JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by KarmaProd
HTML
<div class="my_list" id="peter"><label class="name">Peter - <div id="peter_status"></div></label></div>
<div class="my_list" id="sam"><label class="name">Sam - <div id="sam_status"></div></label></div>
<div class="my_list" id="derek"><label class="name">Derek - <div id="derek_status"></div></label></div>
JavaScript
var order = ['sam','peter','derek'];
for (var i = 1; i < order.length; i++) {
$('#'+order[i]).insertAfter('#'+order[i-1]);
}