Best reverse post order plugins for WordPress
The most popular reverse post order plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Chronological Posts leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of Post Order By Category (1K+) and Selected Categories Post Ordering (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “reverse post order” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 reverse post order plugins
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Chronological PostsThe most installed reverse post order plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 12 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
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Post Order By Category1K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, updated 4 months ago.
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Selected Categories Post OrderingFewer than 10 active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.5.24.
All 3 plugins tagged “reverse post order”
Chronological Posts
Down in the last 7 days:1#6,316by Nick Halsey3 months ago
Chronological posts reverses the default post order throughout your site to be chronological instead of reverse-chronological.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(12)
- Downloads
- 17/day
Post Order By Category
Up in the last 7 days:14#6,923by Atanas Yonkov4 months ago
Reverse the post order for a specific category to be date ascending. This is a lightweight plugin that adds the option to reorder the posts from a spe …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Selected Categories Post Ordering
Down in the last 7 days:11,127#70,236by thevirajshelke6 years ago
Simple plugin to change the order of your posts for selected categories! Posts of selected categories will be displayed in chronological order.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 4.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day