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Simple Page Ordering
Simple page sorting that might stumble on multilingual sites.
HealthyDeclining
83/100
This lightweight tool provides native reordering. It works well for most users. It has some Polylang issues.
Active installs
~150,000
our estimate · wp.org shows 100k+
Rating
4.7★
131 ratings
Trend · vs a year ago
-80%
Declining fast
1,011 → 198 installs/day
What to watch out for
- MINORdownloads down 80% 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 · -80% in the last year
1,011/day a year ago→198/day today
Reviews
what people actually saySimple Page Ordering is a well-regarded, lightweight plugin that makes drag-and-drop page and post reordering feel native to WordPress, though it has known compatibility gaps with certain setups like Polylang and taxonomy filtering.
What people like
- +Drag-and-drop reordering is intuitive and integrates seamlessly into the existing wp-admin Pages screen without adding a separate interface×4
- +Correctly updates the menu_order attribute on reorder, making sorted pages queryable programmatically×2
- +Works with custom post types and custom taxonomy filters, solving problems that competing premium plugins could not
- +Supports hierarchical drag-and-drop, allowing pages to be moved in and out of parent pages
- +Reported to work alongside other plugins such as BetterDocs and Happy Files without conflicts×2
Common complaints
- −Not compatible with Polylang and breaks when filtering by taxonomy
- −Silently changes both the hierarchy level and sort order of pages without warning the user, which can cause unintended structural changes
- −Does not solve complex hierarchical display needs, such as keeping multilingual page triplets grouped together across branches of a page tree
Review trustMostly organic
- 4.67★Verified rating — holds steady vs the raw 4.70★
- 7%One-shot reviewers — most reviewers are active community members
- past spikeReview timing — up to 33% of all reviews landed in a single month
Reviews per month · 5★ vs lower
2023-09-182025-02-092026-06-04
5★ reviews1–4★ reviews
All-time ratings · 131 total
Latest reviews · 90 analyzed
- 2024-08-22★★★★★don´t work with Admin Columns pluginmartinrajnoch
- 2024-06-21★★★★★Doesn't work with Polylang and when filtering by taxonomystratboy
- 2024-06-20★★★★★Fuckin Love it! Thank you!gettoknowbig3
- 2023-12-13★★★★★The best of its kindblueflamingo
- 2023-12-11★★★★★Does the job wonderfullyGeorge
- 2023-09-05★★★★★Best plugin everEd Bernd Jr.
- 2023-05-09★★★★★Easy To Activate & Use! A+++douglaswebdesigns
- 2023-05-08★★★★★Mai senza!ophy1-shot
- 2023-04-26★★★★★Just perfectDavid Klhufek
- 2023-01-16★★★★★Fonctionne tout simplementFrancks
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.
194
Baseline · median of last 7 organic days
216
Prior 7-day baseline
836
Floor · 25th percentile over 14 days
12,185
Mean release-day peak (30d)
1,646
Latest day · 2026-06-03(tail)
-10.2%
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.
33%
Max month share · biggest single 30-day window
2.91
Distribution CV · <0.6 even, >1.5 bursty
90%
5★ share in analyzed sample
7%
Solo reviewers · only this one wp.org activity
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Volume velocity · last 6mo vs prior 6mo
4.69 → 4.67★
Sample avg · raw → solo-filtered