Fix Category Count
by a 53 minute production · Uncategorized
Also makes 6 other plugins · 450+ installs across the portfolio →
This plugin will allow you to easily repair and fix your category count for posts, pages and custom post types.
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Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
100+
≈150 estimated
Momentum
+126%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “counts” to your wp.org tags. You rank #20 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed it's a slot worth spending.
86 health vs 58 average across 25,736 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.0%
of downloads still active
At least 100 of 4.9K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,765 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 7 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
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.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 30 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.6★ over 9 reviews, smoothed to 4.18★ and held back under 25 reviews
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
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.
44
Momentum
Holding steady
+0.2
Velocity
places per keyword, 25d
33%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 25d
-0.5
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| category count | #1 | #4 | 0 |
| ui fix | #2 | #9 | 0 |
| count your tag | #10 | #15 | up 4 |
| fix your tag | #11 | #20 | up 5 |
| count up | #10 | #18 | 0 |
| counts | #20 | #21 | up 2 |
| category post count | #15 | #22 | down 1 |
| page count | #21 | #20 | up 1 |
| category your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| repair your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
13 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 8 listed. 5 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Add “counts” to your wp.org tags. You rank #20 for it without listing it, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed it's a slot worth spending.
- One page off on “fix”. #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 · 1,487 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 533 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #13,300 to #16,400, alongside the other plugins at 100+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 21 Oct 2026.
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
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
7
releases in the last 12 months
1mo ago
latest release · v1.6.2 · 1 Oct 2026
7
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. 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 “100+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 6 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 48% of the way through.
Install history since 4 Oct 2022
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Alan8mo ago
After deleting thousands of spam posts, including thousands of orphan categories, I used the latest version of Fix Categories Count to reset the number of categories to 0. It worked flawlessly and very fast.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ davemc502.2y ago
WordPress 6.x , no longer works, “There has been a critical error on this website”
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Gustav8.3y ago
Worked perfect!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ deadhippo8.8y ago
I have a site with about 30,000 posts and the custom taxonomy count was off. After running this plugin a few times the taxonomy count actually got worse. I had to run it a few times because it timed out. Not worry, though. I used the following SQL to fix the problem and it ran very quickly. 9300 rows affected. (Query took 2.9573 seconds.) UPDATE wp_term_taxonomy SET count = ( SELECT COUNT(*) FROM wp_term_relationships rel LEFT JOIN wp_posts po ON (po.ID = rel.object_id) WHERE rel.term_taxonomy_id = wp_term_taxonomy.term_taxonomy_id AND wp_term_taxonomy.taxonomy NOT IN ('link_category') AND po.post_status IN ('publish', 'future') ) Source: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18669256/how-to-update-wordpress-taxonomiescategories-tags-count-field-after-bulk-impo
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ trongnghia2039.1y ago
Many thanks, brother. Although I don’t know how comes the wrong number of posts in category… But your plugin is saving my wordpress life… This topic was modified 8 years, 10 months ago by trongnghia203.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ alburse9.6y ago
The number of posts associated with a category may get mixed up (mine is due to the daily import and deletion of the posts with wp all import plugin) and this plugin can correct this error to the actual number of posts. It also works with custom post types. My suggestion would be the addition of wp cron functionality so it can fix the category counts automatically once in a while to ensure all the categories are up to date. This topic was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by alburse. This topic was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by alburse.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Marinos10.2y ago
Thanks !!!!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Mike V. Gorbunov10.7y ago
a must have for fixing the import bugs
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
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
3 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 "This plugin will allow you to easily repair and fix your category count for posts, pages and custom post ty..."
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ✓ Headings and lists 2 headings and 1 list.
- ! Enough to quote 489 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text All 4 tags appear in the text.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-07 90+ → 100+ up after 179 days in tier
- 2025-11-09 100+ → 90+ down after 38 days in tier
- 2025-10-02 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-10-01 100+ → 90+ down after 5 days in tier
- 2025-09-26 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-25 100+ → 90+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-24 90+ → 100+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-23 100+ → 90+ down after 89 days in tier
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).
- C Count Posts in a Category, Tag, or Custom Taxonomy 100+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags D
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WP-DBManager 50K+ installs · 4.4★ · 1 shared tag A -
Pages with category and tag 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Search & Filter 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
PublishPress Taxonomies – Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Media Library Categories 20K+ installs · 4.2★ · 1 shared tag A
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