Best custom post order plugins for WordPress
The most popular custom post order plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Simple Custom Post Order leads with 300K+ active installs, ahead of Real Custom Post Order (8K+) and Posts Order (900+). All 10 plugins tagged “custom post order” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 custom post order plugins
- 1.
Simple Custom Post OrderThe most installed custom post order plugin, with 300K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 588 reviews, updated 6 days ago.
- 2.
Real Custom Post Order8K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 42 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
Posts Order900+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 17 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.1.16.
- 4.
Custom Category Post Order500+ active installs. Rated 3.2 from 19 reviews, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 5.
My Post Order400+ active installs. Rated 2.9 from 7 reviews, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 6.
Sortable Posts90+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 7.
Reshuffle70+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 8.
Integration of Simple Custom Post Order and WP Rocket20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
- 9.
Post Order Master10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
- 10.
JDR Category Post Order & Pinned PostsFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 week ago.
All 10 plugins tagged “custom post order”
Simple Custom Post Order
#187by colorlibplugins6 days ago
Easily reorder posts, pages, custom post types, and taxonomies with intuitive drag-and-drop sorting in the WordPress admin.
- Installs
- 300K+
- Rating
- 4.8(588)
- Downloads
- 4.3K/day
Real Custom Post Order
Down in the last 7 days:9#2,345by devowl.io GmbH1 month ago
Custom post order for posts, pages, WooCommerce products and custom post types using drag and drop. Simple and intuitive sorting of your content!
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.8(42)
- Downloads
- 95/day
Posts Order
Up in the last 7 days:3#7,010by Piotr Po3 years ago
Order posts separately for each terms and taxonomies
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.6(17)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Custom Category Post Order
Down in the last 7 days:17#8,935by faaiq11 months ago
Order your post by category or custom post type by drag & drop interface.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 3.2(19)
- Downloads
- 11/day
My Post Order
Up in the last 7 days:24#9,846by Kapil Chugh14 years ago
A plugin which allows you to sort posts, pages, custom post type in ANY order and display the same in your sidebar.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 2.9(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sortable Posts
Down in the last 7 days:235#17,394by Carlos Rios10 years ago
Sortable Posts is a small plugin for WordPress that adds sortability to post types and taxonomies from the admin panel.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Reshuffle
Down in the last 7 days:272#18,653by Elenova Digital1 year ago
Reorder posts, products, and taxonomy terms via a drag-and-drop interface.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Integration of Simple Custom Post Order and WP Rocket
#27,437by gianlucagaspari5 years ago
Automatically cleans the WP Rocket cache when the posts order is changed.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Order Master
#33,292by Yalogica5 months ago
Post Order Master gives you full control over the order of your standard and custom posts, helping you organize your data with ease.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
JDR Category Post Order & Pinned Posts
#60,498by jundarwinragodos8 days ago
Order posts within each category, tag or custom taxonomy term. Pin important posts, auto-sort the rest, and see where each order applies.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 34/day