Best custom taxonomies plugins for WordPress
The most popular custom taxonomies plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Meta Box leads with 500K+ active installs, ahead of Pods (100K+) and MB Custom Post Types & Custom Taxonomies (10K+). All 25 plugins tagged “Custom Taxonomies” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 custom taxonomies plugins
- 1.
Meta BoxThe most installed custom taxonomies plugin, with 500K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 165 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 2.Pods
100K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 418 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 3.
MB Custom Post Types & Custom Taxonomies10K+ active installs. Rated 4.7 from 13 reviews, updated 3 days ago.
- 4.
CubeWP Framework3K+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 12 reviews, updated 3 months ago.
- 5.Custom post types, Custom Fields & more
3K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 56 reviews, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
- 6.Simple Taxonomy Refreshed
400+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 7.WP Permastructure
400+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 15 reviews, last updated 3 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.3.14.
- 8.
LIQUID TOOLS100+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 2 months ago.
- 9.CatWalker
10+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 10.Taxman
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
All 25 plugins tagged “Custom Taxonomies”

Meta Box
#128by Meta Box3 days ago
Meta Box plugin is a powerful, professional developer toolkit to create custom meta boxes and custom fields for your custom post types in WordPress.
- Installs
- 500K+
- Rating
- 4.8(165)
- Downloads
- 3.9K/day
Pods
Down in the last 7 days:1#410by Scott Kingsley Clark2 months ago
Pods is a framework for creating, managing, and deploying customized content types and fields for any project.
- Installs
- 100K+
- Rating
- 4.8(418)
- Downloads
- 508/day

MB Custom Post Types & Custom Taxonomies
Up in the last 7 days:1#1,895by Anh Tran3 days ago
Create and manage custom post types and custom taxonomies with an easy-to-use UI in WordPress.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 4.7(13)
- Downloads
- 161/day

CubeWP Framework
Down in the last 7 days:29#3,655by Imran Tauqeer3 months ago
CubeWP is an end-to-end dynamic content framework for WordPress to help you shrink time and cut cost of development up to 90%.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.8(12)
- Downloads
- 46/day
Custom post types, Custom Fields & more
Up in the last 7 days:1#3,887by TotalPress.org1 year ago
Custom Post Types, Custom Fields, Custom Taxonomies, Custom Templates, Custom Admin Pages, Custom Admin Notices. Directly from the WP dashboard.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.6(56)
- Downloads
- 23/day
Simple Taxonomy Refreshed
Up in the last 7 days:23#9,390by nwjames1 month ago
This plugin provides a no-code facility to manage your taxonomies - either by defining your own or by adding additional function to existing ones.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP Permastructure
Down in the last 7 days:29#9,938by Robert O'Rourke3 years ago
Adds the ability to configure permalinks for custom post types using rewrite tags like %post_id% and %author%.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.3(15)
- Downloads
- 11/day

LIQUID TOOLS
Down in the last 7 days:63#16,757by lqd2 months ago
Very simple tool to set up Custom Fields, Custom Post Types, Custom Taxonomies, and Security.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
CatWalker
Up in the last 7 days:426#30,963by kwiliarty11 years ago
List categories or cross-categorizations in page or post contents. Let users search for the intersection of two categories.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Taxman
#32,968by ryanve12 years ago
Add existing taxonomies all post types.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Taxonomy Taxi
#34,770by postpostmodern6 years ago
Automatically display custom taxonomy information in wp-admin/edit.php
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Restricted Tags
#41,248by thenbrent15 years ago
Using this plugin, Administrators can define tags, which are then the only tags visible for Authors, Editors & Contributors when editing a blog po …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Stories Post Type
Down in the last 7 days:132#43,975by Fran Ontanaya16 years ago
This plugin adds a Stories custom post type with thumbnails and revisions enabled and three taxonomies: Works, Sections and Licenses.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
KickPress
Up in the last 7 days:2,170#45,936by David Tufts10 years ago
KickPress gives your WordPress website a full featured API, including remote access authentication for 3rd party websites and mobile apps.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
KontrolWP
#47,138by Techunits Research & Development Solutions10 years ago
KontrolWP is an advanced Wordpress plugin for developers. Easily create CMS sites using advanced custom fields, custom post types, SEO and more.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Pollux
Down in the last 7 days:2,888#48,326by Gemini Labs3 years ago
Pollux allows you to easily add custom Post Types, Taxonomies, Meta Boxes, Global Settings, Archive Page meta, and more...all within mere minutes.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Custom Taxonomies for Blocks
Up in the last 7 days:9,334#61,302by taupecatstudios7 years ago
WordPress plugin to convert older custom taxonomies so they can be used in the WordPress blocks interface (a.k.a. Gutenberg).
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

BBA Custom Types
Down in the last 7 days:9,037#64,053by Amit Sharma4 days ago
Create and manage custom post types, taxonomies, and custom field groups from a modern WordPress admin dashboard.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 6/day
CustomFields.com
Down in the last 7 days:8,011#72,325by Plugins.shop1 day ago
Build custom fields, repeaters, custom post types, taxonomies and options pages. Display content with blocks and shortcodes. Free.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 45/day

Violet Custom Post Meta
#73,168by Rakib8 years ago
Plugin for Theme developers, Who wants to build portfolio themes rapidly.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day