Best exclude categories plugins for WordPress
The most popular exclude categories plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Ultimate Category Excluder leads with 50K+ active installs, ahead of Exclude Category from Blog (1K+) and Pro Categories Widget (700+). All 3 plugins tagged “exclude categories” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 exclude categories plugins
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Ultimate Category ExcluderThe most installed exclude categories plugin, with 50K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 78 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
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Exclude Category from Blog1K+ active installs. Rated 4.0 from 7 reviews, updated 1 week ago.
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Pro Categories Widget700+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 11 reviews, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.1.28.
All 3 plugins tagged “exclude categories”
Ultimate Category Excluder
#769by Marios Alexandrou2 months ago
Ultimate Category Excluder allows you to quickly and easily exclude categories from your front page, archives, feeds, and search results.
- Installs
- 50K+
- Rating
- 4.3(78)
- Downloads
- 100/day
Exclude Category from Blog
Up in the last 7 days:11#5,852by WonderPlugin13 days ago
Exclude categories from WordPress blog page, home page and search
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.0(7)
- Downloads
- 22/day
Pro Categories Widget
Down in the last 7 days:8#7,700by Shambhu Patnaik7 years ago
Pro Categories Widget plugin.You have choice to specific categories exclude.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.8(11)
- Downloads
- 6/day