Best taxonomy order plugins for WordPress
The most popular taxonomy order plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order leads with 500K+ active installs, ahead of Custom Taxonomy Order (50K+) and WP Sort Order (6K+). All 6 plugins tagged “taxonomy order” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 6 taxonomy order plugins
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Category Order and Taxonomy Terms OrderThe most installed taxonomy order plugin, with 500K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 162 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 2.
Custom Taxonomy Order50K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 96 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 3.
WP Sort Order6K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 17 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
- 4.
WP Category Sort400+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.8.19.
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Bracket Post Order100+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
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Reshuffle70+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
All 6 plugins tagged “taxonomy order”
Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order
Down in the last 7 days:2#122by nsp-code10 days ago
Drag-and-drop ordering for Categories & any taxonomy (hierarchically) using a Drag and Drop Sortable JavaScript capability.
- Installs
- 500K+
- Rating
- 4.5(162)
- Downloads
- 7.7K/day
Custom Taxonomy Order
Up in the last 7 days:1#765by Marcel Pol1 month ago
Allows for the ordering of categories and custom taxonomy terms through a simple drag-and-drop interface
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.8(96)
- Downloads
- 182/day
WP Sort Order
Up in the last 7 days:2#2,875by Fahad Mahmood9 days ago
Order terms (Users, Posts, Pages, Custom Post Types and Custom Taxonomies) using a Drag and Drop with jQuery ui Sortable.
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.5(17)
- Downloads
- 104/day
WP Category Sort
#9,277by Lovinnagi5 years ago
The WP Category Sort plugin allows you to easily reorder your categories the way you want via drag and drop.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Bracket Post Order
Up in the last 7 days:567#15,139by bracket2 months ago
Drag-and-drop ordering for posts, pages, custom post types, and taxonomy terms — with per-category post ordering.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Reshuffle
Down in the last 7 days:272#18,653by Elenova Digital1 year ago
Reorder posts, products, and taxonomy terms via a drag-and-drop interface.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day