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Best WordPress Plugins for Post Order

15 plugins compared · Updated August 2026 · Post Order

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Choosing a WordPress plugin for post order comes down to a few things: whether it is still actively maintained, whether real users rate it well, and whether it does the specific job you need without dragging the rest of the site down.

We ranked 15 plugins using our WPScore, which weighs the user rating (adjusted for how many people actually rated it), how many sites run it, how recently it was updated, and which WordPress version it is tested against. 15 of them have enough public data to be scored; the rest are listed below the ranked block, clearly marked, rather than being given a number we cannot justify.

How this list is funded. Some links here earn us a commission if you buy. It costs you nothing extra, and it does not move anything up the list — the order comes from the WPScore, which is calculated from public ratings, install counts and update history. See the method.

At a glance

  1. 1. Simple Custom Post Order Best overall 93/100
  2. 2. Admin and Site Enhancements 92/100
  3. 3. Post Types Order 90/100
  4. 4. Real Custom Post Order: Create a custom order for your conte... 84/100
  5. 5. WPMasterToolKit 84/100
  6. 6. Post Type Transfer 82/100
  7. 7. Chronological Posts 81/100
  8. 8. Intuitive Custom Post Order 80/100
  9. 9. Post Order By Category 80/100
  10. 10. Anything Order by Terms 79/100
  11. 11. Zone Manager 78/100
  12. 12. Custom Posts Order 77/100
  13. 13. WP Sort Order 66/100
  14. 14. Custom Category Post Order 66/100
  15. 15. Custom Post Order 53/100
1 Simple Custom Post Order
Best overall Free by colorlibplugins

Simple Custom Post Order

Easily reorder posts, pages, custom post types, and taxonomies with intuitive drag-and-drop sorting in the WordPress admin.

4.8★
from 569 ratings
300k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
93

WPScore

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2 Admin and Site Enhancements
Free by Bowo

Admin and Site Enhancements

Duplicate post, post order, image resize, email via SMTP, admin menu editor, custom css / code, disable gutenberg and much more in a single plugin.

5★
from 421 ratings
200k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
92

WPScore

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3 Post Types Order
Free by nsp-code

Post Types Order

Sort posts and custom post type objects using a drag-and-drop, sortable JavaScript AJAX interface, or through the default WordPress dashboard

4.5★
from 296 ratings
600k+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.1
90

WPScore

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5 WPMasterToolKit
Free by Ludwig You

WPMasterToolKit

Duplicate post, post order, email via SMTP, code snippets, disable gutenberg, child theme generator, svg support, disable XMLRPC, and more...

5★
from 28 ratings
5k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
84

WPScore

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6 Post Type Transfer
Free by KrishaWeb

Post Type Transfer

Transfer posts, pages, and custom post types in bulk or one by one. Works from the editor, Quick Edit, and Bulk Edit. No coding needed.

5★
from 7 ratings
3k+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
82

WPScore

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7 Chronological Posts
Free by Nick Halsey

Chronological Posts

Chronological posts reverses the default post order throughout your site to be chronological instead of reverse-chronological.

4.9★
from 12 ratings
1k+
active installs
Updated
Jul 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
81

WPScore

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9 Post Order By Category
Free by Atanas Yonkov

Post Order By Category

Reverse the post order for a specific category to be date ascending. This is a lightweight plugin that adds the option to reorder the posts from a spe …

5★
from 7 ratings
900+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
80

WPScore

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11 Zone Manager
Free by Automattic

Zone Manager

Content curation made easy! Create "zones" then add and order your content!

5★
from 3 ratings
2k+
active installs
Updated
Apr 2026
Tested to
WP 6.9.7
78

WPScore

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12 Custom Posts Order
Free by Hiren Patel

Custom Posts Order

A plugin which allows you to order the posts with simple Drag and Drop Sortable capability.

5★
from 1 ratings
200+
active installs
Updated
Aug 2026
Tested to
WP 7.0.4
77

WPScore

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13 WP Sort Order
Free by Fahad Mahmood

WP Sort Order

Order terms (Users, Posts, Pages, Custom Post Types and Custom Taxonomies) using a Drag and Drop with jQuery ui Sortable.

4.5★
from 17 ratings
6k+
active installs
Updated
Jan 2025
Tested to
WP 6.8.8
66

WPScore

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15 Custom Post Order
Free by ctltwp

Custom Post Order

descending , posts, categories, wordpress mu, wpmu Requires at least: 2.6 Tested up to: 2.7 Stable tag: trunk The plugin enables any user to modify t …

5★
from 2 ratings
400+
active installs
Updated
Jun 2009
53

WPScore

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