WordPress plugin comparison

Category and Subcategory List Widget vs Taxonomy List

Category and Subcategory List Widget

by Murali

600+ installs4.5

Taxonomy List

by Muhammad Rehman

500+ installs4.8

At a glance

Category and Subcategory List Widget has more active installs: 600+, against 500+ for Taxonomy List.
On a typical day, Category and Subcategory List Widget is downloaded about 10 times, Taxonomy List about 5.
Taxonomy List is rated higher: 4.8 out of 5 from 9 reviews, against 4.5 from 4 reviews.
Category and Subcategory List Widget was updated more recently: Dec 1, 2025, against Dec 5, 2023 for Taxonomy List.
Category and Subcategory List Widget is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.9.11, against 6.4.14 for Taxonomy List.
Category and Subcategory List Widget has been around longer: since 2016, against 2018 for Taxonomy List.

Category and Subcategory List Widget leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Category and Subcategory List Widget	Taxonomy List
Popular rank	#8,163	#8,985
Active installs	600+	500+
Downloads, last 30 days	213	119
Rating	4.5(4)	4.8(9)
Support threads resolved	–	–
Tested up to	6.9.11	6.4.14
Search multiplier	×0.35	×0.05
Last release	11 months ago	2 years ago
Requires PHP	8.0	–

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