Best category archive plugins for WordPress
The most popular category archive plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Smart Archive Page Remove leads with 6K+ active installs, ahead of Recent Archive More Widget (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “category archive” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 category archive plugins
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Smart Archive Page RemoveThe most installed category archive plugin, with 6K+ active installs. Rated 4.9 from 59 reviews, updated 2 weeks ago.
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Recent Archive More Widget10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
All 2 plugins tagged “category archive”
Smart Archive Page Remove
Down in the last 7 days:3#2,770by WP User Manager16 days ago
Completely remove unwanted Archive Pages from your Blog
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.9(59)
- Downloads
- 80/day
Recent Archive More Widget
#43,772by De paragon12 years ago
'Recent Archive More Widget' displays posts, not listed on page content area on the widget area of the sidebar of category archive page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day