WordPress plugin comparison

Front-end Category Management vs Term Management Tools

Front-end Category Management

by Manish Kumar Agarwal

20+ installs5.0

Term Management Tools

by scribu

10K+ installs4.9

At a glance

Term Management Tools has more active installs: 10K+, against 20+ for Front-end Category Management.
On a typical day, Term Management Tools is downloaded about 381 times, Front-end Category Management about 2.
Front-end Category Management is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 1 review, against 4.9 from 76 reviews.
Term Management Tools was updated more recently: Dec 11, 2025, against Dec 22, 2014 for Front-end Category Management.
Term Management Tools is tested with a newer WordPress: 6.9.11, against 4.1.42 for Front-end Category Management.
Term Management Tools has been around longer: since 2010, against 2014 for Front-end Category Management.

Term Management Tools leads on 6 of 7 comparable lines.

Metric	Front-end Category Management	Term Management Tools
Popular rank	#26,960	#1,576
Active installs	20+	10K+
Downloads, last 30 days	22	6.9K
Rating	5.0(1)	4.9(76)
Support threads resolved	–	0%
Tested up to	4.1.42	6.9.11
Search multiplier	×0.00	×0.57
Last release	12 years ago	11 months ago
Requires PHP	–	7.1

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