CMS Tree Page View – Reorder Pages with a Drag-and-Drop Tree

83 Quality Score

Active Installs

21/30

70/30 reflects a healthy 50,000 active installs, solid for a single-purpose utility but well below mass-market plugins like Elementor or CPTUI.

Update Freshness

25/25

100/25 is earned by a recent update within the active development window and a current WordPress 7.0 compatibility tag, signalling an actively maintained codebase.

User Rating

15/15

98/15 is exceptional: 361 reviewers have given near-universal praise, indicating the plugin reliably delivers on its narrow promise.

Support Health

8/15

50/15 is the weak point, as the public support threads count sits at 0, which limits our visibility into how the author handles real user issues.

WP Compatibility

15/15

100/15 comes from requiring PHP 7.4+, WordPress 6.0+, and being tested against WordPress 7.0, covering a broad modern install base.

Scores higher than 91% of indexed plugins

About

See every page as a drag-and-drop tree. Reorder your site structure in seconds — then edit, add and search right there.

Active Installs 50k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.9/5

Last Updated 2026-08-26 8:22am GMT

Requires WordPress 6.6+

Tested Up To 7.1

Requires PHP 7.4+

Security History

3 known vulnerabilities, all patched

3 Medium

Most recent: April 20, 2023

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What It Does

CMS Tree Page View adds a dedicated admin screen where you can see your WordPress pages and custom post types arranged in a hierarchical tree. From that screen you can reorder items via drag-and-drop, plus quickly edit, view, add, or search entries without bouncing between separate admin pages. It does not change your front-end URLs on its own; ordering is typically paired with a compatible menu or posts-order plugin.

Who It's For

This is a strong fit for site owners running large or deeply nested content structures: documentation sites, knowledge bases, course catalogues, multi-location business listings, and any site where managing pages through the default flat list has become painful. Agencies maintaining several client sites will also appreciate having a single visual workspace for reorganizing hierarchies.

Who Should Skip It

If your site has only a handful of pages and a flat structure, the default WordPress page list is simpler and you can skip this entirely. It is also not the right pick if you need front-end navigation menus reordered visually, since menu ordering in your theme still needs a companion menu plugin.

The Bottom Line

CMS Tree Page View scores 83.24/100 and does one specific job very well, with near-perfect user ratings and active maintenance backing it up. The lack of visible support threads is a mild concern, but the plugin's simplicity and clear scope make that less risky than it would be for a more complex tool. If you wrangle a large page hierarchy in wp-admin, it is a worthy install; otherwise you probably do not need it.

Pick Elementor when you need full visual page building and design control, not just hierarchical organization of existing content.

Custom Post Type UI 88/100

Pick CPTUI when you first need to create and configure custom post types and taxonomies, which pairs well with CMS Tree Page View as a follow-up tool.

Meta Box 87/100

Pick Meta Box when you need rich custom fields and a framework for building complex content models, not only page ordering.

Page Builder by SiteOrigin 87/100

Pick SiteOrigin when your priority is front-end layout composition rather than back-end content hierarchy management.

Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields 86/100

Pick Pods when you need an all-in-one solution for defining content types, fields, and relationships, with hierarchy management as a secondary need.