by 10up 4.7 (131 reviews)

Simple Page Ordering

Name: Simple Page Ordering
Rating: 4.7 (131 reviews)
Author: 10up

Order your pages and other custom post types that support "page-attributes" with drag and drop right from the standard page list.

Simple Page Ordering ranks #301 among WordPress.org plugins with 100,000+ active installations, is #53 of 5,310 in the Utilities & Tools category, a 4.7/5 rating from 131 reviews, and was last updated Sep 25, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1.4

v2.8.1 Current Version v2.8.1

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 25 Sep, 2026

Refreshed 4 days ago Last Refreshed on

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

2 known vulnerabilities on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 2 weeks ago

May 16, 2023

Simple Page Ordering [simple-page-ordering] < 2.5.1

CVE-2023-32798 · Fixed in v2.5.1
Jun 18, 2022

Simple Page Ordering [simple-page-ordering] < 2.4.3

CVE-2022-33987 · Fixed in v2.4.3

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.8.1
Last Updated: Sep 25, 2026
Requires WP: 6.9+
Tested Up To: 7.1.4
PHP Version: 7.4 or higher
Author: 10up

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7
Reviews: 131
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

Site administrators and editors managing WordPress pages or custom post types with page-attributes support use this plugin. It lets them reorder that content via drag and drop directly in the standard admin list, without a separate interface.

Drag and drop reordering
Works with hierarchical custom post types
Works with page-attributes post types
No new admin menu pages
Capability-aware permissions
Integrated help tab
Reorders from standard page list

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Simple Page Ordering

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' );

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.

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.

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 );

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

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.