Best post-category plugins for WordPress
The most popular post-category plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Preserve Taxonomy Hierarchy leads with 700+ active installs, ahead of Advanced Categories Widget (700+) and Advance Category Posts Widget (70+). All 6 plugins tagged “post-category” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 6 post-category plugins
- 1.
Preserve Taxonomy HierarchyThe most installed post-category plugin, with 700+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 2.
Advanced Categories Widget700+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 3.
Advance Category Posts Widget70+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.0.31.
- 4.
Auto Assign Post Category20+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
- 5.
Simple Author Widget10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
- 6.
Show Custom CategoryFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.9.20.
All 6 plugins tagged “post-category”
Preserve Taxonomy Hierarchy
Down in the last 7 days:27#7,717by Amin Nazemi1 year ago
Preserve hierarchy in posts category and navigation menu editor lists.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Advanced Categories Widget
Up in the last 7 days:11#7,780by darrinb10 years ago
A highly customizable categories widget for WordPress with thumbnails and descriptions.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Advance Category Posts Widget
Up in the last 7 days:26#18,353by saurav.rox7 years ago
Provides a smart widget that shows posts from the selected category using tons of options.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Auto Assign Post Category
Down in the last 7 days:598#26,587by Kiran Patil5 years ago
A Few Feature Highlights Single tags can be mapped to multiple categories Useful for post authors to assign multiple categories automatically.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Author Widget
Up in the last 7 days:3,137#36,396by M A Vinoth Kumar11 years ago
Easy way to display the Author profile with four social networking profiles using widget.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Show Custom Category
Down in the last 7 days:6,492#63,940by Ali Ghavidel4 years ago
Add specific or all categories to post pages with a simple shortcode.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day