WordPress plugin comparison
Current Template Insights vs Custom Category Templates
Current Template Insights
by macurious
Fewer than 10 installs
Custom Category Templates
by shazdeh
3K+ installs4.3
At a glance
- Custom Category Templates has more active installs: 3K+, against fewer than 10 for Current Template Insights.
- On a typical day, Custom Category Templates is downloaded about 15 times, Current Template Insights about 1.
- Current Template Insights has no reviews yet.
- Current Template Insights was updated more recently: May 20, 2026, against Mar 3, 2016 for Custom Category Templates.
- Current Template Insights is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 4.4.34 for Custom Category Templates.
- Custom Category Templates has been around longer: since 2011, against 2025 for Current Template Insights.
Line by line
Level: each leads on 3 of 6 comparable lines.
| Metric | Current Template Insights | Custom Category Templates |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank | #61,592 | #3,846 |
| Active installs | Fewer than 10 | 3K+ |
| Downloads, last 30 days | 42 | 388 |
| Rating | No ratings | 4.3(6) |
| Support threads resolved | – | – |
| Tested up to | 7.0.8 | 4.4.34 |
| Search multiplier | ×0.05 | ×0.00 |
| Last release | 5 months ago | 10 years ago |
| Requires PHP | 7.4 | – |
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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