1. Clone this Repo into your wp-content/plugins directory.

$ cd /path-to-your/wp-content/plugins/
$ git clone git@github.com:sectsect/wp-tag-order.git

2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress.
3. Go to Settings -> WP Tag Order page, and select the taxonomies you want to enable.

• Support post_tag and non-hierarchical taxonomy.
• Support multiple non-hierarchical taxonomies in a post-type.
• Support Multisite.

• In the case of creating a new post, you need to save the post once to activate this feature.
• To apply for the existing post, "Add and Remove" any tag once.
  Or, if you want to batch apply to multiple posts,
  Go to Settings -> WP Tag Order page, and click the Apply button in Advance Settings section.
• Tested on WordPress v6.3.1.

• WordPress 4.7+

<?php
$terms = get_the_tags_ordered();
if ( $terms && ! is_wp_error( $terms ) ) :
?>
<ul>
    <?php foreach ( $terms as $term ) : ?>
        <li>
            <a href="<?php echo get_term_link( $term->slug ); ?>">
                <?php echo $term->name; ?>
            </a>
        </li>
    <?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>
<?php endif; ?>

<?php
$terms = get_the_terms_ordered( $post->ID, 'post_tag' );
if ( $terms && ! is_wp_error( $terms ) ) :
?>
<ul>
    <?php foreach ( $terms as $term ) : ?>
        <li>
            <a href="<?php echo get_term_link( $term->slug ); ?>">
                <?php echo $term->name; ?>
            </a>
        </li>
    <?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>
<?php endif; ?>

<?php echo get_the_tag_list_ordered(); ?>

<?php echo get_the_term_list_ordered( $post->ID, 'post_tag' ); ?>

<?php the_tags_ordered(); ?>

<?php the_terms_ordered( $post->ID, 'post_tag' ); ?>

• The ordered array of tags is serialized and stored in the wp_postmeta table.

  meta_id	post_id	meta_key	meta_value
  19	7	wp-tag-order-post_tag	s:91:"a:7:{i:0;s:1:"7";i:1;s:1:"5";i:2;s:2:"10";i:3;s:1:"4";i:4;s:1:"6";i:5;s:1:"8";i:6;s:1:"9";}";

• This Plugin does not hosting on the wordpress.org repo in order to prevent a flood of support requests from wide audience. Your feedback is welcome.

See CHANGELOG file.

See LICENSE file.

✌️

_{^{A little project by @sectsect}}