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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.

JS Morisset

The JSM Show Term Metadata plugin displays term (ie. categories, tags, and custom taxonomies) meta keys and unserialized values in a metabox at the bottom of the term editing page.
There are no plugin settings – simply install and activate the plugin.
<h4>Shows Yoast SEO Term Meta</h4>
Yoast SEO stores its term (ie. categories, tags, and custom taxonomies) metadata in the WordPress options table, not the term meta table.
The JSM Show Term Metadata plugin can read and display Yoast SEO’s term metadata, but it cannot be deleted (as it does not reside in the WordPress term meta table).
<h4>Available Filters for Developers</h4>
Filter the term meta shown in the metabox:
<pre><code>'jsmstm_metabox_table_metadata' ( array $metadata, $term_obj )
</code></pre>
Array of regular expressions to exclude meta keys:
<pre><code>'jsmstm_metabox_table_exclude_keys' ( array $exclude_keys, $term_obj )
</code></pre>
Capability required to show term meta:
<pre><code>'jsmstm_show_metabox_capability' ( 'manage_options', $term_obj )
</code></pre>
Show term meta for a taxonomy (defaults to true):
<pre><code>'jsmstm_show_metabox_taxonomy' ( true, $taxonomy )
</code></pre>
Capability required to delete term meta:
<pre><code>'jsmstm_delete_meta_capability' ( 'manage_options', $term_obj )
</code></pre>
Icon for the delete term meta button:
<pre><code>'jsmstm_delete_meta_icon_class' ( 'dashicons dashicons-table-row-delete' )
</code></pre>
<h4>Related Plugins</h4>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/jsm-show-comment-meta/" rel="ugc">JSM Show Comment Metadata</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/jsm-show-order-meta/" rel="ugc">JSM Show Order Metadata for WooCommerce HPOS</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/jsm-show-post-meta/" rel="ugc">JSM Show Post Metadata</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/jsm-show-term-meta/" rel="ugc">JSM Show Term Metadata</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/jsm-show-user-meta/" rel="ugc">JSM Show User Metadata</a></li>
<li><a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/jsm-show-registered-shortcodes/" rel="ugc">JSM Show Registered Shortcodes</a></li>
</ul>

JSM Show Term Metadata

Show term metadata in a metabox when editing terms - a great tool for debugging issues with term metadata.

Whaze Term Order for Posts vs JSM Show Term Metadata