Best category theme plugins for WordPress
The most popular category theme plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Custom Category Template leads with 1K+ active installs, ahead of REAL Archive Pages List (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “category theme” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 category theme plugins
- 1.
Custom Category TemplateThe most installed category theme plugin, with 1K+ active installs. Rated 3.3 from 9 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.0.
- 2.
REAL Archive Pages List10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
All 2 plugins tagged “category theme”
Custom Category Template
Down in the last 7 days:6#5,170by 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
REAL Archive Pages List
Down in the last 7 days:1,388#37,392by martin_ziegert12 years ago
Most of themes have original one category templates as part of themes. With REAL Archive Plugin you can create as many category templates as you like …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day