Title: Chronological Posts Author: Nick Halsey Published: April 4, 2016 Last modified: July 4, 2024 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/chronological-posts/assets/icon.svg?rev=1386718) # Chronological Posts By [Nick Halsey](https://profiles.wordpress.org/celloexpressions/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/chronological-posts.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/chronological-posts/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/chronological-posts/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/chronological-posts/#installation) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/chronological-posts/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/chronological-posts/) ## Description Chronological posts reverses the default post order throughout your site to be chronological instead of reverse-chronological. This can be useful for sites displaying historical content, journals, books, etc. where the content is intended to be read chronologically( typically, it works well for any sites where the entire content of the site – every post – is intended to be read sequentially). It is also useful for archived sites, preserving the history of posts in a sequential format, oldest to newest. ## Installation 1. Take the easy route and install through the WordPress plugin installer, or, 2. Download the .zip file and upload the unzipped folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress ## FAQ ### Where are the options? There are no options. When active, this plugin will automatically display your posts in chronological order on all views, including the main blog index day/month/year archives, category/tag archives, author archives, searches, etc. The admin UI is not changed, only the frontend display. ### Displaying only specific post types in chronological order This plugin changes all post types to be chronological, globally. To apply it only to a specific post type, I suggest forking the plugin and adding a simple check for the post type of the query before it sets the query order to `ASC`. This is not a complicated process – the plugin has only 6 lines of code. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/0d9ffb4d5663ae826614fc676183c1014399c44e6e7d5e7b875f1319e33db679? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Perfect for Series and Courses](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-for-series-and-courses/)󠁿 [sanjayrath](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sanjayrath/) February 7, 2026 Does something very simple, very easily – that is to make the posts chronological. This is excellent for any type of study – a book, a series, a course or even programs. This should have been an automatic option in WP. It would be nice to have options to make some categories chono and others non-chrono. Thats another level ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e22e17a7cd0f88aa7ecb7a2608f610cc40a6849b05aa6aeb7d6c383acfb59208? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Perfect for creating a online course](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-for-creating-a-online-course/)󠁿 [Stig](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stigsolberg/) March 26, 2022 The plugin was just what I needed. It is perfect for my online course. I use the category for the course title and the posts for the chapters. Thank you. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7d3d6baec1caaf7471b6dc2fea2ebf79652703eb459e161dc15c65c19bebca2f? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Does exactly what I want](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-exactly-what-i-want-18/)󠁿 [jalomedia](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jalomedia/) April 19, 2021 This plugin does exactly what I want! Thank you very much! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d51c871ac9a3f489c8d364d5b354f5cc692b39d31e88b7bba9e0f3da2daaad2a? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Good Stuff, but…](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-stuff-but-2/)󠁿 [sysgreg](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sysgreg/) December 29, 2019 1 reply When reversing posts, the labels Next Post/Prev Post remains the same. It means that in order to chronologically continue reading you have to click Prev Post instead of Next Post. It’s kind of misleading. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/8082112c900af9dbc64f3266fe71b9e0bdcab72e059486c18e26766a8bf84f65? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[So simple, so perfect!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/so-simple-so-perfect-4/)󠁿 [kedane86](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kedane86/) February 25, 2019 Thank you, I needed this so much! 5 stars! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/a7fb464c74de63543dc09934b4fff47790192ca31ef1f8915dc97a4bbca84d44? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Simple and It Works](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-and-it-works-82/)󠁿 [](https://profiles.wordpress.org/bimmergeek/) January 3, 2019 Probably the least painful — as in 0 on a 10 scale — of any plugin I’ve used on WordPress. It works. Boom. [ Read all 12 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/chronological-posts/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Chronological Posts” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Nick Halsey ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/celloexpressions/) * [ annenbergdl ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/annenbergdl/) [Translate “Chronological Posts” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/chronological-posts) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/chronological-posts/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/chronological-posts/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/chronological-posts/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/chronological-posts/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0 * First publicly available version of the plugin. ## Meta * Version **1.0** * Last updated **2 years ago** * Active installations **1,000+** * WordPress version ** 4.4 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.6.5** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/chronological-posts/) * Tags * [chronological](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/chronological/)[post order](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post-order/) [reverse post order](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/reverse-post-order/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/chronological-posts/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.9 out of 5 stars. * [ 11 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/chronological-posts/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/chronological-posts/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/chronological-posts/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/chronological-posts/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/chronological-posts/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/chronological-posts/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/chronological-posts/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Nick Halsey ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/celloexpressions/) * [ annenbergdl ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/annenbergdl/) ## Support Got something to say? 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