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Best category exclusion plugins for WordPress

The most popular category exclusion plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Search Everything leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of EchBay Search Everything (200+) and Free Shipping Excluder for WooCommerce (90+). All 4 plugins tagged “category exclusion” 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 4 category exclusion plugins

  1. 1.
    Search Everything

    The most installed category exclusion plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 86 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.

  2. 2.
    EchBay Search Everything

    200+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 11 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.

  3. 3.
    Free Shipping Excluder for WooCommerce

    90+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 5 months ago.

  4. 4.
    Combined Search

    10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.

All 4 plugins tagged “category exclusion”