Drag & Drop ordering for WordPress users using the native wp_users.user_order column.

This plugin allows administrators to visually reorder users directly from the Users admin table using drag & drop.
The order is saved in the real user_order column of wp_users, making it reliable for frontend queries.

• Drag & drop users directly in wp-admin → Users
• Persists order in wp_users.user_order
• AJAX saving (no page reload)
• Compatible with get_users()
• Lightweight and dependency-free (uses jQuery UI bundled with WordPress)

user-drag-order/
├── user-drag-order.php
├── includes/
│   ├── class-user-drag-order.php
│   └── user-order-query.php
│   └── plugin-links.php
└── assets/
    └── js/
        └── admin-drag-order.js

1. Go to: wp-admin → Users

2. Make sure users are ordered by user_order:

3. Drag and drop rows to reorder users.

4. Changes are saved automatically.

You can now safely order users by user_order, even when using meta_query:

$members = get_users([
    'orderby' => 'user_order',
    'order'   => 'ASC',
]);