Best genre plugins for WordPress
The most popular genre plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Books Custom Post Type (Genre, Authors and Series) leads with 20+ active installs, ahead of WDES rtMedia Music (10+). All 2 plugins tagged “Genre” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 genre plugins
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Books Custom Post Type (Genre, Authors and Series)The most installed genre plugin, with 20+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 1 month ago.
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WDES rtMedia Music10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
All 2 plugins tagged “Genre”
Books Custom Post Type (Genre, Authors and Series)
Down in the last 7 days:333#28,280by DannyCooper1 month ago
A WordPress custom post type for books with genre, series, and author taxonomies, plus purchase links.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WDES rtMedia Music
Down in the last 7 days:43#32,051by Anthony Carbon7 years ago
WDES rtMedia Music for your rtMedia, Buddypress needs.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day