Best post tag plugins for WordPress
The most popular post tag plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Gutena Recent Post Custom Tag leads with 700+ active installs, ahead of f(x) Categories Widget (30+) and SEO Custom Fields (10+). All 9 plugins tagged “post tag” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 8 post tag plugins
- 1.
Gutena Recent Post Custom TagThe most installed post tag plugin, with 700+ active installs. No reviews yet, updated 10 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.
f(x) Categories Widget30+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 3.
SEO Custom Fields10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
- 4.Popular Tags
10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.4.2.
- 5.Ghost Tags
10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.3.2.
- 6.View Category
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 16 years ago.
- 7.Post-tag automaton
10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.6.1.
- 8.
Term Description PopupFewer than 10 active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, updated 3 months ago.
All 9 plugins tagged “post tag”

Gutena Recent Post Custom Tag
Down in the last 7 days:42#7,655by Saad Iqbal10 months ago
A WordPress Plugin that adds a custom tag to your recent post like Must Read, Featured, Hot, Top News, Popular etc. It helps you to attract the visito …
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

f(x) Categories Widget
Down in the last 7 days:277#24,665by David Chandra Purnama10 years ago
Categories widget with taxonomy option.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

SEO Custom Fields
#31,068by soandso9 years ago
Plugin customized the title, add description and keywords for category and tag pages
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Popular Tags
Up in the last 7 days:5,138#41,580by Eric Wijaya11 years ago
Create a list of popular tags widget based on visitor views.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Ghost Tags
Down in the last 7 days:6,459#45,420by nuvuscripts14 years ago
Ghost Tags.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
View Category
#47,759by aizatto16 years ago
View Category adds a "View Category" button on the "Edit Category" page, next to the header and submit button.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post-tag automaton
Down in the last 7 days:8,310#48,411by tmatsuur13 years ago
The post-tag is added automatically if that is found a content when saving post. Moreover, some similar words can be set to a post-tag.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Term Description Popup
Up in the last 7 days:7,360#56,042by meinService3 months ago
This plugin displays a keyword description in a popup whenever a term or post-tag in the text of a post or page matches that keyword or its synonyms.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day