Plugin jQuery para ordenar elementos do DOM a partir de um callback

jquery-plugin-sortElements.js

/*
Copyright 2017 Marcelito Costa
https://gist.github.com/marcelitocs/876edd2c70e47f16e595b4dd5f0b6c2d

Exemple of use
$(".table tbody tr").sortElements(function(a, b){
    if(a.data("vencimento") < b.data("vencimento")){
        return -1;
    }
    if(a.data("vencimento") > b.data("vencimento")){
        return 1;
    }
    return 0;
});
 */
(function ($) {
    if(typeof $.fn.sortElements === "undefined") {
        $.fn.sortElements = function (compareFunction) {
            var $elements = this;
            var $firstTr = $elements.first();
            var $lastTr = $elements.last();
            var internalSort = function () {
                $elements.each(function () {
                    var $this = $(this);
                    if (compareFunction($this, $firstTr) < 0) {
                        $this.detach().insertBefore($firstTr);
                        $firstTr = $this;
                        internalSort();
                        return false;
                    }
                    if (compareFunction($this, $lastTr) > 0) {
                        $this.detach().insertAfter($lastTr);
                        $lastTr = $this;
                        internalSort();
                        return false;
                    }
                    var $prev = $this.prev();
                    if (compareFunction($this, $prev) < 0) {
                        $this.detach().insertBefore($prev);
                        internalSort();
                        return false;
                    }
                    var $next = $this.next();
                    if (compareFunction($this, $next) > 0) {
                        $this.detach().insertAfter($next);
                        internalSort();
                        return false;
                    }
                });
            };
            internalSort();
            return this;
        };
    }
})(jQuery);