WordPress plugin comparison

Category Excluder from Theme Customizer vs Customizer Search

Category Excluder from Theme Customizer

by Abhishek Sinha

60+ installs3.0

Customizer Search

by Nikhil Chavan

40K+ installs5.0

At a glance

Customizer Search has more active installs: 40K+, against 60+ for Category Excluder from Theme Customizer.
On a typical day, Customizer Search is downloaded about 94 times, Category Excluder from Theme Customizer about 3.
Customizer Search is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 10 reviews, against 3.0 from 3 reviews.
Customizer Search was updated more recently: Jun 19, 2025, against Dec 21, 2013 for Category Excluder from Theme Customizer.
Customizer Search is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.8.12, against 3.7.41 for Category Excluder from Theme Customizer.
Category Excluder from Theme Customizer has been around longer: since 2013, against 2017 for Customizer Search.

Customizer Search leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Category Excluder from Theme Customizer	Customizer Search
Popular rank	#20,055	#803
Active installs	60+	40K+
Downloads, last 30 days	57	2K
Rating	3.0(3)	5.0(10)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	3.7.41	6.8.12
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.42
Last release	13 years ago	1 year ago
Requires PHP	–	–

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