Admin Taxonomy Filter
by Anh Tran · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 17 other plugins · 93.6K+ installs across the portfolio →
Filter posts or custom post types in the admin area by custom taxonomies.
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Health
C 69/100
Stale
Active installs
5K+
≈5.9K estimated
Momentum
+25%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “admin” for “admin area”. “admin” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “admin area” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
69 health vs 56 average across 5,895 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →7.9%
of downloads still active
At least 5K of 63.3K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,187 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Details
Recent review vibe
read from the latest 12 reviews to 2022-05-23Reviewers call it lightweight and say it does exactly what it promises for custom post types, with one older report of trouble when no filter is selected and a request for a translation file.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 390 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.8.12, the current branch or newer
4.5★ over 14 reviews, smoothed to 4.19★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 390 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
29
Momentum
Losing ground
-1.5
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
10%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
-1.5
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| taxonomy filter your tag | #11 | #16 | down 3 |
| taxonomy your tag | #22 | #20 | up 2 |
| admin area | #24 | #21 | down 4 |
| taxonomies filter | #17 | #22 | 0 |
| admin taxonomy search | #19 | #23 | down 3 |
| admin filter | #22 | #22 | down 1 |
| taxonomy plugin | #24 | #21 | — |
| admin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| post filter your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| post list your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
12 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 7 listed. 5 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “admin” for “admin area”. “admin” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “admin area” sits at #24 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “taxonomy filter”. #11 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 3.9K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
1.1y ago
latest release · v1.0.5 · 6 Oct 2025
6
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “5K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3.8 years ago; the previous band took 12 months to cross, which places it about 90% of the way through.
Install history since 12 Aug 2020
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ imincognito4.4y ago
Nothing fancy, but it works as advertised – quite useful. Not sure why the other custom taxonomy vendors can’t include this function, but kudos to these guys…
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ashf5.7y ago
This is useful especially who don’t want to pay for Admin Columns Pro which is the only plugin can do the same thing other than this.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Machi Mendieta6.2y ago
lighweighted and straight forward. Thank you Anh Tran!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ whatanoisybird6.2y ago
Please don’t stop updating this plugin. Thanks, make it a paid one if you have to, but this plugin is filling a real lack of functionality in the WordPress admin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ clemdia6.2y ago
I want to love this plugin, but it appears to broken in WP 5.4 – bummer UPDATE: Just played around a little – it appears to break things when “All Categories” or “All Tags” is selected – seems to work when some filter is set. Haven’t run through every use case but seems related to that? This topic was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by clemdia. This topic was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by clemdia.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Mladen Gradev6.7y ago
The plugin is working great. Four stars, because no language file is provided and it must be created manually.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ santoso19906.8y ago
perfect for my admin dashboard wp
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Christophe Seguinot8.0y ago
Great plugin. I did not used it as a plugin but I included the original code in my theme with 1 improvements in class-atf-settings.php line 104 replace printf by if ($taxonomy->label) printf( This will remove empty label taxonomies (due to polylang translations) Many thanks to Anh Tran This topic was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by Christophe Seguinot. This topic was modified 7 years, 8 months ago by Christophe Seguinot.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.0.5 Fix text domain 1.0.5
- — Version 1.0.4 Fix deprecated notice in PHP 8.1 1.0.4
- — Version 1.0.3 Update compatibility with the latest version of WordPress 1.0.3
- — Version 1.0.2 Update compatibility tags 1.0.2
- — Version 1.0.1 Update compatibility with the latest version of WordPress 1.0.1
- — Version 1.0 First version 1.0
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.9
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 6 languages, 4 at 90% or more
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
2 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Filter posts or custom post types in the admin area by custom taxonomies."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 893 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "post filter" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2023-01-19 4K+ → 5K+ up after 366 days in tier
- 2022-01-18 3K+ → 4K+ up
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Radio Buttons for Taxonomies 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags C -
Term Management Tools 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want 10K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B -
Post Category Filter (WP Admin) 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
MDTF – Meta Data and Taxonomies Filter 900+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags B -
Taxonomy Tags to Checkboxes 700+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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