tar with relative paths

~ is expanded by the shell. Don't use ~ with -C:

tar czf ~/files/wp/my-page-order.tar.gz \
      -C ~ \
       webapps/zers/wp-content/plugins/my-page-order

(tar will include webapps/zers/wp-content/plugins/my-page-order path) or

tar czf ~/files/wp/my-page-order.tar.gz \
      -C ~/webapps/zers/wp-content/plugins \
       my-page-order

(tar will include my-page-order path)

Or just cd first....

cd ~/webapps/zers/wp-content/plugins
tar czf ~/files/wp/my-page-order.tar.gz my-page-order

-C new_cwd changes the current working directory to new_cwd. The following arguments are then evaluated relative to new_cwd.

Example:

tar czf ~/files/wp/my-page-order.tar.gz \
  -C ~/webapps/zers/wp-content/plugins/ my-page-order

The non GNU solution if tar has no -z option, just to mention:

pushd ~/files/wp; tar cvf - my-page-order | gzip > my-page-order.tar.gz && rm -rf my-page-order; popd

EDIT (with && and without rm):

pushd ~/files/wp && tar cvf - my-page-order | gzip > my-page-order.tar.gz && popd

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