the exact order you want — including parent/child hierarchy.
The opening of the plugin's own description. The full text, installation notes and changelog are on its WordPress.org page.
Questions the author answers
Since I have no PHP knowledge at all, is this plugin for me?
Absolutely, you can!
Unlike many other plugins, you don’t have to do any code changes to make your post order to apply, accordingly to custom-defined order. There is an option to auto-update the WordPress queries so the posts will be returned in customised order. This can be turned off (Autosort) to allow customized code usage.
I prefer to apply the sort through code, how can be done?
Include a ‘orderby’ => ‘term_order’ within your get_terms() arguments.
What taxonomies will allow me to sort?
You can sort ALL taxonomies ( hierarhically active ), including the default Categories.
Is there any way i can get my admin interface to use the custom terms order?
Absolutely, the plugin can do that. In fact you can configure so only the admin will update and the front side template will display the terms as before.
There is a feature that i want it implemented, can you do something about it?
All ideas are welcome and i put them on my list to be implemented into the new versions. Anyway this may take time, but if you are in a rush, please consider a small donation and we can arrange something.
I still need more features
Consider upgrading to our advanced version of this plugin at a very resonable price Advanced Taxonomy Terms Order Order
Latest changelog entry
- Improved the get_available_menu_locations(), for the plugin to create Taxonomy Order sub-menu on custom registered top menus.
- Process the options form earlier, to avoid the menu changes not reflecting in the just loaded page ( on options save ).
- WordPress 7.1.4 compatibility check and tag update
Screenshots
Category Order Interface. 
Multiple Taxonomies Interface.
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Where this page's numbers come from
Read from the WordPress.org plugin API on , when WordPress 7.1.4 was the current release. WordPress.org rounds active installs into buckets. These are the directory's figures, not my verdict, and I haven't tested this plugin. The author takes donations at their donate page.