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447 plugins in the directory carry the category tag. This page leads with what has moved in the last 90 days, because a ranked list of the biggest ones is available anywhere.
447
plugins
369,750+
combined reach
41
released in 90 days
81%
quiet 18 months+
1
movements in 90 days
What moved
Ownership changes, closures and long-silent plugins that shipped again, over a rolling 90-day window recomputed daily. Events older than 90 days drop off as new ones arrive. The part of this category that a directory listing cannot show. Nothing here says anything about intent.
| Date | Plugin | Installs | What happened |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Aug 2026 | Dynacat – Dynamic Category Filter | fewer than 10 | released after a long silence |
Most installed
The 50 most installed plugins carrying this tag, ordered by install band, which WordPress.org rounds to one significant digit. Ordering is adoption only. Nothing here is a recommendation, and no link on this page earns anything. The full directory, all categories together, is in the master list.
| Plugin | Installs | Rating | Last release |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pages with category and tag Add Categories and Tags to Pages. | 50,000+ | 4.8★ | 25 days ago |
| Search & Filter Search and Filtering for Custom Posts, Categories, Tags, Taxonomies, Post Dates and Post Types | 50,000+ | 4.5★ | 16 days ago |
| Category Posts Block Adds a block that shows the most recent posts from a single category. | 40,000+ | 4.5★ | 16 days ago |
| Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms Tags, Categories and WordPress terms are easy with TaxoPress. Add a Tag or Category to Pages, manage your WooCommerce Categories and Tags and more. | 40,000+ | 4.6★ | 4 days ago |
| Add Category to Pages Easily add a Post Categories to Wordpress Pages | 20,000+ | 4.7★ | 6.5 years ago · quiet |
| Media Library Categories Adds the ability to use categories in the media library. | 20,000+ | 4.2★ | 16 days ago |
| Adjust Admin Categories Installing this plugin allows you to adjust the behavior of the area below the posts screen category and custom taxonomy box. | 10,000+ | 5.0★ | 4 years ago · quiet |
| Parent Category Toggler Automatically toggle the parent categories when a sub category is selected. | 10,000+ | 4.8★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Term Management Tools Allows you to merge terms, move terms between taxonomies, and set term parents, individually or in bulk. | 10,000+ | 4.9★ | 9 months ago |
| WP No Base Permalink Removes category base or parents categories or tag base from your permalinks. Compatible with WPML Plugin and WordPress Multisite. | 10,000+ | 4.1★ | 6 years ago · quiet |
| Bulk Move Move or remove posts in bulk from one category, tag or custom taxonomy to another. | 9,000+ | 4.5★ | 2.5 years ago · quiet |
| List Custom Taxonomy Widget The List Custom Taxonomy Widget is a quick and easy way to display custom taxonomies. Simply choose the taxonomy name you want to display from an auto … | 9,000+ | 4.7★ | 2 months ago |
| Taxonomy Images Associate images from your media library to categories, tags and custom taxonomies. | 9,000+ | 4.4★ | 2.5 years ago · quiet |
| Admin Bar Position This plugin can change bottom to "Admin Bar". | 6,000+ | 4.2★ | 3 years ago · quiet |
| Front Page Category A plugin that lets you select the categories that appear on the front page of your WordPress site. | 5,000+ | 4.0★ | 2.5 years ago · quiet |
| Remove Taxonomy Base Slug This plugin can remove specific taxonomy base slug from your permalinks (e.g. "/genre/fiction/" to "/fiction/"). | 5,000+ | 4.8★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Recent Posts by Category Widget Just like the default Recent Posts widget except you can choose a category to pull posts from. | 4,000+ | 4.7★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| The Events Calendar: Category Colors Add event category background colors to The Events Calendar events. | 4,000+ | 5.0★ | 12 months ago |
| Custom Category Templates Define custom templates for category views. | 3,000+ | 4.3★ | 10 years ago · quiet |
| Select All Categories and Taxonomies, Change Checkbox to Radio Buttons Use radio buttons or checkboxes for your categories and custom taxonomies with this incredibly powerful and easy-to-use plugin. | 3,000+ | 4.3★ | 3 months ago |
| Taxonomy Thumbnail Add a thumbnail to your taxonomy terms. | 3,000+ | 5.0★ | 10 years ago · quiet |
| Categories in Hierarchical Order Categories in Hierarchical Order plugin maintains the hierarchical order of categories list in the Category tab under your WordPress Admin Post Editor … | 2,000+ | 5.0★ | 5.5 years ago · quiet |
| Category Icon A WordPress plugin to attach an icon and/or image to taxonomy terms. | 2,000+ | 1.0★ | 25 days ago |
| Category Posts in Custom Menu Dynamic menus: List all posts from a category in your menu. Also works for tags, custom taxonomies as well as pages and custom post types. | 2,000+ | 4.8★ | 10 days ago |
| Custom Archive Titles A small and simple plugin to adjust the default texts of archive titles in WordPress | 2,000+ | 5.0★ | 5 years ago · quiet |
| Taxonomy Switcher Switch the taxonomy for all terms or only child terms of a specified parent term. | 2,000+ | 5.0★ | 2 months ago |
| WP Category Permalink Allows manual selection of a 'main' category for each post for nicer permalinks and better SEO. | 2,000+ | 4.8★ | 7.5 years ago · quiet |
| Archive Title Provides options to control an archive page title. | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 9 months ago |
| Categories Metabox Enhanced Replace the checkboxes with radio buttons or a select drop-down in the built-in Categories metabox and the Block Editor sidebar panel. | 1,000+ | 4.9★ | 2 months ago |
| Custom Category Template This plugin lets you select a specific template for a category, just like pages | 1,000+ | 3.3★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Custom Recent Posts Widget A widget to show recent posts list based on categories or tags | 1,000+ | 4.9★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Easy Primary Category Allows you to choose primary category for posts and custom post types. | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 7 months ago |
| Extra Shortcodes [extra_archives], [extra_taxonomies], [bloginfo show="name"], [date format="l jS \of F Y"], [date_i18n], [time] | 1,000+ | 4.1★ | 3 years ago · quiet |
| NS Category Widget A plugin to add widget for listing Categories and Taxonomies. Extending Default WordPress Category Widget. | 1,000+ | 4.8★ | 12 months ago |
| Rename Taxonomies by WebMan Customizes text and menu labels for any registered taxonomy using a simple interface. | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 9 months ago |
| Reorder by Term A simple and easy way to reorder your custom post types within terms in WordPress. | 1,000+ | 5.0★ | 5 months ago |
| Require Post Category Require users to choose a post category before updating or publishing a post. | 1,000+ | 4.9★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| TW Recent Posts Widget A simple and flexible widget for WordPress which will show recent posts from selected category allowing increased customization to display recent post … | 1,000+ | 4.4★ | 8.5 years ago · quiet |
| Category Archives Block Displays a monthly or yearly archive of posts for one or more specific categories. | 900+ | 4.2★ | 3 months ago |
| Links shortcode The plugin provides the shortcode 'links'. This shortcode shows all links having specified characteristics, following a specified template. | 800+ | 4.5★ | 6.5 years ago · quiet |
| Taxonomy Filter Taxonomy Filter is a plugin which allow users to filter hierarchical taxonomy terms inside admin pages and provides a way to hide terms for each user | 800+ | 4.4★ | 2 years ago · quiet |
| Order Limit For WooCommerce ( Free Version ) Set WooCommerce order limits with ease. Control min/max quantities, cart totals, category rules, user role restrictions, and checkout limit. | 800+ | 4.2★ | 3 months ago |
| WP Media Categories Add categories to media & attachments. | 800+ | 4.6★ | 5 months ago |
| Advanced Categories Widget A highly customizable categories widget for WordPress with thumbnails and descriptions. | 700+ | 5.0★ | 10 years ago · quiet |
| Better Random Redirect Based on the original Random Redirect, this plugin enables efficient, easy random redirection to a post. Supports setting a category for all random re … | 700+ | 4.6★ | 15 months ago |
| Category Archive Widget The Category Archive widget displays a monthly or yearly archive of posts for one specific category. | 700+ | 5.0★ | 3 years ago · quiet |
| Category Description for WooCommerce Customize WooCommerce category descriptions with flexible display and formatting options to improve product visibility and boost SEO performance. | 700+ | 5.0★ | 3 months ago |
| Term Description: Rich Text Editor (Powered by TinyMCE) for WooCommerce You can easily add the TinyMCE (WYSIWYG) editor to WooCommerce product categories and tags "description" for better formatting options. | 700+ | 5.0★ | 12 days ago |
| Category and Subcategory List Widget This widget allows to add/update icons for category or icon for custom taxonomy. It lists Categories in horizontal menu pattern. | 600+ | 4.5★ | 9 months ago |
| Taxonomy List This plugin help you to display any taxonomy terms by using shortcode. you can use the shortcode any where like in pages, post, widgets. | 500+ | 4.8★ | 2.5 years ago · quiet |
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