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taxonomy order

Taxonomy Order matters only if the evidence supports a paid workflow around shipping custom code and site changes without breaking production, not a list of isolated fixes. The current commercial thesis is: Custom code, snippets, headers, and editor changes can silently break sites or create hard-to-debug handoffs. The entry wedge is to preflight custom code changes, detect risky snippets, and package rollback-ready diagnostics.

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Opportunity Summary

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Build a developer change safety and site customization plugin for developers, agencies, and technical site owners: Custom code, snippets, headers, and editor changes can silently break sites or create hard-to-debug handoffs. The first wedge is to preflight custom code changes, detect risky snippets, and package rollback-ready diagnostics.

The unmet need is not the individual complaint. It is the recurring business workflow: Custom code, snippets, headers, and editor changes can silently break sites or create hard-to-debug handoffs. Current stage: commercial plugin opportunity.

Competitors

4 shown
Custom Taxonomy Order 50.0K installs · 4.8
weak incumbent
-100.0%momentum 58.4weakness 21/29pain/praise

Pain still appears around bugs, compatibility despite praise for quality, easy.

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WP Sort Order 6.0K installs · 4.5
praise owner
-100.0%momentum 44.9weakness 2/17pain/praise

Pain still appears around reliable, compatibility despite praise for quality, easy.

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WP Category Sort 500 installs · 5.0
watchlist
-100.0%momentum 33.2weakness 0/1pain/praise

Weakness evidence: stale update history.

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Evidence

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complaint Sorting only works on back-end

Sorting only works on back-end: users show compatibility, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Custom Taxonomy Order · Sorting only works on back-end I’m using your plugin in combination with JetSmartFilters by Crocoblock. mixed Sorting of certain child terms fails

Sorting of certain child terms fails: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Custom Taxonomy Order · term B-2 term B-3 term B-1 Then, after the screen is reloaded, the specified order is broken and displayed as shown below. mixed Fatal error on 1.8.4 with Uncode theme

Fatal error on 1.8.4 with Uncode theme: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order · Fatal error on 1.8.4 with Uncode theme This plugin is usually installed as a recommended plugin with the Uncode theme, however version 1.8.4 is causing a fatal error. mixed Suddenly no tool to re-order

Suddenly no tool to re-order: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP Sort Order · Thanks for your help. mixed I have a suggestion

I have a suggestion: users show security, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Custom Taxonomy Order · You can put the “Term order” menu as a submenu under Settings or Tools. complaint Out of memory, a lot of product attributes

Out of memory, a lot of product attributes: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order · Out of memory, a lot of product attributes Hello, I love your plugin, but we for the first time faced an issue. mixed Product categories: Ordering the terms by dragging and dropping them.

Product categories: Ordering the terms by dragging and dropping them.: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Custom Taxonomy Order · Critical Error received when trying to order the terms for product categories. complaint Categories are broken after plugin use

Categories are broken after plugin use: users show bugs, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order · Categories are broken after plugin use Hello, We installed this plugin a year ago on a website. mixed All woocommerce attribute order broken with latest version

All woocommerce attribute order broken with latest version: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order · All woocommerce attribute order broken with latest version Same as another topic posted. complaint get_ancestors issue

A Custom Taxonomy Order update appears to break Stripe Apple Pay shipping address acceptance until the user patches a get_ancestors call.

Custom Taxonomy Order · Apple Pay stops working when get_ancestors function on line customtaxorder.php:243 is used complaint Bug on latest version

A Taxonomy Terms Order update caused multiple users to lose frontend category sorting until a later update appeared to fix it.

Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order · with the latest release all the category sortings on the site were lost complaint Update ordering for all in once.

Update ordering for all in once.: users show compatibility, performance, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Custom Taxonomy Order · Is it possible to update their order alphabetically in bulk instead of going into one by one parent and sub parent categories? complaint ProductCat. order scrambled

ProductCat. order scrambled: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Custom Taxonomy Order · order scrambled Hi, so I’ve been struggling with an issue where the order (set with this plugin) of Product Categories changes to random after using Sort By Woocommerce filters. complaint Drop in 10% in Performance

Drop in 10% in Performance: users show bugs, performance, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Custom Taxonomy Order · Drop in 10% in Performance Hello, I am very happy with the functionalities of this plugin. complaint Sort Term Order large number of records

Sort Term Order large number of records: users show compatibility, performance, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Custom Taxonomy Order · When sorting items of 100, 200, 400, everything works fine. complaint Doesn’t support custom post types as it says

Doesn’t support custom post types as it says: users show compatibility, pricing, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP Sort Order · Doesn’t support custom post types as it says I used JetEngine to make custom post types. complaint Plugin disables the use of menu_order

Plugin disables the use of menu_order: users show compatibility, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order · Plugin disables the use of menu_order Plugin version: 1.8.7 WordPress version: 6.7.1 I’m using a blank template to test the get_terms('orderby' => 'term_order') function which works. complaint Thousands of term orders

Thousands of term orders: users show compatibility, missing feature, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Custom Taxonomy Order · Thousands of term orders I have cities terms that include thousands of city when I want to order by name it’s loading for long time. complaint Issue with hierarchical categories

Issue with hierarchical categories: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Custom Taxonomy Order · Issue with hierarchical categories I have a problem with the plugin: if a post has multiple categories (3 hierarchical categories in my case [mainCat > SubCat1 > SubCat2]) when I write via php the list of terms associated with the post, the plugin sorts the taxonomies but ignores the hierarchy (so I have for example Subcat2, mainCat, Subcat1). mixed Ordering not working for taxonomies

Ordering not working for taxonomies: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP Sort Order · Please make sure you have turned ON custom queries from WP Sort Order settings. mixed Incompatiility with Plugin Notes Plus plugin

Incompatiility with Plugin Notes Plus plugin: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP Sort Order · Incompatiility with Plugin Notes Plus plugin Hello, I set this plugin to be able to reorder the plugins list installed on my site. mixed parameter 2 to be array

parameter 2 to be array: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP Sort Order · parameter 2 to be array After installing the plugin . mixed I got this error after upgrading

I got this error after upgrading: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP Sort Order · I got this error after upgrading I got this error after upgrading the plugin: WordPress database: [Table ‘<WPPREFIX>.wp_term_taxonomy’ doesn’t exist] I resolved it by change line 29 in functions.php from $expected_terms = $wpdb->get_results(“SELECT t.term_id FROM wp_term_taxonomy t WHERE t.taxonomy=’usercategories'”); to $expected_terms = $wpdb->get_results( mixed Sorting not working on the frontend

Sorting not working on the frontend: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Custom Taxonomy Order · Sorting not working on the frontend Hello Team, I am using the Book Your Travel theme and I am trying to create calendar that sorts tours by month, from January to December. mixed Sticky tags

Sticky tags: users show compatibility, performance, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Custom Taxonomy Order · Hello enkoes, Sorry for the slow reply. question Plugin misses Woocommerce brands when added with a shortcode

Plugin misses Woocommerce brands when added with a shortcode: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order · Plugin misses Woocommerce brands when added with a shortcode Hi, I’m using “ Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order ” to arrange the order of brands in WooCommerce. complaint Doesn’t work, randomly sorts product categories

Doesn’t work, randomly sorts product categories: users show support, migration, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order · Doesn’t work, randomly sorts product categories Now a lot worse off than when I installed this.. complaint Can no longer add new categories and have them ordered alphabetically anymore

Can no longer add new categories and have them ordered alphabetically anymore: users show missing feature, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order · Can no longer add new categories and have them ordered alphabetically anymore PLEASE help me with this… I added this plugin because I had moved categories around and figured I could use it to sort them back into alphabetical order without me having to do it manually. complaint Custom order does not work with elementor

Custom order does not work with elementor: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order · Custom order does not work with elementor hello, using the elementor loop widget to list selected terms, the custom order setted using your plugin does not work. complaint Show tag slugs

Show tag slugs: users show bugs, missing feature, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Custom Taxonomy Order · Would it be possible to see the slugs as well? mixed Posts not staying in order

Posts not staying in order: users show bugs, support, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP Sort Order · They default to the most recent position in Posts section of WP Dashboard. mixed Categories sort order keeps reverting

Categories sort order keeps reverting: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

WP Sort Order · I needed to manually sort on three levels: Artist, Artist Category and Works. mixed Speed not great

Speed not great: users show performance, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Custom Taxonomy Order · Speed not great The customtaxorder_get_settings function gets called about 10 times per page on my site and this then calls customtaxorder_get_taxonomies which gets all taxonomies The customtaxorder_get_settings function gets called about 10 times per page on my site and this then calls customtaxorder_get_taxonomies which gets all taxonomies Hi, thank you fo mixed Not working for custom post types

Not working for custom post types: users show performance, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order · In settings only “posts” show up for hide or display. complaint I can see only about 20-30 values in a single attribute, no more

I can see only about 20-30 values in a single attribute, no more: users show compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Custom Taxonomy Order · I can see only about 20-30 values in a single attribute, no more Hello! mixed Good plugin, but has cons

Good plugin, but has cons: users show missing feature, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order · Good plugin, but has cons I don’t know why, but this plugin installed absolutely break sorting in get_terms() function. mixed A bit buggy recently

A bit buggy recently: users show bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order · A bit buggy recently Was working well until it started messing up the order of one of my plugin’s (Comic Easel) custom taxonomies. complaint Works with jetsmartfilters!

Works with jetsmartfilters!: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Custom Taxonomy Order · Works with jetsmartfilters! complaint Tag Sorting Not working on Posts

Tag Sorting Not working on Posts: users show missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Custom Taxonomy Order · Tag Sorting Not working on Posts Hi There, The sorting feature of this plugin doesn’t seem to work on the tags in the standard posts. complaint Randomly changes the order on refresh

Randomly changes the order on refresh: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order · Not sure if latest wordpress version broke it or what, but this plugin does not work.