WordPress plugin comparison

Category Excluder from Theme Customizer vs PublishPress Taxonomies

Category Excluder from Theme Customizer

by Abhishek Sinha

60+ installs3.0

PublishPress Taxonomies

by PublishPress

40K+ installs4.6

At a glance

PublishPress Taxonomies has more active installs: 40K+, against 60+ for Category Excluder from Theme Customizer.
On a typical day, PublishPress Taxonomies is downloaded about 1,564 times, Category Excluder from Theme Customizer about 3.
PublishPress Taxonomies is rated higher: 4.6 out of 5 from 195 reviews, against 3.0 from 3 reviews.
PublishPress Taxonomies was updated more recently: Nov 3, 2026, against Dec 21, 2013 for Category Excluder from Theme Customizer.
PublishPress Taxonomies is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 3.7.41 for Category Excluder from Theme Customizer.
PublishPress Taxonomies has been around longer: since 2007, against 2013 for Category Excluder from Theme Customizer.

PublishPress Taxonomies leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Category Excluder from Theme Customizer	PublishPress Taxonomies
Popular rank	#19,955	#810
Active installs	60+	40K+
Downloads, last 30 days	57	45.8K
Rating	3.0(3)	4.6(195)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	3.7.41	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.16
Last release	13 years ago	7 days ago
Requires PHP	–	8.2

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