Best category plugins for WordPress
The most popular category plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Pages with category and tag leads with 50K+ active installs, ahead of Search & Filter (40K+) and PublishPress Taxonomies (40K+). All 445 plugins tagged “category” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 category plugins
- 1.
Pages with category and tagThe most installed category plugin, with 50K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 28 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 2.
Search & Filter40K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 175 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
PublishPress Taxonomies40K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 195 reviews, updated 5 days ago.
- 4.
Media Library Categories20K+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 52 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 5.
Add Category to Pages20K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 30 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
- 6.
Term Management Tools10K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 76 reviews, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 7.
WP No Base Permalink10K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 16 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 8.
Adjust Admin Categories10K+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.0.0.
- 9.
Parent Category Toggler10K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 15 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 10.
List Custom Taxonomy Widget8K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 21 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
All 445 plugins tagged “category”
Pages with category and tag
Up in the last 7 days:1#712by YAHMAN2 months ago
Add Categories and Tags to Pages.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.8(28)
- Downloads
- 70/day
Search & Filter
Up in the last 7 days:2#789by Code Amp2 months ago
Search and Filtering for Custom Posts, Categories, Tags, Taxonomies, Post Dates and Post Types
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.5(175)
- Downloads
- 232/day
PublishPress Taxonomies
#810by PublishPress5 days ago
Tags, Categories and WordPress terms are easy with PublishPress Taxonomies. Add a Tag or Category to Pages, manage your WooCommerce Categories and Tag …
- Installs
- 40K+
- Rating
- 4.6(195)
- Downloads
- 1.8K/day
Media Library Categories
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,248by jeffrey-wp2 months ago
Adds the ability to use categories in the media library.
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.2(52)
- Downloads
- 118/day
Add Category to Pages
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,396by a.ankit7 years ago
Easily add a Post Categories to Wordpress Pages
- Installs
- 20K+
- Rating
- 4.7(30)
- Downloads
- 31/day
Term Management Tools
Up in the last 7 days:2#1,576by scribu11 months ago
Allows you to merge terms, move terms between taxonomies, and set term parents, individually or in bulk.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.9(76)
- Downloads
- 375/day
WP No Base Permalink
Down in the last 7 days:5#1,725by Sergio6 years ago
Removes category base or parents categories or tag base from your permalinks. Compatible with WPML Plugin and WordPress Multisite.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.1(16)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Adjust Admin Categories
#1,773by Masahiro NAKASHIMA4 years ago
Installing this plugin allows you to adjust the behavior of the area below the posts screen category and custom taxonomy box.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 92/day
Parent Category Toggler
#1,968by Ben Lobaugh (blobaugh)9 years ago
Automatically toggle the parent categories when a sub category is selected.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.8(15)
- Downloads
- 23/day
List Custom Taxonomy Widget
Down in the last 7 days:2#2,305by Nick Halsey3 months ago
The List Custom Taxonomy Widget is a quick and easy way to display custom taxonomies. Simply choose the taxonomy name you want to display from an auto …
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.7(21)
- Downloads
- 36/day
Taxonomy Images
Down in the last 7 days:13#2,340by Ben Huson2 years ago
Associate images from your media library to categories, tags and custom taxonomies.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.4(40)
- Downloads
- 39/day
Bulk Move
Down in the last 7 days:2#2,368by Sudar Muthu2 years ago
Move or remove posts in bulk from one category, tag or custom taxonomy to another.
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.5(47)
- Downloads
- 34/day
Admin Bar Position
Down in the last 7 days:10#2,836by Masahiro NAKASHIMA3 years ago
This plugin can change bottom to "Admin Bar".
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 21/day
Front Page Category
Down in the last 7 days:2#3,053by binarymoon2 years ago
A plugin that lets you select the categories that appear on the front page of your WordPress site.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.0(26)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Remove Taxonomy Base Slug
Down in the last 7 days:6#3,265by Alexandru Vornicescu9 years ago
This plugin can remove specific taxonomy base slug from your permalinks (e.g. "/genre/fiction/" to "/fiction/").
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.8(23)
- Downloads
- 22/day
The Events Calendar
Down in the last 7 days:3#3,364by Nexcess1 year ago
Add event category background colors to The Events Calendar events.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 5.0(61)
- Downloads
- 34/day
Recent Posts by Category Widget
Down in the last 7 days:3#3,454by Ross Cornell9 years ago
Just like the default Recent Posts widget except you can choose a category to pull posts from.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.7(12)
- Downloads
- 15/day
Custom Category Templates
Up in the last 7 days:40#3,847by shazdeh10 years ago
Define custom templates for category views.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.3(6)
- Downloads
- 15/day
Taxonomy Thumbnail
Down in the last 7 days:16#3,849by Grégory Viguier10 years ago
Add a thumbnail to your taxonomy terms.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(10)
- Downloads
- 20/day
Select All Categories and Taxonomies, Change Checkbox to Radio Buttons
Up in the last 7 days:11#4,160by Moove Agency5 months ago
Use radio buttons or checkboxes for your categories and custom taxonomies with this incredibly powerful and easy-to-use plugin.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.3(12)
- Downloads
- 47/day
WP-dTree
Down in the last 7 days:13#4,401by ulfben10 days ago
Legacy collapsible navigation trees for WordPress. For a modern alternative with native blocks, see Content Trees.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.8(25)
- Downloads
- 48/day
Taxonomy Switcher
Down in the last 7 days:16#4,481by webdevstudios3 months ago
Switch the taxonomy for all terms or only child terms of a specified parent term.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(24)
- Downloads
- 42/day
Custom Archive Titles
Down in the last 7 days:14#4,482by ThemeZee5 years ago
A small and simple plugin to adjust the default texts of archive titles in WordPress
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Categories in Hierarchical Order
Down in the last 7 days:1#4,766by Amit Sonkhiya5 years ago
Categories in Hierarchical Order plugin maintains the hierarchical order of categories list in the Category tab under your WordPress Admin Post Editor …
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 5.0(14)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Category Posts in Custom Menu
Down in the last 7 days:13#4,771by Diana van de Laarschot2 months ago
Dynamic menus: List all posts from a category in your menu. Also works for tags, custom taxonomies as well as pages and custom post types.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.8(43)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Category Icon
Down in the last 7 days:23#5,031by pixelgrade2 months ago
A WordPress plugin to attach an icon and/or image to taxonomy terms.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 1.0(3)
- Downloads
- 22/day
WP Category Permalink
Down in the last 7 days:5#5,040by Jordy Meow8 years ago
Allows manual selection of a 'main' category for each post for nicer permalinks and better SEO.
- Installs
- 2K+
- Rating
- 4.8(31)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Custom Category Template
#5,168by Bainternet9 years ago
This plugin lets you select a specific template for a category, just like pages
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 3.3(9)
- Downloads
- 12/day
TW Recent Posts Widget
Down in the last 7 days:9#5,541by tweetysha9 years ago
A simple and flexible widget for WordPress which will show recent posts from selected category allowing increased customization to display recent post …
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.4(15)
- Downloads
- 12/day
Archive Title
Down in the last 7 days:11#5,552by WebMan Design | Oliver Juhas11 months ago
Provides options to control an archive page title.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Custom Recent Posts Widget
Up in the last 7 days:15#5,766by Prasanna SP9 years ago
A widget to show recent posts list based on categories or tags
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Reorder by Term
Down in the last 7 days:5#6,019by Matt Cromwell17 days ago
A simple and easy way to reorder your custom post types within terms in WordPress.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 29/day
NS Category Widget
Up in the last 7 days:3#6,173by Nilambar Sharma1 year ago
A plugin to add widget for listing Categories and Taxonomies. Extending Default WordPress Category Widget.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.8(34)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Extra Shortcodes
Down in the last 7 days:3#6,220by webvitalii3 years ago
[extra_archives], [extra_taxonomies], [bloginfo show="name"], [date format="l jS \of F Y"], [date_i18n], [time]
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.1(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Rename Taxonomies by WebMan
Down in the last 7 days:24#6,449by WebMan Design | Oliver Juhas11 months ago
Customizes text and menu labels for any registered taxonomy using a simple interface.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Require Post Category
Down in the last 7 days:11#6,887by Josh Hartman2 years ago
Require users to choose a post category before updating or publishing a post.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(11)
- Downloads
- 69/day
Categories Metabox Enhanced
Down in the last 7 days:17#6,896by Yoren Chang4 months ago
Replace the checkboxes with radio buttons or a select drop-down in the built-in Categories metabox and the Block Editor sidebar panel.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.9(16)
- Downloads
- 17/day
Easy Primary Category
Down in the last 7 days:82#6,984by Gagan Deep Singh9 months ago
Allows you to choose primary category for posts and custom post types.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Category Archives Block
Up in the last 7 days:39#7,116by Daniel Floeter3 days ago
Displays a yearly, monthly, weekly or daily archive of posts for one or more specific categories.
- Installs
- 900+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Links shortcode
Up in the last 7 days:1#7,361by Maarten7 years ago
The plugin provides the shortcode 'links'. This shortcode shows all links having specified characteristics, following a specified template.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.5(12)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Order Limit for WooCommerce (Free Version)
Down in the last 7 days:27#7,364by Xfinitysoft6 days ago
Set WooCommerce order limits with ease. Control min/max quantities, cart totals, category rules, user role restrictions, and checkout limit.
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.2(13)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Taxonomy Filter
Down in the last 7 days:37#7,481by Andrea Landonio2 years ago
Taxonomy Filter is a plugin which allow users to filter hierarchical taxonomy terms inside admin pages and provides a way to hide terms for each user
- Installs
- 800+
- Rating
- 4.4(14)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Category Description for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:50#7,649by Tihi26 days ago
Customize WooCommerce category descriptions with flexible display and formatting options to improve product visibility and boost SEO performance.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Term Description
Up in the last 7 days:13#7,697by hulkplugins2 months ago
You can easily add the TinyMCE (WYSIWYG) editor to WooCommerce product categories and tags "description" for better formatting options.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Category Archive Widget
Down in the last 7 days:4#7,719by Kaz Kadalashvili3 years ago
The Category Archive widget displays a monthly or yearly archive of posts for one specific category.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Advanced Categories Widget
Up in the last 7 days:14#7,775by darrinb10 years ago
A highly customizable categories widget for WordPress with thumbnails and descriptions.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Category and Subcategory List Widget
Down in the last 7 days:31#8,180by Murali11 months ago
This widget allows to add/update icons for category or icon for custom taxonomy. It lists Categories in horizontal menu pattern.
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.5(4)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Better Random Redirect
Down in the last 7 days:32#8,193by Robert Peake1 year ago
Based on the original Random Redirect, this plugin enables efficient, easy random redirection to a post. Supports setting a category for all random re …
- Installs
- 600+
- Rating
- 4.6(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Taxonomy List
Up in the last 7 days:24#9,011by Muhammad Rehman2 years ago
This plugin help you to display any taxonomy terms by using shortcode. you can use the shortcode any where like in pages, post, widgets.
- Installs
- 500+
- Rating
- 4.8(9)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Bulk WooCommerce Category Creator
#9,341by kartikparmar13 days ago
Create WooCommerce product categories in bulk, in Parent>>Child hierarchy, and assign them to selected products in one go.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.5(8)
- Downloads
- 33/day