Title: WP Term Order
Author: John James Jacoby
Published: <strong>ഓഗസ്റ്റ്‌ 13, 2015</strong>
Last modified: മാർച്ച്‌ 26, 2026

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# WP Term Order

 By [John James Jacoby](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnjamesjacoby/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-term-order.2.2.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-order/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-order/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-order/#installation)
 * [Development](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-order/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-term-order/)

## Description

Sort taxonomy terms, your way.

WP Term Order allows users to order any visible category, tag, or taxonomy term 
numerically, providing a customized order for their taxonomies.

#### Also checkout

 * [WP Chosen](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-chosen/)
 * [WP Term Authors](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-authors/)
 * [WP Term Colors](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-colors/)
 * [WP Term Icons](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-icons/)
 * [WP Term Visibility](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-visibility/)
 * [WP User Groups](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-groups/)
 * [WP User Activity](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-activity/)
 * [WP User Avatars](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-avatars/)
 * [WP User Profiles](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-user-profiles/)

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Drag and drop your categories, tags, and custom taxonomy terms

## Installation

Download and install using the built in WordPress plugin installer.

Activate in the “Plugins” area of your admin by clicking the “Activate” link.

No further setup or configuration is necessary.

## FAQ

### Does this create new database tables?

No. There are no new database tables with this plugin.

### Does this modify existing database tables?

Yes. The `wp_term_taxonomy` table is altered, and an `order` column is added.

### Where can I get support?

The WordPress support forums: https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-term-order/

### Where can I find documentation?

http://github.com/stuttter/wp-term-order/

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[Well integrated …](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/well-integrated-5/)󠁿

 [](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ezoulou/) മാർച്ച്‌ 20, 2026

in default admin! Super 🙂

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### 󠀁[Amazing plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/amazing-plugin-1699/)󠁿

 [Artneo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/artneo/) ഡിസംബർ 1, 2020

Thank you so much for this simple solution to a complex problem!

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Perfect and elegant](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/perfect-and-elegant-2/)󠁿

 [Knut Sparhell](https://profiles.wordpress.org/knutsp/) നവംബർ 12, 2020

This is the easiest way to order categories, tags or terms in a custom taxonomy.

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### 󠀁[very dummy stupid useless plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-dummy-stupid-useless-plugin/)󠁿

 [besfe](https://profiles.wordpress.org/besfe/) ഡിസംബർ 12, 2018

This plugin does nothing, has performance loading issue, so messy, such a junk plugin

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### 󠀁[Works perfectly](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-perfectly-1282/)󠁿

 [Cristian](https://profiles.wordpress.org/crosescu/) ഒക്ടോബർ 24, 2017

Thank you for this awesome plugin. It works as advertised.

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### 󠀁[It just works](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-just-works-374/)󠁿

 [chadetz](https://profiles.wordpress.org/chadetz/) ജൂൺ 13, 2017

Just activate the plugin and you are ready to go

 [ Read all 20 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-term-order/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“WP Term Order” is open source software. The following people have contributed to
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ John James Jacoby ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnjamesjacoby/)
 *   [ Stuttter ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stuttter/)

“WP Term Order” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-term-order/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “WP Term Order” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-term-order)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-term-order/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-term-order/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-term-order/) 
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-term-order/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 2.2.0

 * Fix CSRF. Thank you Nabil Irawan.

#### 2.1.0

 * PHP8 support

#### 2.0.0

 * Migrate existing order data to term meta on upgrade
 * Fix order override when querying for terms
 * Fix terms sometimes not saving their order
 * Add filter for taxonomy overrides
 * Add filter for database strategy
 * Move init out of __construct
 * “Order” is now a default hidden column
 * Remove static designation from certain method calls
 * More accurate cache usage & cleaning

#### 1.0.0

 * Do action when order is updated

#### 0.1.5

 * Version bumps and updated readme

#### 0.1.4

 * Fix order saving in non-fancy mode

#### 0.1.3

 * Add filter to target specific taxonomies

#### 0.1.2

 * Normalize textdomains

#### 0.1.1

 * Prevent move on “No items” table row

#### 0.1.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **2.2.0**
 *  Last updated **3 ആഴ്ചകൾ ago**
 *  Active installations **6,000+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.3 അല്ലെങ്കില്‍ അതിലും ഉയര്‍ന്നത് **
 *  Tested up to **7.0**
 *  PHP version ** 7.0 അല്ലെങ്കില്‍ അതിലും ഉയര്‍ന്നത് **
 *  Languages
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-order/) ഒപ്പം [Norwegian (Bokmål)](https://nb.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-order/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-term-order)
 * Tags
 * [order](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/order/)[taxonomy](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/taxonomy/)
   [term](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/term/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://ml.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-term-order/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5ൽ 4.8 നക്ഷത്രങ്ങൾ.

 *  [  19 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-term-order/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-term-order/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-term-order/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 2-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-term-order/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  1 1-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-term-order/reviews/?filter=1)

[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-term-order/reviews/#new-post)

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## Contributors

 *   [ John James Jacoby ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/johnjamesjacoby/)
 *   [ Stuttter ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stuttter/)

## Support

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