WordPress plugin comparison

Front-end Category Management vs List category posts

Front-end Category Management

by Manish Kumar Agarwal

20+ installs5.0

List category posts

by Fernando Briano

70K+ installs4.7

At a glance

List category posts has more active installs: 70K+, against 20+ for Front-end Category Management.
On a typical day, List category posts is downloaded about 235 times, Front-end Category Management about 2.
Front-end Category Management is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.7 from 254 reviews.
List category posts was updated more recently: Jul 7, 2026, against Dec 22, 2014 for Front-end Category Management.
List category posts is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.0.8, against 4.1.42 for Front-end Category Management.
List category posts has been around longer: since 2008, against 2014 for Front-end Category Management.

List category posts leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Front-end Category Management	List category posts
Popular rank	#26,960	#549
Active installs	20+	70K+
Downloads, last 30 days	22	8.5K
Rating	5.0(1)	4.7(254)
Support threads resolved	–	0%
Tested up to	4.1.42	7.0.8
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.07
Last release	12 years ago	4 months ago
Requires PHP	–	5.6

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