Best primary category plugins for WordPress
The most popular primary category plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Select Primary Category leads with 40+ active installs, ahead of Primary Cat (fewer than 10). All 2 plugins tagged “primary category” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 primary category plugins
- 1.
WP Select Primary CategoryThe most installed primary category plugin, with 40+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 6 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.3.27.
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Primary CatFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 5 months ago.
All 2 plugins tagged “primary category”
WP Select Primary Category
Up in the last 7 days:396#21,488by Mobeen Abdullah6 years ago
WP Select Primary Category plugin allows you to select a primary category for different posts and custom post types.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Primary Cat
Down in the last 7 days:5,898#55,324by Web Guy5 months ago
Set a primary category for your posts... and then do stuff with it. [primary-cat]
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day