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Best category description plugins for WordPress

The most popular category description plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Category Editor leads with 8K+ active installs, ahead of Taxonomy TinyMCE (900+) and Reusable Product Description for WooCommerce (100+). All 5 plugins tagged “category description” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.

Installs aren’t everything: a recent release, a “Tested up to” that matches the current WordPress, and support threads that get resolved show a plugin is looked after. Open any plugin for its downloads, rank history and alternatives.

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Top 5 category description plugins

  1. 1.
    Category Editor

    The most installed category description plugin, with 8K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 22 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.

  2. 2.
    Taxonomy TinyMCE

    900+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 5 reviews, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.

  3. 3.
    Reusable Product Description for WooCommerce

    100+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 6 reviews, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.4.25.

  4. 4.
    LexiTerm

    Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  5. 5.
    SEO AI for WooCommerce

    Fewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.

All 5 plugins tagged “category description”