A few months ago, I was asked to solve what I thought was a simple problem. The question was, “Can we set the display order of tags?” It seemed like a very benign question until I started to dig into it and discovered that it’s, in fact, not a simple question at all. WordPress, by default, sorts tags alphabetically when you use the get_tags() function.
The problem I was asked to create a solution for was to allow the editor to specify the order that tags are rendered on the corresponding post page. It was way more involed thatn I had anticipated but ultimately, I created a plugin that works with both the block editor and classic editor and should also work with any theme that displays tags using the get_tags() function.
I’ve attached some screenshots to help illustrate but the plugin can be downloaded directly from my GitHub. I have made this public and welcome any and all feedback or feature requests!
