WordPress plugin comparison

Category and Tag Specific Widgets vs List Custom Taxonomy Widget

Category and Tag Specific Widgets

by dynamick

10+ installs5.0

List Custom Taxonomy Widget

by Nick Halsey

8K+ installs4.7

At a glance

List Custom Taxonomy Widget has more active installs: 8K+, against 10+ for Category and Tag Specific Widgets.
On a typical day, List Custom Taxonomy Widget is downloaded about 34 times, Category and Tag Specific Widgets about 1.
Category and Tag Specific Widgets is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.7 from 21 reviews.
List Custom Taxonomy Widget was updated more recently: Jul 19, 2026, against Apr 27, 2011 for Category and Tag Specific Widgets.
List Custom Taxonomy Widget is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 3.1.4 for Category and Tag Specific Widgets.
Category and Tag Specific Widgets has been around longer: since 2011, against 2012 for List Custom Taxonomy Widget.

List Custom Taxonomy Widget leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Category and Tag Specific Widgets	List Custom Taxonomy Widget
Popular rank	#45,753	#2,305
Active installs	10+	8K+
Downloads, last 30 days	26	906
Rating	5.0(1)	4.7(21)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	3.1.4	7.0.8
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.97
Last release	15 years ago	3 months ago
Requires PHP	–	–

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