by Atanas Yonkov 5 (7 reviews)

Post Order By Category

Name: Post Order By Category
Rating: 5.0 (7 reviews)
Author: Atanas Yonkov

Reverse the post order for a specific category to be date ascending. This is a lightweight plugin that adds the option to reorder the posts from a spe …

Post Order By Category ranks #6,928 among WordPress.org plugins with 1,000+ active installations, a 5/5 rating from 7 reviews, and was last updated Jun 24, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7 (Current: 7.1.4)

v1.05 Current Version v1.05

Updated 4 months ago Last Update on 24 Jun, 2026

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.05
Last Updated: Jun 24, 2026
Requires WP: 4.4+
Tested Up To: 7
PHP Version: 5.2.4 or higher
Author: Atanas Yonkov

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This plugin is for site owners running journals, books, or archives who need chronological control over category post ordering. It solves the problem of WordPress's default post ordering by letting categories be sorted oldest-first or newest-first by published date.

Reverse post order by category
Sort by published date
Ascending or descending order
Set order when creating category
Set order when editing category
Lightweight plugin

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Post Order By Category

When editing or updating a category from the WordPress dashboard (click on posts => categories => edit), a dropdown to select options will appear after the category description. The options are "Oldest" (show posts by date ascending or the so called chronological order) or "Newest" (show posts by date ascending or the WordPress way). The default value is "Newest", which is the same as the WordPress default post sort.

The plugin currently does not have any more options. However, it can be forked to sort posts by other criteria, including post title. It can also be adjusted to sort posts by more than one criteria. For more information on how to do it, feel free to check this article or contact me directly! The plugin does exactly what it states it does. If you like it, please give it a 5-star rating.

Yes, since version 1.03, you can reverse post order for category archive pages that belong to custom post types, e.g. projects or portfolio, as long as the custom post type supports post categories. This plugin works with Custom Post Type UI plugin. However, WordPress does not support category archives by default. To display category archive page for category "awesome-projects" for custom post type "project", you need to add the following code in your child theme's functions.php: function my_custom_query_post_type($query) { if ( is_category() && ( ! isset( $query->query_vars['suppress_filters'] ) || false == $query->query_vars['suppress_filters'] ) ) { //replace project and movie with your custom post type name $query->set( 'post_type', array( 'post', 'project', 'movie' ) ); return $query; } } If you are using the CPT UI plugin to create custom post types, you would also need to go to Edit post types>Taxonomies and put a tick on "Categories". Check this article if you need more information how to set up categories on custom post types.

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