Title: WP Sort Order Author: Fahad Mahmood Published: March 1, 2016 Last modified: January 7, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-sort-order/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=2597136) ![](https://ps.w.org/wp-sort-order/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1362889) # WP Sort Order By [Fahad Mahmood](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fahadmahmood/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-sort-order.1.3.5.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-sort-order/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-sort-order/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-sort-order/#installation) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-sort-order/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-sort-order/) ## Description * Author: [Fahad Mahmood](https://www.androidbubbles.com/contact) * Project URI: [http://androidbubble.com/blog/wordpress/plugins/wp-sort-order](http://androidbubble.com/blog/wordpress/plugins/wp-sort-order) * License: GPL 3. See License below for copyright jots and titles. Order terms (Users, Posts, Pages, Custom Post Types and Custom Taxonomies) using a Drag and Drop with jQuery ui Sortable. Select sortable items from ‘WP Sort Order’ menu of Setting menu in WordPress. In addition, You can re-override the parameters of ‘orderby’ and ‘order’, by using the ‘WP_Query’ or ‘pre_get_posts’ or ‘query_posts()’. The ‘get_posts()’ is excluded. At a glance by WordPress Mechanic: ### License This WordPress Plugin is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or any later version. This free software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this software. If not, see http:// www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html. ## Screenshots * [[ * How it works? * [[ * Settings Page * [[ * Installation & Activation * [[ * Settings Page – Full ## Installation 1. Upload ‘wp-sort-order’ folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory. 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. 3. Select sortable items from ‘WP Sort Order’ menu of Setting menu in WordPress. ## FAQ ### How does it work with custom taxonomies and custom post types? ### How does it work with WordPress Categories? ### How to enable sorting for posts/pages and taxonomies with this plugin? On settings page you can select posts/pages and taxonomies to enable sorting. ### Can users be sorted with this plugin? Yes, you can sort. And there is a shortcode to list users under taxonomy, terms and children. [WPSO_USERS slug=”taxonomy or term slug” id=”taxonomy or term id”]. This shortcode will list users on front-end with your sorted order. No need to write another query for it. ### How to re-override the parameters of ‘orderby’ and ‘order’ **Sub query** By using the ‘WP_Query’, you can re-override the parameters. * WP_Query * ‘date’, ‘order’ => ‘DESC’, ) ) ?> **Main query** By using the ‘pre_get_posts’ action hook or ‘query_posts()’, you can re-override the parameters. * pre_get_posts * function my_filter( $query ) { if ( is_admin() || !$query->is_main_query() ) return; if ( is_home() ) { $query->set( ‘orderby’, ‘date’ ); $query->set( ‘order’,‘ DESC’ ); return; } } add_action( ‘pre_get_posts’, ‘my_filter’ ); * query_posts() * ‘rand’ ) ); ?> ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/864928b0317d735f98e37a5e14d70b31db3591ea1de62399b7c5613c9cb579d7? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[By Far The Best Sorting Plugin!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/by-far-the-best-sorting-plugin/)󠁿 [Xander Venske](https://profiles.wordpress.org/digitalmarque/) November 19, 2025 WP Sort Order is hands-down the best sorting plugin for WordPress. Works great with all my ACF custom post types and taxonomies and also works a charm with Elementor on the front-end, no effort required. Fahad Mahmood (@fahadmahmood) thank you for a wonderful free contribution. I use your plugin on every site I work with. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cc085190c17dde5cf6ead5c78983f8e106bdc0fdc04d93b7095cc94427ca8b2d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Doesn’t support custom post types as it says](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-support-custom-post-types-as-it-says/)󠁿 [john_6x6](https://profiles.wordpress.org/john_6x6/) February 26, 2025 5 replies I used JetEngine to make custom post types. The drag and drop works, but it does not change on the front end. Only worked for default wordpress post type. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9eefd40eec19f548d5b9f29072beee3b3bb26cb31765133d4e50401cfe86aba8? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[I love this plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-love-this-plugin-550/)󠁿 [wpfan10](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpfan10/) October 30, 2024 I find this plugin very useful for my needs , Thanks ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5c73f4e83639a24e11e81cc7855bd092d133bc7b0e3c4a97acdbab8e4f68a6ed? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-39113/)󠁿 [goose1984](https://profiles.wordpress.org/goose1984/) June 25, 2024 Great plugin and even when there was an issue the author fixed it within hours! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fbc1a1e0086ba9046ed50ed7cce8a85c560c87c1d6945f68f6ea46cc027083eb? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Best all in one Sort Plugin with usefull setting and intuitive interface](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/best-all-in-one-sort-plugin-with-usefull-setting-and-intuitive-interface/)󠁿 [spencerjakobgm](https://profiles.wordpress.org/spencerjakobgm/) January 21, 2024 1 reply Best all in one Sort Plugin with usefull setting and intuitive interface and capabilities/ permission settings So editors, which are allowed to create new terms/ categories are also allowed to sort the terms. Not common at other sort term plugins with much higher installation base. Thank you Fahad for this great plugin.Spencer ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c7941fd7259f4a4140526f30d32a671876ca6ffe0fdd8914ab9670ff81e698ca? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Really good plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/really-good-plugin-235/)󠁿 [aleph2u](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aleph2u/) July 12, 2023 The best plugin to order pages, posts and custom post types! [ Read all 17 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-sort-order/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “WP Sort Order” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Fahad Mahmood ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fahadmahmood/) * [ Invoicepress ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/invoicepress/) “WP Sort Order” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-sort-order/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “WP Sort Order” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-sort-order) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-sort-order/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-sort-order/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-sort-order/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-sort-order/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.3.4 * Fix: When enabling the order of the posts, it does not allow me to create new ones and the only way to create new ones was duplicating a previous post. [Thanks to Carlos][30/10/2024] #### 1.3.3 * Fix: PHP Notice: Function is_home was called incorrectly. [Thanks to @goose1984/ Cotton Jamie][21/05/2024] #### 1.3.2 * Updated version with the improved security checks. [Thanks to patchstack.com / CatFather][21/01/2024] #### 1.3.1 * Updated version for WordPress. [24/05/2023] #### 1.3.0 * Fix: WP Sort Order messing with posts date/order. [Thanks to Gonzalo/@jamposta][ 11/11/2022] #### 1.2.9 * Fix: Categories sort order keeps reverting. [Thanks to saschaprinzip][14/07/2022] #### 1.2.8 * Compatibility added for Stock Locations for WooCommerce. [02/03/2022] #### 1.2.7 * Ordering not working for taxonomies – undefined offset fixed in hooks.php file.[ Thanks to apapadakis][12/01/2022] #### 1.2.6 * Bootstrap and Fontawesome libraries are updated. [26/10/2021] #### 1.2.5 * Updated version for WordPress. #### 1.2.4 * On activation it was taking up some space at the header of the website pages – Fixed. [Thanks to code naira] #### 1.2.3 * PHP warning fixed. [Thanks to @hastibe] #### 1.2.2 * New post menu_order implemented with 6 layers check. [Thanks to Fahad Mahmood& Abdul Razzaq] #### 1.2.1 * New post menu_order and page refresh issue resolved. [Thanks to @thisleenoble] #### 1.2.0 * get_current_screen() used. [Thanks to ricjoh] #### 1.1.9 * Languages added. [Thanks to Abu Usman] #### 1.1.8 * User sort order refined for decimals. [Thanks to Joe Garcia] #### 1.1.7 * Table prefix issue has been fixed. [Thanks to Columbird] #### 1.1.6 * User sort order refined. [Thanks to Joe Garcia] #### 1.1.4 * Sanitized input and fixed direct file access issues. #### 1.1.3 * Plugins can be sorted as well. #### 1.1.1 * A few improvements related to WordPress 4.6. #### 1.1.0 * A few improvements related to WordPress 4.5.0. Initial Release ## Meta * Version **1.3.5** * Last updated **1 year ago** * Active installations **6,000+** * WordPress version ** 3.5.0 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.8.5** * PHP version ** 7.0 or higher ** * Languages * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-sort-order/), [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-sort-order/), and [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-sort-order/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-sort-order) * Tags * [post order](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post-order/)[taxonomy order](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/taxonomy-order/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-sort-order/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.5 out of 5 stars. * [ 15 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-sort-order/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-sort-order/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-sort-order/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-sort-order/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 2 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-sort-order/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-sort-order/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-sort-order/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Fahad Mahmood ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/fahadmahmood/) * [ Invoicepress ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/invoicepress/) ## Support Got something to say? 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