Title: The Taxonomy Sort
Author: Risto Niinemets
Published: <strong>May 22, 2013</strong>
Last modified: June 22, 2017

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# The Taxonomy Sort

 By [Risto Niinemets](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ristoniinemets/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/the-taxonomy-sort.2.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://ssw.wordpress.org/plugins/the-taxonomy-sort/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://ssw.wordpress.org/plugins/the-taxonomy-sort/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://ssw.wordpress.org/plugins/the-taxonomy-sort/#installation)
 * [Development](https://ssw.wordpress.org/plugins/the-taxonomy-sort/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-taxonomy-sort/)

## Description

Most commonly taxonomy sorting plugins will create a new interface to drag or order/
sort your terms. This plugin uses the built-in view just to make things easier. 
Just grab the term and drag it to a new position. No more extra clicks – everything
is saved after repositioning!

## Installation

 1. Upload `the-taxonomy-sort/` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Go to taxonomy page (for example Posts -> Categories) and drag the table rows to
    change ordering.

## FAQ

  Installation Instructions

 1. Upload `the-taxonomy-sort/` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Go to taxonomy page (for example Posts -> Categories) and drag the table rows to
    change ordering.

  Is there a way to disable it for some taxonomies?

As of version 1.1, there is not.

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[Broken in WordPress 4.7](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/broken-in-wordpress-4-7/)󠁿

 [Dalton Rooney](https://profiles.wordpress.org/daltonrooney/) December 22, 2016

I would advise against using this plugin. In the latest WordPress update, selected
categories are no longer displayed on the posts page. Deactivating the plugin shows
the selected categories once again. It’s too bad, this was a useful tool.

 [ Read all 14 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-taxonomy-sort/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“The Taxonomy Sort” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Risto Niinemets ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ristoniinemets/)

[Translate “The Taxonomy Sort” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/the-taxonomy-sort)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/the-taxonomy-sort/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/the-taxonomy-sort/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/the-taxonomy-sort/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/the-taxonomy-sort/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 2.0

 * Using now term meta

#### 1.1

 * Fix: Uninstallation hook notice
 * Feature: Activity spinner on saving the order

#### 1.0

 * Welcoming plugin to WordPress plugins!

## Meta

 *  Version **2.0**
 *  Last updated **9 years ago**
 *  Active installations **60+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.4.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.8.28**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-taxonomy-sort/)
 * Tags
 * [categories](https://ssw.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/categories/)[ordering](https://ssw.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ordering/)
   [sorting](https://ssw.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sorting/)[taxonomy](https://ssw.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/taxonomy/)
   [terms](https://ssw.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/terms/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://ssw.wordpress.org/plugins/the-taxonomy-sort/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4.1 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  10 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-taxonomy-sort/reviews/?filter=5)
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 *  [  2 3-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-taxonomy-sort/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 2-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-taxonomy-sort/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  2 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-taxonomy-sort/reviews/?filter=1)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Risto Niinemets ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ristoniinemets/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/the-taxonomy-sort/)