Intuitive Custom Post Order does one thing that Post Types Order does not: it orders taxonomy terms as well as posts. Drag a category into place and ICPO writes term_order, drag a post and it writes menu_order. Both are quietly invaluable for editorial sites, and both are completely invisible in the default admin once the dragging is done.

SleekView Charts reads both columns at once. A Number card shows total ordered posts. A Pie splits ordering coverage between post types so the editorial lead sees which types are sequenced and which still drift. A Bar groups taxonomies by how many of their terms have a non-default term_order, which is the clearest way to spot a taxonomy that was set up once and never maintained. An Area trends ordering activity over time so a launch's careful sequencing isn't quietly forgotten.

Both signals come from core WordPress tables (wp_posts and wp_terms), so the dashboard works on every install with ICPO active, including older 2.x configurations and the current versions.

Most ordering plugins touch posts only. ICPO touches taxonomy terms as well, which means the surface it quietly governs is double the size of the average ordering plugin's. Doubling the surface doubles the chance of drift.

A taxonomy term that nobody re-orders for a year still drives the archive page that ranks for a money keyword. A post that lands at menu_order 0 disappears below its older siblings in every archive that respects custom order. The default admin shows one drag interface at a time, which is fine for the act of dragging and useless for the act of auditing.

A KPI plus per-type pie plus per-taxonomy bar plus an activity trend takes the audit from "I think it's fine" to a single screen the editorial lead can defend. Same plugin, completely different governance posture.