WordPress plugin comparison

PublishPress Taxonomies vs Visual Term Description Editor

PublishPress Taxonomies

by PublishPress

40K+ installs4.6

Visual Term Description Editor

by Shea Bunge

10K+ installs5.0

At a glance

PublishPress Taxonomies has more active installs: 40K+, against 10K+ for Visual Term Description Editor.
On a typical day, PublishPress Taxonomies is downloaded about 1,564 times, Visual Term Description Editor about 47.
Visual Term Description Editor is rated higher: 5.0 out of 5 from 21 reviews, against 4.6 from 195 reviews.
PublishPress Taxonomies was updated more recently: Nov 3, 2026, against Aug 17, 2024 for Visual Term Description Editor.
PublishPress Taxonomies resolves more of its support threads: 100% in the last two months, against 0% for Visual Term Description Editor.
PublishPress Taxonomies is tested with a newer WordPress: 7.1.4, against 6.6.11 for Visual Term Description Editor.
PublishPress Taxonomies has been around longer: since 2007, against 2013 for Visual Term Description Editor.

PublishPress Taxonomies leads on 7 of 8 comparable lines.

Metric	PublishPress Taxonomies	Visual Term Description Editor
Popular rank	#810	#1,516
Active installs	40K+	10K+
Downloads, last 30 days	48.1K	1.5K
Rating	4.6(195)	5.0(21)
Support threads resolved	100%	0%
Tested up to	7.1.4	6.6.11
Search multiplier	×1.16	×0.16
Last release	6 days ago	2 years ago
Requires PHP	8.2	5.4

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