Best cat plugins for WordPress
The most popular cat plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Cat Generator Avatars leads with 90+ active installs, ahead of Tag Cloud per Category (40+) and Cute Animals (30+). All 5 plugins tagged “cat” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 4 cat plugins
- 1.
Cat Generator AvatarsThe most installed cat plugin, with 90+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 7 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
- 2.
Tag Cloud per Category40+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 3.
Cute Animals30+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 4.
CTL Playful Kitty Lite10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
All 5 plugins tagged “cat”
Cat Generator Avatars
Down in the last 7 days:374#16,852by abnerchou6 years ago
This plugin integrates the Cat Generator Avatars avatar into WordPress, BuddyPress and Ultimate Member.
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 4.7(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tag Cloud per Category
Up in the last 7 days:6#22,221by LordPretender9 years ago
This is an override of the native Tag cloud widget but filtered by the current category.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Cute Animals
Down in the last 7 days:435#24,539by manu22511 months ago
Display cute animated animals on your website!
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CTL Playful Kitty Lite
#34,203by codethislab10 years ago
Add Playful Kitty Lite to CTL Arcade Lite plugin
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day