WordPress plugin comparison
Colorful Categories vs Primary Categories
At a glance
- Colorful Categories has more active installs: 2K+, against 20+ for Primary Categories.
- On a typical day, Colorful Categories is downloaded about 22 times, Primary Categories about 3.
- Colorful Categories is rated higher: 4.7 out of 5 from 13 reviews, against 4.5 from 2 reviews.
- Colorful Categories was updated more recently: Sep 30, 2025, against Aug 5, 2018 for Primary Categories.
- Colorful Categories is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.8.12, against 4.9.35 for Primary Categories.
- Colorful Categories has been around longer: since 2014, against 2016 for Primary Categories.
Line by line
Colorful Categories leads on 7 of 7 comparable lines.
| Metric |  Colorful Categories |  Primary Categories |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #4,754 | #26,207 |
| Active installs | 2K+ | 20+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 458 | 73 |
| Rating | 4.7(13) | 4.5(2) |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 6.8.12 | 4.9.35 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.34 | ×0.00 |
| Last release | 1 year ago | 8 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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