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Custom Taxonomy Order
Simple sorting magic without the annoying Pro version upsells.
Declining
80/100
This plugin is highly valued for its simple interface and lack of upsells.
Active installs
~55,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 50k+
Rating
4.8★
96 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-31%
Declining fast
149 → 103 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORreviews unevenly distributed over time
- MINORdownloads down 31% vs a year ago
Downloads over time
real new installs per day · release spikes shown separately from the trend2025-04-302025-08-082025-11-162026-02-232026-06-03
organicrelease spikerelease tailorganic trend · 14d rolling median
Declining fast · -31% in the last year
149/day a year ago→103/day today
Reviews
what people actually sayCustom Taxonomy Order is well-regarded as a free, easy-to-use drag-and-drop taxonomy sorting plugin that handles WooCommerce and custom taxonomies well, though it lacks REST API support and has at least one report of unreliable behavior with no support response.
What people like
- +Drag-and-drop interface is easy to use for reordering taxonomy terms×5
- +Works well with WooCommerce product categories×2
- +Handles taxonomies with large numbers of terms without issues
- +Entirely free with no pro/upsell version, unlike competing plugins
- +Offers more sorting features in the free version compared to similar plugins like Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order×2
- +Supports sorting by nesting/hierarchy levels
- +Works with Dokan and other third-party plugins out of the box
Common complaints
- −No REST API support — custom order is not reflected via the REST API
- −Plugin reported as not working as intended, with no support available
- −The 'Custom Order as defined above' option must be manually selected under Auto-Sort Queries, which is non-obvious and can make the plugin appear broken
Review trustReviews look organic
- 4.81★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.80★
- 4%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-07-202025-01-102026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 96 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2026-04-16★★★★★Does what it saysswinggraphics
- 2026-02-05★★★★★Beautiful!mondia
- 2025-04-14★★★★★Very useful plugin!ldwd
- 2025-03-07★★★★★Works perfectlydavedf1-shot
- 2025-01-23★★★★★no Rest API supportcnk001
- 2025-01-12★★★★★Works so good.Hossein
- 2024-09-15★★★★★No support, buggyheggyy
- 2024-08-21★★★★★Wow, this is amazing!Artomultiplo
- 2024-07-25★★★★★Awesomepanon
- 2023-12-06★★★★★Working as expectedGlenn Paulin
Releases
recent versions from WordPress.org SVNFor developers & the curious
the raw signals behind the grade — none of this is on the friendly summary aboveDownload signals
Baselines are computed on organic days only — release spikes and their tails are excluded, so they're not inflated by the auto-update wave.
92
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
102
Prior 7-day baseline
63
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
156
Mean release-day peak (30d)
130
Latest day · 2026-06-03(organic)
-9.8%
Week-over-week organic trend
Review signals
Concentration and drive-by metrics drive the review-burst and fake-review flags. 30–40% solo reviewers is normal; we only flag the extremes.
17%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
1.58
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
92%
5★ share in analyzed sample
4%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.82 → 4.81★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered