Simple Page Ordering

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Simple Page Ordering

by 10up

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Description

Order your pages, hierarchical custom post types, or custom post types with “page-attributes” with drag and drop right from the built in page list.

Drag and drop the page into the desired position. No new admin menus pages, no clunky, bolted on user interfaces. Drag and drop on the page or post-type screen.

The plug-in is “capabilities aware” – only users with the ability to edit others’ pages (editors and administrators) will be able to reorder content.

Integrated help is included: click the “help” tab at the top right of the screen.

Contributing

We’d love to have you join in on development over on GitHub.

  1. Install either via the WordPress.org plugin directory, or by uploading the files to your server.
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
  3. Get to work reordering your content!
  1. Dragging the page to its new position

    Dragging the page to its new position

  2. Processing indicator

    Processing indicator

Why can’t I reorder my posts?

Generic posts are not displayed by menu order – they’re displayed by chronology. You can theoretically add menu ordering to posts in your code (theme functions.php, plug-in) by using:

add_post_type_support( 'post', 'page-attributes' );

Can I make my custom post type take advantage of this plug-in?

Yep. When you register the post type, include the page-attributes feature in the support list. This will add a Sort by Order option to the filter links above the drop downs. Once you sort by order, you can drag and drop the content.

'supports' => array( 'title', 'editor', 'page-attributes' ),

Alternatively, when you register the post type, set hierarchical to true – hierarchical post types natively order by menu order.

You can also take advantage of the simple_page_ordering_is_sortable filter, which passes the result of the default check and the post type name, to override default behavior.

I want my non-hierarchical post type to be sortable. Help!

See the previous two answers – just add page-attributes to the list of supported post type features.

I reordered my posts, but the order didn’t change on the front end of my site!

This plug-in doesn’t change any behavior on the front end, it simply changes the menu order stored in WordPress.

If you want a list of pages or custom post types to display in that defined order, you must change the post query’s orderby parameter to menu_order (if it’s not already).

I reordered my content, it seemed to work, but when I refreshed, it went back to the old order!

This most likely means the AJAX request – the server side code – failed after you dropped the content into the new position. Some shared hosts aggressively time out and limit AJAX requests. Version 2.0 batches these requests so you can try reducing the number of items it updates on each request using a filter in your theme’s functions.php or a custom plug-in:

add_filter( 'simple_page_ordering_limit', function($number) { return 5; } );

Where 5 is the number of items to batch on each request (the default is 50). Note that this example uses PHP 5.3+ callback functions, so if you’re still on PHP 5.2, you’ll need to add a traditional callback.

What happened to the drop down box that let me change the number of items on each page in the admin?

This feature is already built into WordPress natively, but a bit tucked away. If you pull down the “Screen Options” tab up top (on the list of post objects) there’s a field where you can specify the number of items to show per page. I decided it was not a very good practice to duplicate this.

How can I modify sortable post types?

Post types can be included or excluded by using the simple_page_ordering_is_sortable filter.

For example, to exclude the excluded_post_type custom post type, add the following snippet in the theme function file or custom plugin:

add_filter( 'simple_page_ordering_is_sortable', function( $sortable, $post_type ) {
    if ( 'excluded_post_type' === $post_type ) {
        return false;
    }
    return $sortable;
}, 10, 2 );

To include the include_post_type custom post type, add the following snippet in the theme function file or custom plugin:

add_filter( 'simple_page_ordering_is_sortable', function( $sortable, $post_type ) {
    if ( 'include_post_type' === $post_type ) {
        return true;
    }
    return $sortable;
}, 10, 2 );

Can I use REST to order posts?

Yes. The plugin registers the REST endpoint simple-page-ordering/v1/page_ordering.

Where do I report security bugs found in this plugin?

Please report security bugs found in the source code of the Simple Page Ordering plugin through the Patchstack Vulnerability Disclosure  Program. The Patchstack team will assist you with verification, CVE assignment, and notify the developers of this plugin.

don´t work with Admin Columns plugin

By martinrajnoch (oskarekmaly) on August 15, 2024

Hi,
if I use Admin Columns Pro plugin, than Simple Page Ordering for custom post don´t work, I can´t drag and drop. If I disbale Admin Columns Pro plugin, than I can drag and drop correctly.

Drag and drop stop working after upgrade Admin Columns plugin to to 6.4.10. Before upgrade Simple Page Ordering works ok. I use Simple Page Ordering for custom post type created by ACF.

Here is link for free version Admin Columns plugin:

Doesn't work with Polylang and when filtering by taxonomy

By stratboy on June 21, 2024

As per the title. Not for professional use.

Fuckin Love it! Thank you!

By gettoknowbig3 on June 20, 2024

Cool plugin in itself. Now if only the page attributes would be updated when reordering…..oh wait! I see that they do!

Incredible, so you can output them with a query as intended and give the customer a better experience again. Thank you very much. I registered only for this review.

Thank you !

The best of its kind

By blueflamingo on December 13, 2023

We’d struggled for a while implementing custom sort functionality for a long complex list for a client selling cameras … until we found this plugin. All the issues we were having with a competitor’s premium plugin were solved by switching to this plugin. The main thing was that we were able to manually sort on a custom post type whilst using custom filters. Works like a dream.

Does the job wonderfully

By George (quantum_leap) on December 10, 2023

Awesome plugin and I like all the filters included!

Best plugin ever

By Ed Bernd Jr. (silvabooks) on September 3, 2023

This makes life so much easier – just drag pages and put them in the order yo want them. So much easier than editing and trying to remember what number comes next. Thanks so much for this.

Easy To Activate & Use! A+++

By douglaswebdesigns on May 9, 2023

Simple Page Ordering is a fantastic plugin for WordPress that I highly recommend. One of the standout features of this plugin is its ease of use – it’s incredibly intuitive and straightforward to navigate. The interface is simple and clean, making it easy to reorder pages and posts with just a few clicks.

What’s even more impressive is that Simple Page Ordering works seamlessly with other plugins, including the BetterDocs Plugin. I’ve had trouble with other page ordering plugins in the past, but this one has worked flawlessly.

I think Simple Page Ordering is a must-have plugin for anyone looking to reorder their WordPress pages and posts quickly and easily.

Mai senza!

By ophy on May 6, 2023

La utilizzo per tutti i siti che costruisco, è essenziale!

Just perfect

By David Klhufek (brtak) on April 26, 2023

Works like a charm, thanks!

Fonctionne tout simplement

By Francks (Franck-AWO) on January 14, 2023

Super top straight forward plugin and playing, many thank’s !

2.8.1 – 2026-09-24

Note that this release bumps the WordPress minimum version from 6.8 to 6.9.

2.8.0 – 2026-05-15

2.7.4 – 2025-05-19

2.7.3 – 2025-03-11

2.7.2 – 2024-08-21

2.7.1 – 2024-06-03

2.7.0 – 2024-04-03

View historical changelog details here.