Best category plugins for WordPress
446 plugins tagged “category” on WordPress.org, in its popular order and updated daily. Research this niche or see all plugins.

GP Display All Category
Down in the last 7 days:7,148#48,444by giangmd9310 years ago
GP Display All Category help you create a Widget custom to display all your category on Sidebar or a area Widget.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
My Category Excluder
#48,462by JohnnyPea16 years ago
This plugin allows your registered users to exclude some categories from the queries on your site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Category Teaser
#48,472by cpjolicoeur17 years ago
Displays the excerpt from the latest post in a certain category with link to full post
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Category Monthly Archives
Down in the last 7 days:2,598#48,508by Hiroshi Sawai11 years ago
This Widget display category monthly archives links on category page.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Polanger Category Story Carousel for WooCommerce
#48,571by Polanger10 months ago
Display WooCommerce categories in an Instagram-style story carousel with animated gradient borders.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Post Category Advanced
Up in the last 7 days:19,604#48,751by matteomontipo4 years ago
Create relationships between post categories and tags, and more.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pyrfekt Cat
Up in the last 7 days:342#48,855by mateuszkozlowski6 years ago
Easily change the order in which categories of posts are displayed to display the primary Yoast category first. No configuration required.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Select Primary Category
#49,134by denizozsen8 years ago
Adds the ability to designate a primary category for posts and custom post types.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
TaxoMap Category Sitemap
#50,610by Harish Tewari1 month ago
Generates a dynamic XML sitemap for taxonomy terms (default and custom) at yourdomain.com/category-sitemap.xml.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Grid with Category Filter
Up in the last 7 days:4,552#51,120by Sourav (webbysrv)1 year ago
Display your posts in a beautiful responsive grid with category filtering capabilities.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Thekua
Up in the last 7 days:15,604#52,577by Devinlabs Solutions3 years ago
Thekua - Product Categories on Shop is solution for show categories on shop page directaly from woocommerce admin settting page.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Mngsk Recent Content List
Up in the last 7 days:5,272#53,390by nagasako2 months ago
Display a configurable list of recent posts and pages with a distinctive shortcode and theme-ready CSS classes.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Easy Category Cloud
Up in the last 7 days:6,726#53,931by emahajan8 years ago
Easy Category Cloud provides a category and sub categories cloud list for Woocommerce categories.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

My Featured Posts Widget
Up in the last 7 days:9,975#54,098by nazaninhesamzadeh7 years ago
Having featured posts in a widget. Let's make WordPress life easier by marking any post as "Featured Post", and show 5 recent ones in t …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Category Popular Tags
#54,777by sidocode6 months ago
Display styled popular tag buttons on any page or archive. Full visual control from the admin. Works via shortcode, automatic placement, or theme func …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Cool Category Menu
Up in the last 7 days:11,153#55,208by Lexxa Internet6 years ago
This plugin better stylize the category menu that already comes with the WordPress Flash theme. It allows you to change the font color, borders, selec …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Category count Shortcode
Down in the last 7 days:2,197#55,435by Taha Mahdi Ebadpour3 years ago
Show all published categories count by shortcode.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Yzahkin Post Grid by Category
#56,263by Yzahkin1 year ago
Selected categories posts can be embeded as a grid in a page. Also you can exlude those from the home page.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 1/day

Weblink Event Calendar
Up in the last 7 days:6,754#56,264by weblinksrlvarese2 months ago
A simple, color-coded event calendar for WordPress. Add events and display them anywhere with a shortcode.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Technoscore WC Category Carousel
#58,889by Technoscore9 years ago
Technoscore WC Category Carousel is best plugin for WordPress to showcase Woocommerce products categories images in a nice sliding manner.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Post Read Limited by Specified Category
Down in the last 7 days:9,897#59,882by johnlei9 years ago
100% FREE website functionality.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Role wise category post
Up in the last 7 days:2,405#60,533by innowyn7 years ago
Role wise category post lets you see posts based on the category privillages for users.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Select Main Category
Up in the last 7 days:347#60,825by oscarssanchez8 years ago
Choose a Primary Category for your posts.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Cyba Advanced Search
#61,833by devgirl3 years ago
Create a mini directory on any post or page with a filtering search function in a sidebar. Filters 2 top level categories of your choise and tags.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Exclude Children
Up in the last 7 days:10,413#62,703by wmig6 years ago
This simple plugin will hide posts from children categories
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Category Notices for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:986#62,942by Poly Plugins2 years ago
Easily display notices on WooCommerce category pages you specify. Give your customers information on sales, stock issues, news, and more.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 3.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
No Parent Taxonomy Slug
Up in the last 7 days:8,007#63,525by Epigrade3 years ago
Remove parent taxonomy slug(s) from term permalinks.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Term Manager
#63,601by Landon5 years ago
WP Term Manager helps users clean up or hide terms for easier administration.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DeMomentSomTres Gift Ticket
Up in the last 7 days:7,187#64,779by Marc Queralt i Bassa4 years ago
PDF Gift Cards for WooCommerce
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Category Reverse Order
Down in the last 7 days:9,707#65,185by Jan B-Punkt7 years ago
Shows posts of a sepcific category in reverse order (oldest to newest) OR shows only a specific category in reverse order (oldest to newest) on the ho …
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Category Wise Post Listing
Down in the last 7 days:2,916#65,312by Chintan Acharya3 months ago
A professional block and shortcode for filterable post, custom post type, and WooCommerce product listings.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
SeasonOnTrain Category Tree Widget for Elementor
Up in the last 7 days:601#66,670by jameswoo4 months ago
Display categories and subcategories in a collapsible tree.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Featured Image Extended
Down in the last 7 days:2,204#67,077by Enrico Sorcinelli8 years ago
Feature Image Extended extends featured image builtin functionality.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Advance Catlist Post
Down in the last 7 days:3,006#67,381by pawanjagriti2 years ago
Advance Catlist Post is a WordPress plugin that allows you to display posts from a user-defined category using a simple shortcode...
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Webengine Category Sort for WooCommerce
Up in the last 7 days:363#67,701by Webengine2 months ago
Custom drag-and-drop product order per WooCommerce category — a different curated order for each category page.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

FOLDER TO CATEGORY LINK
Up in the last 7 days:5,700#67,977by naimurhasanrwd6 years ago
Add categories to bulk media & attachments.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 1/day

Category Labels Block
Down in the last 7 days:18,066#68,003by Lauren @ Small Plugins2 months ago
A plugin that add native blocks which allows you to easily display associated category/taxonomy on a WordPress post.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Shop Page Manager for eCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:12,863#68,042by zamartz10 months ago
Adds additional functionality to the default eCommerce Shop pages and allows for rules to be set hiding the display of both categories and products
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

OutsourcingVN Change category name
Down in the last 7 days:16,782#68,373by OutsourcingVN5 years ago
Major features of this plugin include * Add text before or after current post title * Select category, tag or taxonomy to change
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Re-trigger Scheduled Posts
#68,959by Landon5 years ago
Originally adapted from Scheduled Post Trigger to be more resource efficient.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
fraew Category Posts List
Down in the last 7 days:18,838#69,032by Chris Andrews3 months ago
Display all posts from the current post's category in a widget with customizable formatting, display options, and spacing.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Redirect to Category Latest Post
Down in the last 7 days:17,311#69,178by emma23347 years ago
Redirect category menu item to the latest post in it.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

LH Display Default Category
#69,630by shawfactor4 years ago
Display information about the default category via a shortcode
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Tugna Default Category Image
Up in the last 7 days:3,271#69,652by Fatah At imisi himene1 year ago
Allows you to set a default image for each category, which will be used as the featured image for posts without a featured image.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
List Category's Posts
#69,894by cstayyab8 years ago
It lists all the posts in a specific category on a single page in the form of columns.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Product Category Shipping for WooCommerce
Down in the last 7 days:7,826#70,013by techtankholdings1 month ago
WooCommerce shipping per product category — flat rate or tiered-quantity rules, plus Free Local Pickup for selected roles.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

MD Taxonomy Totals
Down in the last 7 days:15,090#70,049by Mustapha Samios1 year ago
Display total published posts count using the [mdtt_total_posts] shortcode, with optional filtering by category or tag.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Category Base
Down in the last 7 days:1,339#70,679by Sirius Pro2 years ago
Simply Remove Category Base from URL and show only category name in WordPress permalink.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Show Custom Category
Down in the last 7 days:6,889#70,829by Ali Ghavidel4 years ago
Add specific or all categories to post pages with a simple shortcode.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

N2H Nice to Have
Down in the last 7 days:1,488#71,578by ZOU Inc.19 days ago
Nice to have: small admin and editor tweaks you can toggle on or off.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 2/day