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Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order

Drag-and-drop ordering for Categories & any taxonomy (hierarchically) using a Drag and Drop Sortable JavaScript capability.

By nsp-code·Terms Order·Free
4.5(162 reviews)
·500K+ active installs·Updated 2 weeks ago
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As of April 2026, Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order is a WordPress terms order plugin with 500K+ active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 162 reviews. It has been downloaded 10M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.8+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Actively maintained — updated within the last month. Downloads are down 18% this week. Support resolution rate: 0%. Top alternative: Post Terms Order – per Post based.

4.5/5162 reviews
500K+active installs
0%resolved
15 yearssince 2011

Overview

Easily control the order of Categories and any hierarchical taxonomy with a simple drag-and-drop interface. Reorder parent and child terms visually in the admin and choose whether the plugin automatically applies your custom term order to front-end queries.

Key features

  • Intuitive drag-and-drop reordering for Categories and all hierarchical taxonomies.
  • Option to auto-apply the custom term order to front-end queries (no theme/plugin edits required).
  • Keep the admin term lists in your new order (makes management and editorial workflows consistent).
  • Works with multiple taxonomies per post type — switch between taxonomies from the same interface.
  • Multisite aware and regularly updated for modern WordPress and PHP versions (see changelog for compatibility notes).

How it works

After activati…

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Ratings & Reviews

4.5162 reviews
5 ★
133
4 ★
8
3 ★
4
2 ★
4
1 ★
13

Recent Reviews

Simple and useful tool
by yodastudio·1 month ago

This plugin is very simple to use and it helps a lot when you have dozens of categories to manage.
A real time saver.

Excellent!
by andyt1980·2 months ago

Works perfectly with CPTs and Woocommerce. Support is also excellent!

Happy with this plugin!
by ldwd·11 months ago

Thank you for this simple but essential plugin! Easy to use. Should be in WP core! 🙂

Works great, but I’m stuck on one thing
by timokuijpers02·1 year ago·3 replies

I have several taxonomies connected to a custom post type called ‘activiteiten‘. One of the taxonomies is called ‘type-activiteiten‘. How do i disable the plugin from ordening this taxonomy? It’s causing trouble with something i want to build. I do need the ‘Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order’ plugin to work for the other taxonomies, but not for ‘type-activiteiten‘.

Could you please tell me if there is a php-snippet I can add for this?

amazing
by lucytech·1 year ago

so simple to use

Download Trends

Today: 1KYesterday: 3KThis week: 24KPeriod total: 1.7M

Compatibility

WordPress2.8+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4
PHPfalse+ required

Version Adoption

v1.9
56.0%
v1.8
15.6%
v1.5
15.4%
v1.7
8.6%
Other
4.4%

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.9.5

  • Add a Settings link for the plugin in the Plugins area to make it easier for users to access and get started.
  • Implement minor code improvements.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

nsp-codensp-code
Plugin Info
Version
1.9.5
Last Updated
Mar 16, 2026
WP Requires
2.8+
Tested Up To
6.9.4
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
500K+
Downloads
10M+
Added
Sep 17, 2011
Business
Free

Tags

terms ordercategory ordertaxonomy ordercategories sort

Developer

N
nsp-code
5 plugins1.2M+ total installs
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