Title: version sorting is broken
Last modified: April 6, 2026

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# version sorting is broken

 *  Resolved [Paul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pryley/)
 * (@pryley)
 * [2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/version-sorting-is-broken/)
 * Version sorting does not work properly for double-digit version numbers.
 * For example, if a plugin has the following versions:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       1.0.91.0.101.0.112.0.02.0.12.0.22.0.32.0.42.0.52.0.62.0.72.0.8
       ```
   
 * Retro version manager will list the 10 latest versions as:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       2.0.82.0.72.0.62.0.52.0.42.0.32.0.22.0.12.0.01.0.9 <-- this should be 1.0.11
       ```
   
 * To fix this bug, you need to use natural sorting.
 * For example:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       rsort($versions, \SORT_NATURAL);
       ```
   

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 *  Plugin Author [Sadat Himel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sadathimel/)
 * (@sadathimel)
 * [1 month, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/version-sorting-is-broken/#post-18879235)
 * updated. Thanks.

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 * Last activity: [1 month, 3 weeks ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/version-sorting-is-broken/#post-18879235)
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