WordPress plugin comparison

Front-end Category Management vs PublishPress Taxonomies

Front-end Category Management

by Manish Kumar Agarwal

20+ installs5.0

PublishPress Taxonomies

by PublishPress

40K+ installs4.6

At a glance

PublishPress Taxonomies has more active installs: 40K+, against 20+ for Front-end Category Management.
On a typical day, PublishPress Taxonomies is downloaded about 1,564 times, Front-end Category Management about 2.
Front-end Category Management is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.6 from 195 reviews.
PublishPress Taxonomies was updated more recently: Nov 3, 2026, against Dec 22, 2014 for Front-end Category Management.
PublishPress Taxonomies is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 4.1.42 for Front-end Category Management.
PublishPress Taxonomies has been around longer: since 2007, against 2014 for Front-end Category Management.

PublishPress Taxonomies leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Front-end Category Management	PublishPress Taxonomies
Popular rank	#26,960	#810
Active installs	20+	40K+
Downloads, last 30 days	22	47.1K
Rating	5.0(1)	4.6(195)
Support threads resolved	–	100%
Tested up to	4.1.42	7.1.4
Search multiplier	×0.00	×1.16
Last release	12 years ago	7 days ago
Requires PHP	–	8.2

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