Best cats plugins for WordPress
The most popular cats plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. No Sub-Category Posts in Loops leads with 90+ active installs, ahead of catnip (70+) and CTL Playful Kitty Lite (10+). All 3 plugins tagged “cats” 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 3 cats plugins
- 1.
No Sub-Category Posts in LoopsThe most installed cats plugin, with 90+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 2.
catnip70+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 3.
CTL Playful Kitty Lite10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
All 3 plugins tagged “cats”
No Sub-Category Posts in Loops
Down in the last 7 days:126#17,266by Glenn Ansley11 years ago
Once activated, only posts from the current category are displayed in your loop (no posts from sub cats).
- Installs
- 90+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
catnip
Up in the last 7 days:328#18,405by Lew Ayotte14 years ago
With catnip and The Cat API it's Caturday everyday in WordPress!
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
CTL Playful Kitty Lite
Down in the last 7 days:260#34,624by codethislab10 years ago
Add Playful Kitty Lite to CTL Arcade Lite plugin
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day