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WP Term Order

by John James Jacoby · 6,000+ active installs · Checked 3 Nov 2026
Healthy

Healthy: WP Term Order is maintained, has no open risk signals and no unpatched vulnerabilities.

87/ 100 Canary Score
Sub-scores for WP Term Order
Ownership100
Maintenance100
Security85
Support70
Reputation70

How the score works

Active signals

Facts we detected, with links to the source.

No open risk signals. Signals appear here when we detect an ownership change, closure, vulnerability or decline.

Ownership timeline

Who commits to the plugin's code on wordpress.org, over time.

Committers and their active periods
johnjamesjacoby13 Aug 2015 to 17 Oct 2026, 37 commits

1 committer recorded. No ownership changes recorded since 3 Nov 2026.

Maintenance

Last release
18 days ago
Releases, 24 months
3
Tested up to
7.1 current
Requires PHP
7.4 supported 8.2+
Releases per quarter for WP Term Order
Q1 20240
Q2 20240
Q3 20240
Q4 20240
Q1 20250
Q2 20250
Q3 20250
Q4 20250
Q1 20261
Q2 20260
Q3 20260
Q4 20262

Last release 17 Oct 2026. Tested with WordPress 7.1 (current).

Support

Support history appears after our first snapshots of the forum counts.

Security record

PublishedIssueCVSSAffectedFixed inDays to patch
24 Jan 2026Term Order <= 2.1.0 - Cross-Site Request Forgery4.3<= 2.1.02.2.062

Source: Wordfence Intelligence.

Reputation

Lifetime rating 4.8 from 20 ratings. Quarterly trends appear as new reviews arrive.

Rating distribution
5 star19
4 star0
3 star0
2 star0
1 star1

Momentum

6,000+ active installs. History builds with each weekly snapshot.

Weekly downloads, last 27 weeks
Weekly downloads for WP Term Order
4 May 2026198
11 May 2026464
18 May 2026645
25 May 2026531
1 Jun 2026508
8 Jun 2026514
15 Jun 2026400
22 Jun 2026446
29 Jun 2026345
6 Jul 2026424
13 Jul 2026368
20 Jul 2026496
27 Jul 2026392
3 Aug 2026435
10 Aug 2026477
17 Aug 2026436
24 Aug 2026450
31 Aug 2026482
7 Sep 2026404
14 Sep 2026468
21 Sep 2026491
28 Sep 2026595
5 Oct 20261,637
12 Oct 20262,310
19 Oct 20261,431
26 Oct 20261,124
2 Nov 2026181

Weekly downloads over the last 4 weeks are 105% above the 27-week average.

Healthier alternatives

Same category, higher Canary Score. Never sponsored.

Simple Custom Post OrderScore 98 · 300,000+Category Order and Taxonomy Terms OrderScore 91 · 500,000+Custom Taxonomy OrderScore 91 · 50,000+Reorder Posts - Quick Post Type and Page OrderingScore 91 · 10,000+Real Custom Post Order: Create a custom order for your contentScore 91 · 8,000+

Facts

Version2.3.1
AuthorJohn James Jacoby
Added13 Aug 2015
Last updated17 Oct 2026
Active installs6,000+
Requires WordPress6.4
Tested up to7.1.4
Requires PHP7.4
CategorySite Structure & Navigation > Categories & Taxonomies
Tagsterm, order, taxonomy

Other plugins by this author: Post Type Switcher, bbPress, WP User Avatars, WP Term Images, WP Media Categories, WP Term Colors, WP User Groups, WP User Profiles, WP User Activity, WP Term Icons, WP Multi Network, bbPress Capabilities

Questions

Is WP Term Order still maintained?

WP Term Order was last updated on 17 Oct 2026. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Is WP Term Order safe?

WP Term Order has no open unpatched vulnerabilities on record. 1 vulnerability was published in the last 24 months. Its Canary status is Healthy.

Who owns WP Term Order?

The wordpress.org author is John James Jacoby. Recent committers: johnjamesjacoby, plugin-master. We have recorded no ownership change.

What can I use instead of WP Term Order?

Plugins in the same category with a higher Canary Score: Simple Custom Post Order, Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order, Custom Taxonomy Order, Reorder Posts - Quick Post Type and Page Ordering, Real Custom Post Order: Create a custom order for your content.

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