WP Required Taxonomies – Categories and Tags Mandatory
by Jose Vega · eCommerce
Force users to select a taxonomy term when publishing posts. For example, make category or tags required
Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing
Directory rank
Popularity rank over time · lower is better
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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 “1K+”. The real number sits in this band.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2019-10-21 · 1,380 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
No band crossings observed yet.
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
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Essential Widgets 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B -
Google for WooCommerce 800K+ installs · 2.7★ · 1 shared tag B
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