Best sort posts plugins for WordPress
The most popular sort posts 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 Order Manager (40+) and WP Filter Posts (40+). All 4 plugins tagged “sort posts” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 sort posts plugins
- 1.
Simple Custom Post OrderThe most installed sort posts plugin, with 300K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 588 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 2.
Order Manager40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.6.11.
- 3.
WP Filter Posts40+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 4.
Sort by Comments10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 18 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.3.3.
All 4 plugins tagged “sort posts”
Simple Custom Post Order
#187by colorlibplugins5 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
- 4.4K/day
Order Manager
Down in the last 7 days:30#21,683by Doug Wollison2 years ago
Adds order controls for posts and terms
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Filter Posts
Up in the last 7 days:576#22,704by f1logic6 years ago
Generate shortcode to list posts based on ids, categories, authors, tags or dates.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 5/day
Sort by Comments
Down in the last 7 days:4,460#45,621by Just Thomas Misund18 years ago
Sorts your posts by the most recent comment.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day