Best reverse plugins for WordPress
The most popular reverse plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Block Editor leads with 700+ active installs, ahead of Default Sort Ascend (400+) and Reverse Order Comments (100+). All 7 plugins tagged “reverse” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 7 reverse plugins
- 1.
Block EditorThe most installed reverse plugin, with 700+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.Default Sort Ascend
400+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 7 reviews, updated 7 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.Reverse Order Comments
100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 4.Simple Reverse Comments
70+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 18 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.5.1.
- 5.Fastpress Proxy
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
- 6.Simple Google Maps
10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4.
- 7.
Category Reverse OrderFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
All 7 plugins tagged “reverse”

Block Editor
Up in the last 7 days:17#7,761by Mickaël Larguier2 months ago
Adds a "Reverse on Mobile" option to the Columns, Row, Stack and Media & Text blocks in Gutenberg.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Default Sort Ascend
Down in the last 7 days:12#9,284by rdsteed7 months ago
This plugin changes the default order of queries generating posts from descending to ascending.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.9(7)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Reverse Order Comments
Down in the last 7 days:60#13,939by Tim14 years ago
Allows to display the comments in reverse order. Latest comment first, oldest last.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 3/day
Simple Reverse Comments
Up in the last 7 days:159#18,434by Sudar Muthu18 years ago
Displays the comments in reverse order.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day
Fastpress Proxy
Up in the last 7 days:207#35,564by vladislin2 years ago
Proxy traffic from a specific route to another domain.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
Simple Google Maps
Up in the last 7 days:6,214#37,738by S16 years ago
An easy way to create google maps with markers and embed them in your posts. Uses post types!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Category Reverse Order
Down in the last 7 days:9,707#65,185by Jan B-Punkt7 years ago
Shows posts of a sepcific category in reverse order (oldest to newest) OR shows only a specific category in reverse order (oldest to newest) on the ho …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day