diff --git a/inc/packages/admin/namespace.php b/inc/packages/admin/namespace.php
index 6b62a69a..7199664b 100644
--- a/inc/packages/admin/namespace.php
+++ b/inc/packages/admin/namespace.php
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ function bootstrap() {
 	add_action( 'load-plugin-install.php', __NAMESPACE__ . '\\load_plugin_install' );
 	add_action( 'install_plugins_pre_plugin-information', __NAMESPACE__ . '\\maybe_hijack_plugin_info', 0 );
 	add_filter( 'plugins_api_result', __NAMESPACE__ . '\\alter_slugs', 10, 3 );
+	add_filter( 'plugins_api_result', __NAMESPACE__ . '\\sort_sections_in_api', 15, 1 );
 	add_filter( 'plugin_install_action_links', __NAMESPACE__ . '\\maybe_hijack_plugin_install_button', 10, 2 );
 	add_filter( 'plugin_install_description', __NAMESPACE__ . '\\maybe_add_data_to_description', 10, 2 );
 	add_action( 'wp_ajax_check_plugin_dependencies', __NAMESPACE__ . '\\set_slug_to_hashed' );
@@ -427,6 +428,34 @@ function alter_slugs( $res, $action, $args ) {
 	return $res;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Sort plugin modal tabs.
+ *
+ * Based on standard tab listing order.
+ *
+ * @param object|WP_Error $res Response object or WP_Error.
+ * @return object|WP_Error
+ */
+function sort_sections_in_api( $res ) {
+	$ordered_sections = [
+		'description',
+		'installation',
+		'faq',
+		'screenshots',
+		'changelog',
+		'upgrade_notice',
+		'security',
+		'other_notes',
+		'reviews',
+	];
+	if ( property_exists( $res, 'sections' ) && is_array( $res->sections ) ) {
+		$properly_ordered = array_merge( array_fill_keys( $ordered_sections, '' ), $res->sections );
+		$res->sections = array_filter( $properly_ordered );
+	}
+
+	return $res;
+}
+
 /**
  * Override the install button, for bridged plugins.
  *
diff --git a/inc/packages/namespace.php b/inc/packages/namespace.php
index 469320f6..3b95fd5c 100644
--- a/inc/packages/namespace.php
+++ b/inc/packages/namespace.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 use FAIR\Packages\DID\PLC;
 use FAIR\Packages\DID\Web;
 use FAIR\Updater;
+use function FAIR\Packages\Admin\sort_sections_in_api;
 use WP_Error;
 use WP_Upgrader;
 
@@ -170,6 +171,14 @@ function fetch_metadata_doc( string $url ) {
 		} elseif ( $code !== 200 ) {
 			return new WP_Error( 'fair.packages.metadata.failure', __( 'HTTP error code received', 'fair' ) );
 		}
+
+		// Reorder sections before caching.
+		$body = json_decode( $response['body'] );
+		$body->sections = (array) $body->sections;
+		$body = sort_sections_in_api( $body );
+		$body->sections = (object) $body->sections;
+		$response['body'] = json_encode( $body );
+
 		set_transient( $cache_key, $response, CACHE_LIFETIME );
 	}
 
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/Packages/Admin/SortSectionsInApiTest.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/Packages/Admin/SortSectionsInApiTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0f78f21c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/Packages/Admin/SortSectionsInApiTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Tests for FAIR\Packages\Admin\sort_sections_in_api().
+ *
+ * @package FAIR
+ */
+
+use function FAIR\Packages\Admin\sort_sections_in_api;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for FAIR\Packages\Admin\sort_sections_in_api().
+ *
+ * @covers FAIR\Packages\Admin\sort_sections_in_api
+ */
+class SortSectionsInApi extends WP_UnitTestCase {
+
+	/**
+	 * Test that sections are ordered in a predefined order.
+	 *
+	 * @dataProvider data_plugin_detail_sections
+	 *
+	 * @param array $sections Sections provided in arbitrary order, as if returned from MetadataDocument.
+	 * @param array $expected_order The sections in order we expect them to be.
+	 */
+	public function test_should_return_sections_in_predefined_order( array $sections, array $expected_order ) {
+		$res = new stdClass();
+		$res->sections = $sections;
+		$actual = sort_sections_in_api( $res );
+		$this->assertIsObject( $actual, 'The response is not an object.' );
+		// $this->assertObjectHasProperty( 'sections', $actual, 'The response object has no sections.' );
+		$this->assertSame(
+			$expected_order,
+			$actual->sections,
+			'The sections were not in the expected order.'
+		);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Data provider.
+	 */
+	public static function data_plugin_detail_sections(): array {
+		return [
+			'expected sections' => [
+				'sections' => [
+					'faq' => 'faq',
+					'screenshots' => 'screenshots',
+					'changelog' => 'changelog',
+					'description' => 'description',
+					'security' => 'security',
+					'reviews' => 'reviews',
+					'other_notes' => 'other_notes',
+					'installation' => 'installation',
+					'upgrade_notice' => 'upgrade_notice',
+				],
+				'expected_order' => [
+					'description' => 'description',
+					'installation' => 'installation',
+					'faq' => 'faq',
+					'screenshots' => 'screenshots',
+					'changelog' => 'changelog',
+					'upgrade_notice' => 'upgrade_notice',
+					'security' => 'security',
+					'other_notes' => 'other_notes',
+					'reviews' => 'reviews',
+				],
+			],
+			'unknown sections' => [
+				'sections' => [
+					'foo' => 'foo',
+					'bar' => 'bar',
+					'baz' => 'baz',
+				],
+				'expected_order' => [
+					'foo' => 'foo',
+					'bar' => 'bar',
+					'baz' => 'baz',
+				],
+			],
+			'expected and unknown sections' => [
+				'sections' => [
+					'faq' => 'faq',
+					'foo' => 'foo',
+					'screenshots' => 'screenshots',
+					'changelog' => 'changelog',
+					'bar' => 'bar',
+					'reviews' => 'reviews',
+					'installation' => 'installation',
+					'security' => 'security',
+				],
+				'expected_order' => [
+					'installation' => 'installation',
+					'faq' => 'faq',
+					'screenshots' => 'screenshots',
+					'changelog' => 'changelog',
+					'security' => 'security',
+					'reviews' => 'reviews',
+					'foo' => 'foo',
+					'bar' => 'bar',
+				],
+			],
+			'some empty sections' => [
+				'sections' => [
+					'faq' => '',
+					'foo' => '',
+					'screenshots' => 'screenshots',
+					'changelog' => '',
+					'bar' => '',
+					'reviews' => 'reviews',
+					'installation' => '',
+					'security' => '',
+				],
+				'expected_order' => [
+					'screenshots' => 'screenshots',
+					'reviews' => 'reviews',
+				],
+			],
+			'no sections' => [
+				'sections' => [],
+				'expected_order' => [],
+			],
+		];
+	}
+}