Simple Taxonomy Ordering
Quickly and easily reorder taxonomy terms with an easy to use and intuitive drag and drop interface.
4.9(28 reviews)
·20K+ active installs·Updated 3 years agoAs of April 2026, Simple Taxonomy Ordering is a WordPress meta plugin with 20K+ active installations and a 4.9/5 rating from 28 reviews. It has been downloaded 350K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.4+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2015. Last updated 3 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are up 49% this week. Top alternative: Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®).
4.9/528 reviews
20K+active installs
350K+total downloads
11 yearssince 2015
Overview
Order all of the taxonomy terms on your site with a simple to use, intuitive drag and drop interface. The plugin works for WordPress core taxonomies — Categories and Tags — and any custom taxonomies you have created.
Activate the plugin, enable your taxonomy on the settings page, and drag and drop the taxonomies into the desired position. It couldn’t be easier.
On the front end of the site your taxonomy terms will display in the order set in the dashboard.
Requires WordPress 4.4 or later due to the use of the term meta.
Query Usage
- If you’re trying to query for taxonomy terms (e.g. using
WP_Queryor functions likeget_terms()), and you’d like them to be returned in the order specified by the plugin, you need to add the tax_position parameter in your call. Fo…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Quick and simple reordering without the bloat
by 247web·2 years ago
Works even with Parent categories (takes all the children with it).
Perfect light weight plugin
by tatof·4 years ago
Saved my day 🙂 easy to use and light weight. thnx
Seems to work
by Pt·5 years ago·1 reply
Migrated from Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order by NSP-Code because that plugin just wasn’t recognising all of my taxonomies. In this one you can (must) explicitly tell it which taxonomies to activate for.
- This topic was modified 5 years, 1 month ago by Pt. Reason: fixed typo
Awesome plugin!
by Artneo·5 years ago·1 reply
Simple to use and easy to change categories ordering. Thank you!
Works excellent!
by mastmast·5 years ago·1 reply
Works excellent for me
Download Trends
Today: 274Yesterday: 168This week: 991Period total: 38K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.4+ requiredTested up to 6.2.9 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.3
95.5%
Other
4.5%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.3.4
- Fixes custom order not being displayed on edit-tags pages.
Contributors
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