Following the success of our reorder posts feature, we’re delighted to share a new enhancement that brings the same intuitive control to your taxonomies: Reorder Meta Box terms. Our goal is to minimize the need for third-party plugins or extra setups, while still giving you the exact term order you want right inside the post editor and WordPress admin. Managing your taxonomy structure is effortless.
It is available in the MB Custom Post Types and Custom Taxonomies now. I mean whether you use Meta Box Lite or Meta Box AIO, you still enjoy the full power of this feature. Let’s update and explore it now!
Ordering Meta Box Terms
Similar to reordering posts, to enable the Reorder terms feature, go to Meta Box > Taxonomies, then navigate to the Features tab.
After that, on the taxonomy management screen, you’ll see a new Re-order tab. Just switch to that mode, then drag and drop terms to sort them.
This feature also works with hierarchical terms like parent and child categories. Just make sure to enable the Hierarchical option in the Advanced tab when creating or editing your custom taxonomy.
Then, you’ll be able to create parent-child relationships simply by dragging a term under another - no need to open each post and assign a parent manually. It’s the same with drag and drop a field in or out of a group.
In the post editor, you can see the terms in the exact order as you set.
It’s clean, fast, and perfectly integrated into the native WordPress admin interface, no complicated setup required.
The Best Choice to Arrange Terms
There are plenty of plugins that offer term reordering functionality. However, we’re confident that Meta Box delivers the most complete and reliable solution, addressing the common shortcomings found in other plugins. Here’s what makes it stand out:
- Built-in with Meta Box – No need to install additional plugins.
- Seamlessly integrated into WordPress – Manage everything in the native admin interface.
- Full support for hierarchical terms – Easily reorder parent and child terms.
- Simple drag-and-drop interface – Reorder visually with ease.
- No extra code or tweaks required – The new order is instantly applied, no theme adjustments needed.
Last Words
This feature gives you full control over the structure of your custom taxonomies with a smooth, intuitive drag-and-drop experience right inside WordPress.
Update to the latest version and explore the Reorder Terms feature now! And don’t forget to leave your thoughts. Thanks for reading.
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Thank you so much for this update! It is very much needed and the way you make it with Meta Box seems so efficient and lightweight. Your work is much appreciated.