WordPress plugin comparison

Count Posts in a Category, Tag, or Custom Taxonomy vs List category posts

Count Posts in a Category, Tag, or Custom Taxonomy

by Luke Mlsna

100+ installs5.0

List category posts

by Fernando Briano

70K+ installs4.7

At a glance

List category posts has more active installs: 70K+, against 100+ for Count Posts in a Category, Tag, or Custom Taxonomy.
On a typical day, List category posts is downloaded about 235 times, Count Posts in a Category, Tag, or Custom Taxonomy about 3.
Count Posts in a Category, Tag, or Custom Taxonomy is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 2 reviews, against 4.7 from 254 reviews.
List category posts was updated more recently: Jul 7, 2026, against Jan 1, 2013 for Count Posts in a Category, Tag, or Custom Taxonomy.
List category posts is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 3.5.2 for Count Posts in a Category, Tag, or Custom Taxonomy.
List category posts has been around longer: since 2008, against 2011 for Count Posts in a Category, Tag, or Custom Taxonomy.

List category posts leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Count Posts in a Category, Tag, or Custom Taxonomy	List category posts
Popular rank	#13,793	#549
Active installs	100+	70K+
Downloads, last 30 days	74	8.5K
Rating	5.0(2)	4.7(254)
Support threads resolved	–	0%
Tested up to	3.5.2	7.0.8
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.07
Last release	14 years ago	4 months ago
Requires PHP	–	5.6

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