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Allow HTML in Category Descriptions

by Arno Esterhuizen · Search

This plugin allows you to use unfiltered HTML in your category descriptions by disabling selected WordPress filters.

How scoring works →
88 Health · A
Maintenance 94
Rating quality 95
Support 70

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-23%
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing

Directory rank

Popularity rank over time · lower is better

Health trend

Composite health score, snapshotted daily

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “8K+”. The real number sits in this band.

tracked estimate
8K–9K ≈8.5K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install trend · reconstructed from 1383 daily snapshots

Details

Version
1.2.5
Last updated
4mo ago
Added
2008-06-11
Requires WP
2.5
Tested up to
6.9.4
Requires PHP
7.0

Growth timeline

Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow

  1. 2026-04-01 9K+ → 8K+ down after 255 days in band
  2. 2025-07-20 10K+ → 9K+ down

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Allow HTML in Category Descriptions: 8K+ active installs, 5.0★ (41 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-15. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/allow-html-in-category-descriptions