Best sortable columns plugins for WordPress
The most popular sortable columns plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Sortable Columns leads with 10+ active installs, ahead of Word Count Sorter (fewer than 10). All 2 plugins tagged “sortable columns” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 sortable columns plugins
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Sortable ColumnsThe most installed sortable columns plugin, with 10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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Word Count SorterFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
All 2 plugins tagged “sortable columns”

Sortable Columns
Up in the last 7 days:315#30,772by Daniel Nordh1 year ago
Easily make any admin column sortable for posts and pages in your WordPress admin. Fast, flexible, no coding!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Word Count Sorter
Down in the last 7 days:3,248#72,099by socialeum1 year ago
Word Count Sorter adds a sortable "Word Count" column to the WordPress admin post list, allowing users to sort posts by word count in ascend …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day