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Simple Page Ordering

By 10up

Site Administration & Utilities / URL Redirects & 301 Management

Reviewed by Omar Dabbas

Trusted WordPress expert with 20+ years of experience evaluating plugins for the WP ecosystem.

Simple Page Ordering Review - In-Depth Analysis

Easily reorder pages and custom post types using drag and drop functionality within the standard page list.

Performance Overview

WPS Score

6.87/10

User Rating

4.7/5 (based on 131+ reviews)

Active Installations

100,000+

Update Frequency

Average It is calculated using the weighted average of same category plugins.

Security Score

1 / 10 (Very Low Risk) It is calculated using the weighted average of all versions.

What It Does

This plugin allows you to order your pages and hierarchical custom post types with a simple drag and drop interface. You can easily rearrange the order directly from the built-in page list without needing additional admin menus or complex interfaces.

The plugin is designed to be user-friendly and is capabilities aware, meaning only users with the appropriate permissions, such as editors and administrators, can reorder content. Integrated help is available through the help tab at the top right of the screen.

Note that this plugin is not compatible with Internet Explorer 7 and earlier versions due to browser limitations.

Comparing to Alternatives

Simple Page Ordering sits in a crowded field of drag-and-drop sorting plugins, but it stands out for its lightweight approach that hooks directly into the native WordPress page list rather than adding a new interface.

Top alternatives

Strengths

Simple, native drag-and-drop experience with no learning curve
Lightweight with no added interface clutter
Works well with custom post types and custom filters, according to users
No known security vulnerabilities recorded
Free with no upsells or paywalls

Weaknesses

Doesn't support custom post ordering scenarios involving multilingual plugins like Polylang combined with taxonomy filtering
Compatibility conflicts can occur with other admin-enhancement plugins like Admin Columns Pro

User Sentiment Analysis

With a 4.7/5 average from 131 ratings, sentiment is overwhelmingly positive—over 90% of reviewers gave 5 stars. Only about 5% left a 1 or 2-star rating, suggesting the plugin reliably delivers on its core promise for the vast majority of users.

Positive highlights

"This makes life so much easier – just drag pages and put them in the order you want them" — Ed Bernd Jr.
"Awesome plugin and I like all the filters included!" — George
"All the issues we were having with a competitor's premium plugin were solved by switching to this plugin" — blueflamingo
"So you can output them with a query as intended and give the customer a better experience... I registered only for this review" — gettoknowbig3

Common complaints

Doesn't work properly with Polylang when filtering by taxonomy, making it unsuitable for some professional multilingual setups

Weaknesses

Occasional compatibility issues with other admin plugins like Admin Columns Pro can disable drag-and-drop functionality
Edge cases involving multilingual sites and taxonomy filters aren't well supported

Who Should Use This?

Best for

Ideal for site owners and developers who want a no-frills way to manually reorder pages or custom post types directly within the native WordPress admin screen, without installing a heavier plugin or paying for premium sorting tools.

Not ideal for

Not the best fit for multilingual sites running Polylang alongside taxonomy filtering, or for setups relying heavily on third-party admin customization plugins like Admin Columns Pro, where conflicts have been reported.

Pricing & Value

Free version includes

The free version provides full drag-and-drop reordering functionality for pages and custom post types, including compatibility with custom filters, with no feature restrictions or nags.

Final Verdict

Simple Page Ordering earns its strong 4.7-star reputation by doing one job—drag-and-drop reordering—simply and reliably, with a clean security track record and no known vulnerabilities. The vast majority of reviewers praise its ease of use and seamless integration with custom post types, and its completely free model adds to its appeal for budget-conscious site builders.

The few complaints that exist are narrow: issues with Polylang and taxonomy filtering, and conflicts with certain third-party admin plugins. For most standard WordPress setups, though, this remains a dependable, no-cost choice, with several capable alternatives available if your project has more specialized sorting needs.

Other Notable Features

Here are a few other notable features of this free Simple Page Ordering plugin.

Menu Order

Page

Re-order

Screenshots

FAQ

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.

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.

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 );