Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026
Simple Custom Post Order
Active installs300,000+ rounded
Current authorcolorlibplugins
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release20 days ago 19 Oct 2026
Support4 / 7 resolved, last 2 months
Releases on record51
Rating4.8 /5 · 587
Added to directory24 Jul 2013
Requires WP6.2
Requires PHP7.4
Version lag0 up to date
Tested up toWP 7.1.4 up to date
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Ownership
Held by colorlibplugins throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.
Full observed history, including every field transition
Committing accounts
Read from the plugin’s public release log, so these predate this registry. A committing account is not an owner. Thirty accounts commit to WooCommerce and it has never changed hands.
| Account | Releases | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|
| hsameerc | 5 | 26 Jul 2013 | 24 Mar 2015 |
| colorlibplugins | 3 | 29 Oct 2018 | 07 Nov 2018 |
| machothemes | 12 | 05 Dec 2018 | 06 Jun 2020 |
| giucu91 | 9 | 21 Oct 2019 | 06 Jun 2023 |
| raldea89 | 2 | 28 Mar 2024 | 10 Oct 2024 |
| altesin | 3 | 29 Nov 2024 | 02 Dec 2025 |
| silkalns | 13 | 09 Jan 2026 | 27 Jul 2026 |
This registry did not observe a transfer; it read these names off a public log. Whether that reflects a change of ownership is not something the directory publishes.
Adoption
How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.
Very widely adopted: 300,000+ active installs. In the top tier of the directory by install count.
5,513 downloads a day over the last 7 days, falling 63% against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.
11 Sep 2026peak 67,756/day31 Oct 2026
22 ratings left in the last 82 days, averaging 5.0 out of 5 against a lifetime average of 4.8. Recent ratings are in line with the lifetime figure.
From recent reviews
What reviewers wrote on wordpress.org between 26 Aug 2026 and 12 Sep 2026: 10 reviews, counted by theme. Every count links to the reviews behind it.
Across the last three months, reviewers largely describe Simple Custom Post Order as dependable: 7 of 10 reviews report that it works reliably, whether that means functioning as advertised, doing the job perfectly, or simply working without fuss. 2 of 10 reviews mention that the plugin is free, framing that alongside its usefulness. Separately, 2 of 10 reviews note that it orders both posts and taxonomy terms in a single plugin, removing the need for a second tool dedicated to taxonomy sorting.
- 7 of 10 report that the plugin works reliably, whether that means functioning as advertised, doing the job perfectly, or simply working without fuss. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
- 2 of 10 mention that the plugin is free. [1] [2]
- 2 of 10 note that it handles both post and taxonomy term ordering in one plugin, removing the need for a separate tool. [1] [2]
Counted from the public review forum on 14 Sep 2026. The reviews are their authors’ own words and their own claims; the counts are ours.
Daily record
Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.
| Field | 18 Oct | 19 Oct | 20 Oct | 21 Oct | 22 Oct | 23 Oct | 24 Oct | 25 Oct | 26 Oct | 27 Oct | 28 Oct | 29 Oct | 30 Oct | 31 Oct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads that day | — | 1,649 | 6,021 | 66,788 | 9,969 | 11,318 | 6,794 | 2,922 | 2,284 | 6,569 | 5,351 | 4,352 | 13,084 | 4,030 |
| Ratings total | 584 | 584 | 584 | 584 | 584 | 585 | 586 | 586 | 586 | 586 | 587 | 587 | 587 | 587 |
| Version | 2.8.10 | 2.8.10 | 2.8.11 | 2.8.11 | 2.8.11 | 2.8.11 | 2.8.11 | 2.8.11 | 2.8.11 | 2.8.11 | 2.8.11 | 2.8.11 | 2.8.11 | 2.8.11 |
| Support threads | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Threads resolved | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Unchanged throughout: active installs (300,000+)
91 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.
Maintenance
When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.
Added to directory13 years ago 24 Jul 2013
Requires WP6.2
Requires PHP7.4
Version lagcurrent
Is anyone still maintaining this?
- Last released 19 Oct 2026, 20 days ago.
- Declares compatibility with WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- 4 of 7 support threads answered in the last two months.
- The same account maintains 10 other plugins, 4 of which were updated in the last 90 days. the account is active.
A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.
History
Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.
Entries marked from the release log predate this registry, and daily observation began 02 Aug 2026. They were read from the plugin’s public SVN history after the fact, not watched as they happened. Everything else was observed directly.
- 19 Oct 202620 days agoVersion 2.8.11 released
- 12 Oct 202627 days agoVersion 2.8.10 released
- 29 Sep 20261 month agoVersion 2.8.9 released
- 26 Aug 20262 months agoVersion 2.8.8 released
- 14 Aug 20263 months agoVersion 2.8.6 released
- 02 Aug 20263 months agoFirst observed by PluginsPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
- 27 Jul 20263 months agoVersion 2.8.5 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by silkalns.
- 14 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 2.8.4 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by silkalns.
- 01 Jul 20264 months agoVersion 2.8.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by silkalns.
- 26 Jun 20264 months agoVersion 2.8.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by silkalns.
- 22 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 2.8.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by silkalns.
- 17 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 2.8.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by silkalns.
- 04 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 2.7.3 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by silkalns.
- 03 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 2.7.2 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by silkalns.
- 02 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 2.7.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by silkalns.
- 02 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 2.7.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by silkalns.
- 01 Jun 20265 months agoVersion 2.6.1 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by silkalns.
- 09 Jan 202610 months agoVersion 2.6.0 releasedfrom the release logCommitted by silkalns.
- 26 Jul 201313 years ago34 earlier releasesfrom the release logBetween 26 Jul 2013 and 02 Dec 2025. Listed individually in the public release log rather than here.
- 24 Jul 201313 years agoAdded to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.
Media coverage
Writing about this plugin elsewhere, collected by this registry. The links go to the sources; what they claim is theirs.
- 15 Oct 2024 · Simple Custom Post Order < 2.5.8 - Missing AuthorizationWPScan
What we know, and what we don’t
Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.
What we know
- It has been held by colorlibplugins for all 91 days we have observed it.
- It was last released 20 days ago (19 Oct 2026).
- Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, which is current.
- WordPress.org reports 300,000+ active installs.
- It carries 587 ratings, averaging 4.8 out of 5.
- 4 of 7 support threads in the last two months are marked resolved.
Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see
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