Best sortable plugins for WordPress
The most popular sortable plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Table Sorter leads with 5K+ active installs, ahead of WP Tabbed Widget (300+) and HH sortable ID columns (300+). All 11 plugins tagged “sortable” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 sortable plugins
- 1.
Table SorterThe most installed sortable plugin, with 5K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 29 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
WP Tabbed Widget300+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 7 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.HH sortable ID columns
300+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
- 4.
Custom Posts Order200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
LH Sortable Tables90+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 6.DbTable to DataTable
20+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 7.
LH Add ID Columns20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.18.
- 8.
Rundiz PostOrder10+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 9.
Drag Drop SwitchFewer than 10 active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 10.
Gravyware Quick LinksFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
All 11 plugins tagged “sortable”

Table Sorter
Down in the last 7 days:1#2,970by Farhan Noor2 months ago
No more old static tables, make your HTML tables sortable.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.8(29)
- Downloads
- 22/day

WP Tabbed Widget
Up in the last 7 days:28#10,426by FameThemes2 months ago
Display all your favorites widgets into a tabbed style widget.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 7/day
HH sortable ID columns
Down in the last 7 days:5#10,795by versusbassz4 years ago
Sortable ID columns for all standard data types in WordPress admin panel.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Custom Posts Order
Up in the last 7 days:35#11,784by Hiren Patel2 months ago
A plugin which allows you to order the posts with simple Drag and Drop Sortable capability.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day

LH Sortable Tables
Up in the last 7 days:33#16,874by shawfactor4 years ago
No more old static tables, make your HTML tables sortable.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
DbTable to DataTable
Down in the last 7 days:25#26,041by rikemsen10 years ago
Display mysql datas into datatable.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

LH Add ID Columns
Up in the last 7 days:10#27,864by shawfactor4 years ago
LH Add ID Columns adds user and post ID's to the WordPress user, post, page, and custom post type listings.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Rundiz PostOrder
#34,374by vee2 months ago
Re-order posts to what you want.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Drag Drop Switch
Down in the last 7 days:2,494#53,990by Furkan OZTURK1 year ago
Short Description: Prevent accidental rearrangement of meta boxes while on post editing page.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Gravyware Quick Links
Up in the last 7 days:13,653#55,357by David Garthe1 year ago
A simple plugin to manage custom links in the WordPress admin area. Easily add, edit, delete, and reorder links via drag-and-drop functionality.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

UGT Admin IDs
Up in the last 7 days:4,429#60,764by unigoodtech2 months ago
See WordPress object IDs directly in admin lists, sort by ID, and copy an ID with one click.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day