Best tag description plugins for WordPress
The most popular tag description plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Category Editor leads with 8K+ active installs, ahead of LexiTerm (fewer than 10). All 2 plugins tagged “tag description” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 tag description plugins
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Category EditorThe most installed tag description plugin, with 8K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 22 reviews, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.6.23.
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LexiTermFewer than 10 active installs. No reviews yet, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
All 2 plugins tagged “tag description”
Category Editor
Down in the last 7 days:11#2,429by kevin heath5 years ago
Provides the ability to add a fully functional tinymce editor and html plus shortcodes to the category description and tag description to style up the …
- Installs
- 8K+
- Rating
- 4.5(22)
- Downloads
- 22/day
LexiTerm
Down in the last 7 days:11,265#71,200by umitozay8 months ago
Generate SEO-friendly, human-like descriptions for your WordPress categories and tags using OpenAI (ChatGPT) with a single click.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day