Best assign category plugins for WordPress
The most popular assign category plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Create And Assign Categories For Pages leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of Auto Assign Post Category (20+) and MSD PreSelected Category (fewer than 10). All 3 plugins tagged “assign category” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 assign category plugins
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Create And Assign Categories For PagesThe most installed assign category plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 10 reviews, last updated 2 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.4.14.
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Auto Assign Post Category20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
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MSD PreSelected CategoryFewer than 10 active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
All 3 plugins tagged “assign category”
Create And Assign Categories For Pages
Down in the last 7 days:2#2,149by sandeepsinghhdp2 years ago
Easily create/add post Categories to your Wordpress Pages
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(10)
- Downloads
- 32/day
Auto Assign Post Category
Down in the last 7 days:598#26,587by Kiran Patil5 years ago
A Few Feature Highlights Single tags can be mapped to multiple categories Useful for post authors to assign multiple categories automatically.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
MSD PreSelected Category
Down in the last 7 days:2,342#72,314by Akhileshwar Dayal7 years ago
PreSelected Category is a helpful tool:
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day