Kong Gateway, a lightweight and flexible API gateway, now supports dynamic plugin ordering as introduced in Kong Enterprise 3.0, allowing users to customize the execution order of plugins for API request processing. This feature enhances the static priority system previously used, which primarily relied on numeric priority integers to determine plugin order. With dynamic plugin ordering, administrators can explicitly define execution sequences, addressing cases where the default order does not meet specific needs, such as preferring rate limiting before authentication to protect backend services. Kong Gateway's plugin system enables specialized configurations, and users can access bundled plugins or create custom ones using the provided software development kit. The blog post by Viktor Gamov and Rick Spurgeon outlines the process of setting up Kong Gateway, testing features, and modifying plugin execution orders, demonstrating the flexibility and control offered by the dynamic plugin ordering system.