WordPress plugin comparison
Colorful Categories vs Front-end Categories
At a glance
- Colorful Categories has more active installs: 2K+, against 10+ for Front-end Categories.
- On a typical day, Colorful Categories is downloaded about 22 times, Front-end Categories about 1.
- Front-end Categories is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 3 reviews, against 4.7 from 13 reviews.
- Colorful Categories was updated more recently: Sep 30, 2025, against Aug 20, 2014 for Front-end Categories.
- Colorful Categories is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.8.12, against 3.9.40 for Front-end Categories.
- Front-end Categories has been around longer: since 2013, against 2014 for Colorful Categories.
Line by line
Colorful Categories leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Colorful Categories |  Front-end Categories |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #4,762 | #31,879 |
| Active installs | 2K+ | 10+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 458 | 28 |
| Rating | 4.7(13) | 5.0(3) |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 6.8.12 | 3.9.40 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.34 | ×0.00 |
| Last release | 1 year ago | 12 years ago |
| Requires PHP | – | – |
From WordPress.org's public data, refreshed every night. Downloads are WordPress.org's official daily figures for the last 30 days.
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