Title: Whaze Term Order for Posts
Author: whaze
Published: <strong>May 5, 2026</strong>
Last modified: May 5, 2026

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# Whaze Term Order for Posts

 By [whaze](https://profiles.wordpress.org/whaze/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/whaze-term-order-for-posts.1.0.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/whaze-term-order-for-posts/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/whaze-term-order-for-posts/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/whaze-term-order-for-posts/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/whaze-term-order-for-posts/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/whaze-term-order-for-posts/)

## Description

Whaze Term Order for Posts lets developers enable per-post custom ordering of taxonomy
terms directly from the Gutenberg editor sidebar. The plugin is entirely code-driven:
no settings page, no configuration UI.

**For developers:**

Register a post type / taxonomy combination:

    ```
    add_action( 'init', function () {
        whaze_term_order_for_posts_register( 'post', 'category' );
        whaze_term_order_for_posts_register( 'movie', 'genre' );
    } );
    ```

Retrieve ordered terms in templates or REST:

    ```
    $terms = whaze_term_order_for_posts_get_terms( get_the_ID(), 'category' );
    ```

**Features:**

 * Drag-and-drop reordering panel in the block editor sidebar.
 * Order saved automatically with the post — no separate AJAX call.
 * Falls back to default WordPress term order when no custom order is set.
 * Unused order entries are cleaned up automatically when terms are removed.
 * REST API field `term_order` for headless use cases.
 * Fully translatable (i18n-ready).

## Installation

 1. Upload the plugin folder to `/wp-content/plugins/`.
 2. Activate the plugin through the **Plugins** screen in WordPress.
 3. Call `whaze_term_order_for_posts_register()` in your theme or plugin.

## FAQ

### Does this work with custom post types and taxonomies?

Yes. Pass any registered post type and taxonomy slug to `whaze_term_order_for_posts_register()`.

### What happens if no order is defined for a post?

whaze_term_order_for_posts_get_terms() falls back to the standard `wp_get_object_terms()`
result — the plugin is completely transparent.

### Is this multisite compatible?

Yes. The order is stored as post meta and is therefore scoped to each site in the
network.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Whaze Term Order for Posts” is open source software. The following people have 
contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ whaze ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/whaze/)

[Translate “Whaze Term Order for Posts” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/whaze-term-order-for-posts)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 1.0.0

 * Initial release.

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.0**
 *  Last updated **2 days ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.9.4**
 *  PHP version ** 8.2 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [block-editor](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/block-editor/)[gutenberg](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/gutenberg/)
   [order](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/order/)[taxonomy](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/taxonomy/)
   [terms](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/terms/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/whaze-term-order-for-posts/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ whaze ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/whaze/)

## Support

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