johannesfosseus

This plugin adds a grid under “Posts” in the admin where you can use drag drop to sort and publish posts to the first page.
The “mounted” post will appear on top, so using this plugin your editors can controll exact whay to publish on the forst page.
Why is this nice? 
So far the sorting is by date or you can use a sticky post, using “Content Sort” you can control all posts. 
This creates a more CMS-like behaviour to WordPress and gives you more controll.

Content Sort

Adds a grid where you can use drag drop to manually change the sort order of your posts on the first page. Version 2 will applay the grid changes dir …

rdsteed

By default, the sort order for queries in WordPress is descending. This will produce posts in reverse chronological order, the desired result for most blogs.
In some cases, it may be desirable to have posts in ascending order. When activated, this plugin changes the default order from descending to ascending. This affects all queries (home page, archives, dates, etc). Deactivating the plugin returns the default order to descending.
IF YOU DON’T LIKE THE RESULT, IT’S THE THEME
How well this works out varies from theme to theme. Depending on a theme’s navigation labels for posts, things may or may not make sense. If labels are “Earlier” and “Later”, things will seem backwards. Some themes make sense either way. For example, in the “Twenty Fifteen” theme, “Previous” is above “Next”, suggesting list order rather than time.

Default Sort Ascend

This plugin changes the default order of queries generating posts from descending to ascending.

Content Sort vs Default Sort Ascend