Home Categories
by msng · Uncategorized
Filters the categories of posts shown on your front page.
46 health vs 56 average across 16,378 Uncategorized plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 13+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 4847 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
88
now · peak 164
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
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.
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 “400+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
At the current install trend, crossing 500+ in roughly 557 days.
Install history · since 2019-07-17 · 1,382 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ pcsinvestments9.4y ago
I couldn’t believe I had spent hours finding a solution for my home categories and in 1 (one) minute was solved with this plugin, many thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ben Sibley10.9y ago
Allows you to choose categories on an exclusive OR inclusive basis, unlike other plugins. This makes it easy to include only one category instead of excluding all but one category. Well-designed plugin, and still working great.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ David Gaur10.9y ago
Thanks,After trying 10 th plugin only this plugin is fine.All other plugins disabled Categories in all pages include home.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Door Dems Webguy12.5y ago
categories added after installation do not appear on settings page. Deactivating/Reactivating does not help. After deleting and the reinstalling, the only categories on the setting page are those there after initial installation
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nurikabe12.9y ago
Agree with @katphoric. Thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ katphoric13.2y ago
This is just perfect, thank you so much – exactly what I needed!
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-07 300+ → 400+ up after 338 days in tier
- 2025-09-03 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-02 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-09-01 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-08-31 300+ → 400+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-08-30 400+ → 300+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-08-29 300+ → 400+ up after 4 days in tier
- 2025-08-25 400+ → 300+ down after 13 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).
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Post Duplicator 200K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
List category posts 80K+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A -
Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A - W WP Admin UI Customize 30K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags C
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