Drag-and-drop ordering for Categories & any taxonomy (hierarchically) using a Drag and Drop Sortable JavaScript capability.
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.
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.
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This plugin is very simple to use and it helps a lot when you have dozens of categories to manage.
A real time saver.
Works perfectly with CPTs and Woocommerce. Support is also excellent!
Thank you for this simple but essential plugin! Easy to use. Should be in WP core! 🙂
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?
so simple to use
| WordPress | 2.8+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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