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Plugin info

Total downloads: 88,195
Active installs: 7,000
Total reviews: 17
Average rating: 4.5
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 3
Last updated: 1/7/2025 (358 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 3/1/2016 (9 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 3.5.0
Tested up to WordPress version: 6.8.3
Minimum PHP version: 7.0

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Stale • Last updated 358 days ago • 17 reviews

42/100

Is WP Sort Order abandoned?

Likely maintained (last update 358 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 3.5.0
Tested up to: 6.8.3
Requires PHP: 7.0

Ratings

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Developers

Fahad Mahmood (Owner)45Invoicepress45Kiran Zehra1

Languages

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Description

Order terms (Users, Posts, Pages, Custom Post Types and Custom Taxonomies) using a Drag and Drop with jQuery ui Sortable.

Select sortable items from ‘WP Sort Order’ menu of Setting menu in WordPress.

In addition, You can re-override the parameters of ‘orderby’ and ‘order’, by using the ‘WP_Query’ or ‘pre_get_posts’ or ‘query_posts()’.
The ‘get_posts()’ is excluded.

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License

This WordPress Plugin is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or any later version. This free software is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this software. If not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html.

Installation

  1. Upload ‘wp-sort-order’ folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
  3. Select sortable items from ‘WP Sort Order’ menu of Setting menu in WordPress.

Frequently Asked Questions

How does it work with custom taxonomies and custom post types?

How does it work with WordPress Categories?

How to enable sorting for posts/pages and taxonomies with this plugin?

On settings page you can select posts/pages and taxonomies to enable sorting.

Can users be sorted with this plugin?

Yes, you can sort. And there is a shortcode to list users under taxonomy, terms and children. [WPSO_USERS slug=”taxonomy or term slug” id=”taxonomy or term id”]. This shortcode will list users on front-end with your sorted order. No need to write another query for it.

How to re-override the parameters of ‘orderby’ and ‘order’

Sub query

By using the ‘WP_Query’, you can re-override the parameters.

  • WP_Query

    ‘date’,
    ‘order’ => ‘DESC’,
    ) ) ?>

Main query

By using the ‘pre_get_posts’ action hook or ‘query_posts()’, you can re-override the parameters.

  • pre_get_posts

    function my_filter( $query )
    {
    if ( is_admin() || !$query->is_main_query() ) return;
    if ( is_home() ) {
    $query->set( ‘orderby’, ‘date’ );
    $query->set( ‘order’, ‘DESC’ );
    return;
    }
    }
    add_action( ‘pre_get_posts’, ‘my_filter’ );

  • query_posts()

    ‘rand’
    ) ); ?>

Review feed

Fahad Mahmood
10/15/2016

Always a convenience for backend sortables

Its an ultimate convenience for sorting terms and taxonomies.

Screenshots

  1. How it works?

    How it works?

  2. Settings Page

    Settings Page

  3. Installation & Activation

    Installation & Activation

  4. Settings Page - Full

    Settings Page - Full

Changelog

1.3.4

  • Fix: When enabling the order of the posts, it does not allow me to create new ones and the only way to create new ones was duplicating a previous post. [Thanks to Carlos][30/10/2024]

1.3.3

  • Fix: PHP Notice: Function is_home was called incorrectly. [Thanks to @goose1984 / Cotton Jamie][21/05/2024]

1.3.2

  • Updated version with the improved security checks. [Thanks to patchstack.com / CatFather][21/01/2024]

1.3.1

  • Updated version for WordPress. [24/05/2023]

1.3.0

  • Fix: WP Sort Order messing with posts date/order. [Thanks to Gonzalo/@jamposta][11/11/2022]

1.2.9

  • Fix: Categories sort order keeps reverting. [Thanks to saschaprinzip][14/07/2022]

1.2.8

  • Compatibility added for Stock Locations for WooCommerce. [02/03/2022]

1.2.7

  • Ordering not working for taxonomies – undefined offset fixed in hooks.php file. [Thanks to apapadakis][12/01/2022]

1.2.6

  • Bootstrap and Fontawesome libraries are updated. [26/10/2021]

1.2.5

  • Updated version for WordPress.

1.2.4

  • On activation it was taking up some space at the header of the website pages – Fixed. [Thanks to code naira]

1.2.3

  • PHP warning fixed. [Thanks to @hastibe]

1.2.2

  • New post menu_order implemented with 6 layers check. [Thanks to Fahad Mahmood & Abdul Razzaq]

1.2.1

  • New post menu_order and page refresh issue resolved. [Thanks to @thisleenoble]

1.2.0

  • get_current_screen() used. [Thanks to ricjoh]

1.1.9

  • Languages added. [Thanks to Abu Usman]

1.1.8

  • User sort order refined for decimals. [Thanks to Joe Garcia]

1.1.7

  • Table prefix issue has been fixed. [Thanks to Columbird]

1.1.6

  • User sort order refined. [Thanks to Joe Garcia]

1.1.4

  • Sanitized input and fixed direct file access issues.

1.1.3

  • Plugins can be sorted as well.

1.1.1

  • A few improvements related to WordPress 4.6.

1.1.0

  • A few improvements related to WordPress 4.5.0.
    Initial Release
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