Best category plugins for WordPress

WP Select Primary Category

Up in the last 7 days:410#21,598

by Mobeen Abdullah6 years ago

WP Select Primary Category plugin allows you to select a primary category for different posts and custom post types.

Last Posts Category and Post Types

Down in the last 7 days:52#21,862

by sinan isler12 years ago

You can configure the widget for show custom category posts, custom post types posts and what you image with that.

Posts in Posts

Down in the last 7 days:60#22,082

by WolfieZero15 years ago

Posts in Posts grabs posts based on tag, category or just recent, and display them inline with a post

Smart Category Ordering

Down in the last 7 days:131#22,249

by tierrainnovation15 years ago

Allows you to alphabetize categories by post title, by trimming leading text, by post date.

Elevate Parent Category Template

Down in the last 7 days:51#22,265

by echoz15 years ago

Elevates parent category template to top of WordPress Loop.

Auto Category for Posts

Down in the last 7 days:165#22,300

by threadi2 months ago

Define a default category for each new post before it is saved.

Category Page Extender

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by grpsmglr0017 years ago

Inserts posts into pages corresponding to category. Add on plugin for Category Page by pixline.net. Requieres an active installation of Category Page …

WP Category Sticky Posts

Down in the last 7 days:39#22,550

by Brian Zeligson14 years ago

Allows you to set Sticky posts for individual category archives.

Code Snippets Tags

Down in the last 7 days:70#22,806

by Shea Bunge11 years ago

Organize your code snippets with tags. Adds support to the Code Snippets WordPress plugin for adding tags to snippets.

Select Category to Post

Down in the last 7 days:173#22,814

by 水野史土14 years ago

Category names are shown on your dashboard with a hyperlink, and when you click one, you will go to post-new.php, with the category already selected.

Posts of Current Category

Down in the last 7 days:111#22,940

by anupofuniverse16 years ago

Display or List post name of current category.

CS Remove Category Base

Up in the last 7 days:298#23,027

by Codept Solutions5 months ago

You can undoubtedly remove /category/ slug from your page WordPress URLs using this plugin.

CPT-Admin-Taxonomy-Filtering

Up in the last 7 days:107#23,145

by amarinediary5 years ago

A non-invasive, lightweight WordPress plugin adding custom post type admin taxonomy filtering support. CPT-Admin-Taxonomy-Filtering is a plug-and-play …

Show Post In lightbox

Down in the last 7 days:574#23,300

by OpenSource Technologies Inc.1 month ago

List posts from a category with a shortcode or widget, and open each post in a lightbox.

Simple Dropdown Filter by Category for WooCommerce

Down in the last 7 days:121#23,448

by Inbound Horizons2 years ago

Add a dropdown on the catalog page to filter products by WooCommerce categories.

Hide Out Of Stock By Category

Up in the last 7 days:7#23,470

by nerdywp6 years ago

An easy and simple way to hide products in WooCommerce by category when they're out of stock

Misiek Page Category

Down in the last 7 days:55#23,497

by misiek30316 years ago

Plugin allows you to create categories for pages.

Latest Posts Widget

Down in the last 7 days:133#23,565

by ravidhu12 years ago

List the lastest posts from a category.

Category Manager

Up in the last 7 days:207#23,591

by Mustansir Golawala16 years ago

The WP Category Manager plugin makes it easier to manage any taxonomy that is used to control the posts within widgets in the presentation layer

Merge Tags

Down in the last 7 days:134#23,751

by scribu16 years ago

Adds a new form on the tag management screen that lets you merge and replace tags and categories.

Post Category

Down in the last 7 days:44#23,811

by naples10 years ago

Use Shortcode to Loop Post From specific Categorie.

Author Default Category

Down in the last 7 days:128#23,881

by z72015 years ago

Any author (user can edit posts) can set its own default category on his profil page.

Simplicy post view

Down in the last 7 days:193#24,191

by fred9110 years ago

viewed Requires at least: 3.0 Tested up to: 4.6 Stable tag: 0.07 License: GPLv2 or later License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.

Viström Media Library Categories

Up in the last 7 days:79#24,765

by Viström2 years ago

Categorize and filter your media library by categories, added support for bulk editing in both list-view and the grid-view.

Category Widgets

Up in the last 7 days:46#24,772

by rajuru16 years ago

Display widgets for specific categories.

Random Excerpts Fader

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by Jack Reichert9 years ago

Creates a widget that takes randomly a number of excerpts from a category of your choice and fades them in and out.

Category Post

Down in the last 7 days:140#24,918

by Toro_Unit (Hiroshi Urabe)15 years ago

Add "New Post" by Categories in admin menu.

Most Comments

Up in the last 7 days:177#24,930

by Nader18 years ago

Display posts with the most comments, as a widget or on a page using the template tag. Customize the look with specific settings.

FSM Backend Category Organizer

Up in the last 7 days:364#25,035

by Fesomia8 years ago

Allows to present and sort the categories (or any hierarchical taxonomy) on the WordPress backend, displaying them more efficiently in the post's …

Category Ajax Chain Selects

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by peterjharrison15 years ago

Category Ajax Chain Selects

Featured Image Widget Slider

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by CuvixSystem12 years ago

Get 10 newest featured image from a selected category in a sidebar widget as a slider.

AGP Ajax Taxonomy Filter

Down in the last 7 days:215#25,075

by Alexey Golubnichenko11 years ago

Simple Ajax Taxonomy Filter

AutoCatSet

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by gyaku2 days ago

AutoCatSet is plugin for automatically re-set category from keyword in the title and the content of each post.

Post Date Range Filter

Down in the last 7 days:21#25,137

by Md. Shahinur Islam10 months ago

Post Date Range Filter plugins for creating custom date filter. Simple but flexible.

Category Commander

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by 菅原隆志28 days ago

Organize categories and tags with ordering, health checks, guided category organization, and optional AI suggestions.

Widgets Master

Up in the last 7 days:276#25,340

by jvwissen10 years ago

Easily manage the visibility of widgets.

Category Search

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by Vladimir Prelovac12 years ago

Category Search adds the option to display category names in search results. Useful when you have a lot of categories.

Just One Category

Up in the last 7 days:212#25,678

by Michael Adams (mdawaffe)16 years ago

On a category's archive page, displays only the posts directly in that category, not in any sub-categories.

List Sub Categories (LSC)

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by clinton414 years ago

This plugin enables a widget that lists only sub categories for the current category page.

Linkify Categories

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by Scott Reilly1 year ago

Turn a string, list, or array of category IDs and/or slugs into a list of links to those category archives. Provides a widget and template tag.

Rich Taxonomy

Up in the last 7 days:478#26,872

by Tarosky Inc.4 months ago

A WordPress plugin that enhances taxonomy archives by replacing them with custom Taxonomy Pages.

Assign Categories

Up in the last 7 days:652#27,050

by Aswin Anand12 years ago

Assign one or more categories to multiple posts in a single shot, with or without preserving existing categories.

Advanced Category Column

Up in the last 7 days:195#27,323

by tepelstreel10 years ago

The Advanced Category Column is a very customizable multi-widget for your sidebar.

Product Categories Grid for WooCommerce

Down in the last 7 days:202#27,401

by Bunty2 months ago

Interactive category grid with product popups.

Recent Posts by Category (RCP)

Down in the last 7 days:190#27,433

by UPTIXA9 months ago

Display recent posts from any category as a modern, stylish widget on any page on your website.

Better Categories

Down in the last 7 days:90#27,461

by cmsexpert6 years ago

This plugin orgnizes the layout of categories boxes in the post add/edit screens and will work for all post types in your website.

Category Column

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by tepelstreel10 years ago

The Category Column does simply, what the name says; it will show excerpts of the latest posts in your sidebar.

Show Archive Descriptions

Down in the last 7 days:433#27,467

by jp211211 years ago

Display category, tag and author descriptions on the appropriate archive pages.

Simple Category Search

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by wokamoto12 years ago

You can choose (child) categories and see the posts belong to the chosen category with AJAX.

Page Tags And Category

Up in the last 7 days:245#27,931

by WebRecourse9 years ago

This plugin adds category and tags functionality for WordPress pages. WordPress by default do not have this functionality.