Best parent category plugins for WordPress
The most popular parent category plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Category Order leads with 400+ active installs, ahead of Category Family Tree (30+). All 2 plugins tagged “parent category” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 parent category plugins
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WP Category OrderThe most installed parent category plugin, with 400+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.8.12.
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Category Family Tree30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
All 2 plugins tagged “parent category”
WP Category Order
Down in the last 7 days:11#9,926by Monika Yadav1 year ago
Display WordPress post categories in parent–child hierarchy while editing posts in the admin panel
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Category Family Tree
Down in the last 7 days:207#23,771by nasznjoka12 years ago
Show Category ancestors and sub categories on the sidebar
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day