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Whaze Term Order for Posts lets you enable per-post custom ordering of taxonomy terms directly from the Gutenberg editor sidebar. Configure which post types and taxonomies are managed via the admin settings page, or register them programmatically in code.
Admin settings page:
Go to Settings → Term Order for Posts to enable term ordering for any post type / taxonomy combination — no code required.
For developers (optional):
Register a post type / taxonomy combination programmatically:
<pre><code>add_action( 'init', function () {
 whaze_term_order_for_posts_register( 'post', 'category' );
 whaze_term_order_for_posts_register( 'movie', 'genre' );
} );
</code></pre>
Retrieve ordered terms in templates or REST:
<pre><code>$terms = whaze_term_order_for_posts_get_terms( get_the_ID(), 'category' );
</code></pre>
Features:
<ul>
<li>Settings page to configure post type / taxonomy pairs — no code needed.</li>
<li>Opt-in auto-apply: custom order applied automatically to native blocks, classic theme functions, and any code using <code>get_the_terms()</code> — no template changes required.</li>
<li>Drag-and-drop reordering panel in the block editor sidebar.</li>
<li>Order saved automatically with the post — no separate AJAX call.</li>
<li>Falls back to default WordPress term order when no custom order is set.</li>
<li>Unused order entries are cleaned up automatically when terms are removed.</li>
<li>REST API field <code>term_order</code> for headless use cases.</li>
<li>Fully translatable (i18n-ready).</li>
</ul>

Whaze Term Order for Posts

Order taxonomy terms individually per post, directly from the Gutenberg editor sidebar.

Igor Jerosimić

Plugin can be used for reordering categories, tags and custom taxonomies. This plugin is primarily intended as an aid to theme developers.
Plugin supports multisite installation.
<h4>Requirements</h4>
The minimum requirement is that you have at least WordPress 3.5 installed.
<h4>Example usage</h4>
Fetching sorted terms from a custom taxonomy will be enabled by default:
<pre><code>$terms = get_terms( 'your-taxonomy-name' );
</code></pre>
If you wish to sort by name (disable plugin’s custom sorting) you will have to set ‘i_order_terms’ to ‘false’:
<pre><code>$terms = get_terms( 'your-taxonomy-name', 'i_order_terms=0' );
</code></pre>
<h4>Warning</h4>
Plugin adds a new column to the ‘term_taxonomy’ table, make sure to backup your database before installing. Column is removed when you delete the plugin.

I Order Terms

Simple + Efficient = Brilliant

Allows theme developers to add order/sort functionality for categories, tags and custom taxonomies.

Whaze Term Order for Posts vs I Order Terms