Pages with category and tag
by YAHMAN · Uncategorized
Also makes 2 other plugins · 61K+ installs across the portfolio →
Add Categories and Tags to Pages.
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Health
A 89/100
no flags
Active installs
50K+
≈58K estimated
Momentum
+17%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Add “tags” and “categories” to your wp.org tags. You rank #15 and #21 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Install conversion
How it's measured →35%
of downloads still active
At least 50K of 143K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,785 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 1 release 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.
Well optimized
Most to gain: Support resolution
Updated 82 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.8★ over 28 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.4★
4 of 5 tags set · short description in place
0 of 1 support threads resolved in the last 2 months
To rank higher: Mark more forum threads resolved — the resolved ratio feeds the ranking.
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.
42
Momentum
Mixed: one swing, the rest drifting
+0.0
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
25%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
+0.2
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| add category | #1 | #1 | 0 |
| tag your tag | #5 | #5 | up 1 |
| category page | #2 | #2 | — |
| page category | #2 | #3 | 0 |
| add category to page | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| categories to pages | #2 | #2 | 0 |
| tag pages | #3 | #4 | 0 |
| add tag to page | #3 | #4 | 0 |
| page tag | #3 | #6 | 0 |
| tag by category | #3 | #3 | 0 |
| categories for pages | #3 | #4 | — |
| category in page | #3 | #4 | 0 |
| category your tag | #8 | #9 | 0 |
| pages | #9 | #15 | down 1 |
| tag in page | #4 | #8 | 0 |
| add category to wordpress page | #5 | #8 | 0 |
| page categories | #6 | #9 | 0 |
| tags | #15 | #18 | down 1 |
| page tags | #7 | #11 | 0 |
| categories in page | #7 | #10 | 0 |
| add your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| page your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
39 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 8 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 “tags” and “categories” to your wp.org tags. You rank #15 and #21 for them without listing them, close enough for a declared tag to move you up. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so with 4 listed these are the slots worth spending.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,491 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 3.5K · 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
Occasionally updatedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
1
releases in the last 12 months
5mo ago
latest release · v0.9.0 · 23 May 2026
1
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 “50K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago and the previous band took 21 months to cross, so the real count is still just under 60K.
Install history since 8 Dec 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ ucero6mo ago
It does what it says and is very useful. Thank you.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ AlwaysEnthusiast10mo ago
I have now used this plugin for a while. It does what it says. It works well and I have not had any problems with it.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ maybebernd10mo ago
Works as intended
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ myracat1.5y ago
My theme limits some things in wordpress but this plugin has allowed us to add categories and tags to our pages. Very helpful in grouping and labeling types of pages.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ danielepais1.6y ago
This is a very useful plugin, specially when working with page builders, as it helps to categorize and filter your pages and display only a selected part of them in appropriate archives.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Envox d.o.o.2.0y ago
Works as advertised, thanks a lot.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ crzyhrse2.3y ago
Much appreciation for this plugin… Have been using a different one for creating page categories for years, but that one has recently been removed from the WP plugin repository… Installing this one and removing that one from site keeps all the same categories going and working in same way, seamlessly, zero tweaks… And so again, Thanks…!🙏🌻
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Chris Lovie-Tyler2.5y ago
This allowed me to include a couple of gallery pages in relevant category searches Thanks! This topic was modified 2 years, 3 months ago by Chris Lovie-Tyler.
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 11 languages, 11 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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
1 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 Short description is 33 characters, too short to say what the plugin does.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 2 questions in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 2 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 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 33 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 4 tags appear in the text; "category" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-30 60K+ → 50K+ down after 631 days in tier
- 2024-11-06 50K+ → 60K+ up after 119 days in tier
- 2024-07-10 40K+ → 50K+ up after 72 days in tier
- 2024-04-29 30K+ → 40K+ up after 90 days in tier
- 2024-01-30 20K+ → 30K+ up after 312 days in tier
- 2023-03-24 10K+ → 20K+ up after 218 days in tier
- 2022-08-18 7K+ → 10K+ up after 214 days in tier
- 2022-01-16 6K+ → 7K+ up after 152 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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PublishPress Taxonomies – Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Add Category to Pages 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D -
Term Management Tools 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags B - W WP No Base Permalink 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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Taxonomy Images 8K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D
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