Best sorting plugins for WordPress
The most popular sorting plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Extra Product Sorting Options for WooCommerce leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of More Sorting Options for WooCommerce (2K+) and Author Filters (1K+). All 33 plugins tagged “sorting” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 sorting plugins
- 1.
Extra Product Sorting Options for WooCommerceThe most installed sorting plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 31 reviews, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.
More Sorting Options for WooCommerce2K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 11 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.Author Filters
1K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 4.
Alphabetic Pagination400+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 81 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 5.Advanced H2H for SportsPress
200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, updated 1 month ago.
- 6.
Bulk Sort Attributes for WooCommerce80+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 7.Sorting WooCommerce Lite
70+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
- 8.The Taxonomy Sort
70+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 14 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 9.
Per Category Product Ordering50+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 10.Smart Category Ordering
40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 15 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 2.8.5.
All 33 plugins tagged “sorting”

Extra Product Sorting Options for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:3#2,132by SkyVerge8 months ago
Rename the default product sorting option, add up to 5 new sorting options including alphabetical and on-sale sorting, or remove core sorting options.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.6(31)
- Downloads
- 44/day

More Sorting Options for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:8#4,246by WP Wham1 month ago
Add new custom, rearrange, remove or rename WooCommerce sorting options.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.3(11)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Author Filters
Down in the last 7 days:26#6,849by Clarion Technologies5 years ago
Author filters plugin integrates an author filter drop down to sort listing on post, page, custom post type in admin.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 22/day

Alphabetic Pagination
Up in the last 7 days:16#9,200by Fahad Mahmood21 days ago
Alphabetic Pagination allows you to enable pagination on pages, posts, categories and WooCommerce shop page.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.7(81)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Advanced H2H for SportsPress
Down in the last 7 days:15#12,626by Savvas1 month ago
Give your league managers the option to use more advanced Sorting Criteria for your League Tables.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Bulk Sort Attributes for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:22#17,899by Inbound Horizons1 year ago
Bulk sort WooCommerce attributes when they are too numerous for custom sorting by hand.
- Installs
- 80+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Sorting WooCommerce Lite
Down in the last 7 days:92#18,921by GalalAly13 years ago
Sorting WooCommerce Lite edition allows you to change the labels of the default sorting dropdown menu options or hide the sorting menu completely.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
The Taxonomy Sort
Up in the last 7 days:178#19,010by Risto Niinemets2 months ago
Allows you to easily change the order of different taxonomies/terms/categories.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 4.1(14)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Per Category Product Ordering
Up in the last 7 days:778#21,101by Luminos Agency2 months ago
Drag-and-drop product ordering for each WooCommerce category, applied on the category page when shoppers use "Default sorting".
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Smart Category Ordering
Down in the last 7 days:28#22,205by tierrainnovation15 years ago
Allows you to alphabetize categories by post title, by trimming leading text, by post date.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Posts Order Widget
Down in the last 7 days:216#23,155by LordPretender13 years ago
Add the ability to sort the posts by context rather than descending date.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 4.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ultimate Metabox Tabs
Down in the last 7 days:87#24,056by SilbinaryWolf13 years ago
Ultimate Metabox Tabs allows for keeping your post/page and ACF options user friendly for your client with the use of tabs.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 3/day

AtoZ Sorting
Down in the last 7 days:304#26,067by Solaiman Sadek10 years ago
A simple plugin to sort your posts by "A to Z", i.e. Alphabetically. It supports regular posts as well as Custom_Post_Type.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

wpapps Press
#26,544by alexrollin5 months ago
Effortlessly install and manage enhancements (aka “Press”) for your favorite WordPress plugins.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

ACF Repeater Collapser Admin
Down in the last 7 days:101#28,150by joharyjoox10 years ago
Add collapse and expand feature for repeater field instances for better sorting.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Sort Posts
Down in the last 7 days:38#28,359by TrueFalse13 years ago
Add the ability to sort the posts in the archives of your blog!
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 3.8(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Posts Table
Up in the last 7 days:115#28,384by PressCargo6 years ago
Display your posts in a table format that is searchable and sortable.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day
WP Admin Filter & Search
Up in the last 7 days:123#29,477by makong10 years ago
Extend inner WP search and filters functionality by custom fields and terms to the admin's post manager.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 1/day

Sorting Option In Network Search For BuddyBoss
Down in the last 7 days:125#32,859by AcrossWP3 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AFhRgBk5Orw
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Featured First then Random for WooCommerce
#42,531by Vitalii Rizo9 years ago
This is a small plugin for Wordpress which adds extra product sorting option: Featured First then Random. It can be very useful for stores with a larg …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day
Latest Users Dashboard Widget
Down in the last 7 days:3,765#42,840by Clarion Technologies10 years ago
Latest Users Dashboard Widget extension integrates a welcome widget to display new users added to the system in a tabular format.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Catalog Sorting by Stock Status
Up in the last 7 days:229#46,681by aa-globe2 years ago
This plugin changes the sorting of a catalog (or product category) so that out-of-stock items are always at the end of the list
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
wp-tutorial-maker
Down in the last 7 days:3,308#46,959by barzik11 years ago
WP tutorial maker will make your selected categories into tutorial style categories. The posts inside the categories will include previous and next li …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Xoo Sort
#50,178by xoocode8 years ago
Sorts the My Sites listings in a WordPress Multisite installation alphabetically.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Sort Options Label Editor for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:21,576#51,262by Vinod11 months ago
Customize the display text and visibility of WooCommerce product sorting options with an easy-to-use admin interface.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

TileFlow Sorting Products
#52,392by contentlabs11 months ago
A plugin to manage and sort products using drag-and-drop functionality.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Kategoro
Up in the last 7 days:5,077#60,508by dante0241 month ago
Show words or sentences one at a time and sort them into four freely labeled tiles by click. Save, reload and export the results.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Post Visits Wizard
#64,541by Chris Baltazar6 years ago
WP Plugin to easily handle visits count on your posts and custom sorting based on this value
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Search Anything Anywhere
Up in the last 7 days:1,000#65,936by Senthilprabu Ponnusamy1 year ago
Supercharge your WordPress search—find posts, custom fields, taxonomies, and more with advanced filtering and friendly URLs.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day

Sort By Recent Views For WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:8,646#69,810by j2fb5 years ago
If you have a WooCommerce store, Sort By Recent Views For WooCommerce is a FREE plugin that allows you to add the "Sort by recent views" sor …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Smart Sorting for WooCommerce
#71,108by alukiko4 years ago
Algorithm for changing the sorting of the output of goods. Smart sorting is an easy way to increase sales and user experience.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Atlassoft Post Type Reorder
Down in the last 7 days:5,900#71,328by atlassoftwebwp9 months ago
A simple plugin to reorder posts and custom post types using drag & drop in the WordPress admin.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day