Best taxonomies plugins for WordPress
The most popular taxonomies plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Post Types Unlimited leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of HTML Import 2 (5K+) and Simple CPT (4K+). All 80 plugins tagged “taxonomies” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 taxonomies plugins
- 1.
Post Types UnlimitedThe most installed taxonomies plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 9 reviews, updated 5 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.HTML Import 2
5K+ active installs. Rated 4.3 from 32 reviews, last updated 8 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.6.30.
- 3.
Simple CPT4K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 9 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 4.
Dynamic Fields Engine3K+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, updated 1 day ago.
- 5.
Bulk Edit Categories and Tags3K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 26 reviews, updated 3 weeks ago.
- 6.WP Required Taxonomies
1K+ active installs. Rated 4.1 from 8 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 7.
TagPages1K+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 8.
Attachment Taxonomies1K+ active installs. Rated 4.6 from 10 reviews, updated 2 months ago.
- 9.Easy WP Page Navigation
700+ active installs. Rated 4.8 from 10 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 10.Simple Taxonomy Refreshed
400+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 5 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
All 80 plugins tagged “taxonomies”

Post Types Unlimited
#1,736by WPExplorer6 months ago
Create unlimited custom post types and custom taxonomies.
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(9)
- Downloads
- 46/day
HTML Import 2
Up in the last 7 days:7#3,078by Stephanie Leary9 years ago
Imports well-formed HTML files into WordPress pages.
- Installs
- 5K+
- Rating
- 4.3(32)
- Downloads
- 33/day

Simple CPT
Down in the last 7 days:10#3,602by George Pattichis2 months ago
Simple CPT provides an easy to use interface for registering and managing custom post types and custom taxonomies.
- Installs
- 4K+
- Rating
- 4.6(9)
- Downloads
- 28/day

Dynamic Fields Engine
Up in the last 7 days:309#3,654by Roxnor1 day ago
Create custom post types in WordPress with custom fields, taxonomies, and meta fields. AI-powered WordPress metadata plugin.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 219/day

Bulk Edit Categories and Tags
#3,711by Jose Vega22 days ago
Modern Bulk Editor for Blog Categories and Tags, create and edit hundreds of categories in a spreadsheet inside wp-admin. Quick edits.
- Installs
- 3K+
- Rating
- 4.5(26)
- Downloads
- 72/day
WP Required Taxonomies
Down in the last 7 days:30#5,840by Jose Vega2 months ago
Force users to select a taxonomy term when publishing posts. For example, make category or tags required
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.1(8)
- Downloads
- 31/day

TagPages
Up in the last 7 days:20#6,264by Bernhard Riedl9 years ago
Adds post-tags functionality for pages.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Attachment Taxonomies
Down in the last 7 days:21#6,921by Felix Arntz2 months ago
This plugin adds categories and tags to the WordPress media library - lightweight and developer-friendly.
- Installs
- 1K+
- Rating
- 4.6(10)
- Downloads
- 100/day
Easy WP Page Navigation
Up in the last 7 days:4#7,623by PenciDesign10 years ago
Easy to add page navigation in your blog
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 4.8(10)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Simple Taxonomy Refreshed
Down in the last 7 days:2#9,409by nwjames1 month ago
This plugin provides a no-code facility to manage your taxonomies - either by defining your own or by adding additional function to existing ones.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP Export Categories & Taxonomies
Down in the last 7 days:9#9,538by Damian12 years ago
Export Categories, Tags and Taxonomies
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.8(26)
- Downloads
- 6/day

Quick Bulk Term Taxonomy Creator
Down in the last 7 days:46#9,765by Marin Atanasov10 years ago
A handy tool for batch creation of taxonomy terms in your preferred hierarchy.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.9(8)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Taxonomy Checklist Tree
Down in the last 7 days:21#9,768by webvitalii6 years ago
Plugin sets Category/Taxonomy checklist hierarchical tree-view by default.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 4/day
WP REST API
Up in the last 7 days:23#9,837by Andrew MAGIK10 years ago
This plugin include all available taxonomy attributes into the WordPress REST API (v2) without additional API requests.
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 5.0(5)
- Downloads
- 7/day
Term Menu Order
Down in the last 7 days:3#10,530by Yoast14 years ago
Creates a 'menu_order' column to specify term order, allowing theme and plugin developers to sort term by menu order.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 4/day

Socius Marketing Page Taxonomy
Up in the last 7 days:65#10,637by sociusmarketing4 years ago
Adds 2 custom taxonomies (categories & areas served) to Pages for easy, dynamic archive listing.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day

BulkPress
Down in the last 7 days:86#10,954by meloniq (Andrzej Piotrowski)7 months ago
Export taxonomies into formatted file compatible with BulkPress (Import) plugin.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 11/day
More Taxonomies
Down in the last 7 days:113#11,588by henrikmelin15 years ago
Add more taxonomies to your WordPress installation.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Pages Children
Down in the last 7 days:14#12,287by Paul Menard12 years ago
[Plugin Homepage](http://www.codehooligans.com/projects/wordpress/pages-children/ "Pages-Children Plugin for WordPress")
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Advanced Custom Post Search
Down in the last 7 days:22#13,039by Creare12 years ago
A useful plugin for creating search forms & results pages for custom post types & taxonomies.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 3.8(13)
- Downloads
- 11/day

Easy Content Lists
Down in the last 7 days:786#14,718by Razorfrog Web Design6 days ago
Shortcodes for easily listing all your pages, posts, taxonomies, and tags.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 11/day

Frontend Dashboard Custom Post and Taxonomies
Up in the last 7 days:140#15,214by M A Vinoth Kumar23 days ago
Add, manage, and customize custom post types and custom taxonomies directly inside Frontend Dashboard.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 22/day

Taxonomy Toolbox
Up in the last 7 days:94#18,457by pantsonhead11 years ago
Taxonomy Toolbox allows you to quickly review and update your Categories, Tags and other taxonomies.
- Installs
- 70+
- Rating
- 4.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
User Taxonomy & Directory
Up in the last 7 days:82#20,718by Umesh Kumar3 years ago
User Taxonomy & Directory helps you effortlessly manage user taxonomies on your WordPress website. With a user-friendly interface, it simplifies t …
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 4.6(13)
- Downloads
- 11/day
PhotoPress
Down in the last 7 days:185#21,149by padams8 years ago
Extends the [gallery] shortcode to be able to create galleries from image taxonomies or the featured images of specific Posts.
- Installs
- 50+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Select Primary Category
Up in the last 7 days:219#21,717by 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
Radio Taxonomy
Up in the last 7 days:73#22,255by Mitchell Bundy15 years ago
No more checkboxes, let's radio in.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP REST API
#22,794by Andrew MAGIK10 years ago
This plugin include all existing terms into separate WordPress REST API (v2) endpoint.
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day
CPT-Admin-Taxonomy-Filtering
#23,097by amarinediary5 years ago
A non-invasive, lightweight WordPress plugin adding custom post type admin taxonomy filtering support. CPT-Admin-Taxonomy-Filtering is a plug-and-play …
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Custom Taxonomy Columns
#23,532by Dutch van Andel15 years ago
Automatically adds custom taxonomy columns to admin list tables.
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Category Manager
Up in the last 7 days:232#23,770by Mustansir Golawala16 years ago
The WP Category Manager plugin makes it easier to manage any taxonomy that is used to control the posts within widgets in the presentation layer
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Quick Bulk Tags Creator
Down in the last 7 days:108#24,119by ehabsan8 years ago
Easily add tags in bulk, and easily create a filter function to modifiy the values you insert
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Select All Terms
Down in the last 7 days:125#24,904by luistinygod9 years ago
Adds buttons to select-all / deselect-all terms on taxonomies' metaboxes
- Installs
- 30+
- Rating
- 4.7(3)
- Downloads
- 3/day
WP Category Images
Down in the last 7 days:83#25,443by dmikam13 years ago
Simple plugin that permits to images to Categories, Tags and Custom Taxonomies.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 1.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
PhotoPress
Down in the last 7 days:94#26,211by padams6 years ago
This plugin extracts EXIF and XMP meta-data of uploaded images for use in populating a variety of photo specific taxonomies.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 2.3(3)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Restrict User Taxonomies
Up in the last 7 days:22#26,340by Sibin Grasic9 years ago
Limit which posts your users can edit or view in the admin screen.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Advanced Taxonomy Manager
#26,820by GBTI Network4 months ago
A free WordPress plugin for advanced management of all your taxonomies — categories, tags, and custom taxonomies.
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Media Taxonomies
Down in the last 7 days:4,506#30,284by Ralf Hortt12 years ago
WordPress taxonomies for media files.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Taxonomy Metabox
Down in the last 7 days:221#30,749by David Cramer10 years ago
Pull all taxonomies into a unified, tabbed metabox.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Filter Post Types by Taxonomy
#32,095by Ionut Staicu11 years ago
Quickly filter posts by taxonomy on your admin screens!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Colored Categories
#32,862by mountaininja13 years ago
Use this plugin to attach a color to each of your categories, Great for creating a distinguishing look for each category on your site.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 3.5(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Taxman
Down in the last 7 days:49#33,292by ryanve12 years ago
Add existing taxonomies all post types.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

WP Required Taxonomies
Up in the last 7 days:190#34,316by Chirag Rathod2 years ago
Before saving any post, taxonomies are required or by default selected when editing a post.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

Automatic Expiration for Categories
Down in the last 7 days:1,268#34,700by brightvesseldev2 months ago
With this plugin you will be able to set an expiration date for certain categories assigned to posts and products.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 4.6(7)
- Downloads
- 0/day

Debug Bar Taxonomies
Down in the last 7 days:2,831#34,838by Juliette Reinders Folmer8 years ago
Debug Bar Taxonomies adds a new panel to the Debug Bar with detailed information about registered taxonomies. Requires "Debug Bar" plugin.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Post Taxonomy Column
#35,597by Marcus Downing15 years ago
Tested up to 3.2.1 Stable tag: trunk Add columns to the All Posts, All Pages and custom post types for any taxonomies.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
User Posts Per Page
Up in the last 7 days:9,322#36,083by Samer Bechara12 years ago
Allows the user to dynamically set the number of posts to show per page on category pages, tag pages, author pages and all other archive pages.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Date-based Taxonomy Archives
Up in the last 7 days:8,888#36,362by Erick Hitter11 years ago
Add support for date-based taxonomy archives. Also includes a function for outputting archive links.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day

ACTUS Animated Tags
Up in the last 7 days:9,331#37,128by ACTUS anima4 years ago
Algorithmically Animated Tags. Random Post Tags or other taxonomies in different size, position and opacity, animated horizontally in various speed, o …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Foxdell Folio Taxonomy Toolkit
Up in the last 7 days:6,675#38,969by TheHandOfCod10 years ago
Have finer control over your taxonomies so that you can have better organisation of your posts by using taxonomies other than just Categories and Tags …
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day