Allows you to alphabetize categories by post title, by trimming leading text, by post date.
As of April 2026, Smart Category Ordering is a WordPress smart plugin with 40 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 9.1K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 1.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 15 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: iOS Smart App Banner For Safari.
Smart Category Ordering is a plugin that allows you to sort your post content (per category). You can apply your sorting to a single category, or have your settings follow a category tree, covering the parent and children categories.
When sorting by “Smart Title”, that option is there to the leading ‘a’, ‘an’ or ‘the’ from a post title when sorting. This is the only difference between “Smart Title” and “Title.”
| WordPress | 1.5+ requiredTested up to 2.8.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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