Best auto category plugins for WordPress
The most popular auto category plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Auto Category for Posts leads with 40+ active installs, ahead of Auto Assign Post Category (20+) and Daknetcorp Auto Tag Category (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “auto category” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 auto category plugins
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Auto Category for PostsThe most installed auto category plugin, with 40+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
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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Daknetcorp Auto Tag Category10+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 6 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
All 3 plugins tagged “auto category”
Auto Category for Posts
Down in the last 7 days:223#22,473by threadi2 months ago
Define a default category for each new post before it is saved.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/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
Daknetcorp Auto Tag Category
Up in the last 7 days:19#47,736by truongthanhtungitvn6 years ago
Daknetcorp-auto-tag-category allows you auto tag/category you post by target keywords in the post's content.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.2(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day