Best category thumbnail plugins for WordPress
The most popular category thumbnail plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Category Thumbnail leads with 40+ active installs, ahead of Jam Taxonomy Image (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “Category thumbnail” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 category thumbnail plugins
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WP Category ThumbnailThe most installed category thumbnail plugin, with 40+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
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Jam Taxonomy Image10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
All 2 plugins tagged “Category thumbnail”
WP Category Thumbnail
Down in the last 7 days:239#21,937by NetTantra7 years ago
WP Category Thumbnail create a thumbnail widget
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day
Jam Taxonomy Image
Down in the last 7 days:597#45,922by Jam Viet11 years ago
Jam Taxonomy Image will help you have a nicer Category/Tag/Custom Post type Page with banner, and have a nice and powerful Taxonomy Widget
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day