Tag Groups is the Advanced Way to Display Your Taxonomy Terms
by Steve Burge · Uncategorized
Also makes 1 other plugin · 43K+ installs across the portfolio →
Tag Groups allows you to organize your WordPress taxonomy terms and show them in clouds, tabs, accordions, tables, lists and much more.
90 health vs 56 average across 16,376 Uncategorized plugins
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
Well tuned across the board
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
3.7K
now · peak 9.0K
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
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.
3
releases in the last 12 months
2mo ago
latest release · v2.2.0
33
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 47% 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 “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2015-03-10 · 1,464 observations
Estimated value
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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 ↗- ★★★★★ ticurt2mo ago
Handy, simple, customisable – exactly what I need.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ vtkachenko2mo ago
Thank for work!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ hzane1.6y ago
thanks!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ spitch172.2y ago
On the admin side, the grouping works well, very intuitive, but the implementation has some flaws in terms accessibility. For example, using a tabbed or accordion interface, the headers are taken out of the tab index order (open section has tabindex=0 and closed are -1) , so cannot be accessed via keyboard UNLESS the user switches to the arrow keys. This is not intuitive. Once opened, the tag links are keyboard accessible via tab.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Wickelwutz2.8y ago
Since the original developer ChattyMango resold the plugin, it’s just bullshit. In the design theme “Accordion”, the previously neatly and clearly separated keywords are now suddenly and unexpectedly raped by the current development team in such a way that the entries are now displayed as unwanted and thus confusing keyword clouds. The documentation for customizing the free version has been removed by the current developers. ChattyMango had provided a few code snippets in the WP backend to refine the display of the chosen design style a bit. The current developers apparently want to drive the user to buy the premium version for the sake of profit. It is already clear to me that the development of a plugin is a lot of work and that it should also be paid for with the premium version. But I don’t need the extensive features of the premium version. But for the free version of the plugin, I would like to get back at least the rudimentary customization options that were previously available. With the takeover and the latest updates, the code has apparently been messed up to such an extent that the plugin is slowing down the website. Loading times of more than 4 seconds are unacceptable with the plug-in enabled. I tried to delete the new version and then install the version 1.4, which was satisfactory at the time. Version 1.4 has been installed and loading times have decreased dramatically. But the messed-up accordion view with the stupid cloud of buzzwords stuck with me. But the messed-up accordion view with the stupid cloud of buzzwords stayed with me. Of course, I can’t verify how deep the current version digs into the system. I want the Accordion theme to be able to see the list view again and the loading times to be optimized. In other words, if you manage to screw up a previously unique plugin like that, then you should be able to get rid of the hopelessly screwed up nonsense in the interest of the users. And again provides proper documentation. And above all, the helpful (example) codes for individual customization. Then there are also asterisks again. _________________________________________________________________ Edit: Problem solved After several hours of searching and with a lot of patience, I was now able to solve the problem I described myself and would like to share the solution with interested parties who have the same problem: Navigate to the menus in the WP backend. Find the “MLA Text” menu and open the widget to paste the following code into the text box (only the bold text in the square brackets): ‘#’ [tag_groups_accordion smallest= 14 largest=14 separator=<br/>] ‘#’ Now the keywords embedded in the Accordion template are no longer displayed as a confusing cloud, but as a clean list from each other and, above all, separated from each other. In the documentation designed by the developer, although very extensive, there are some “shortcuts” or .PHP snippets. However, nowhere is it explained where and how to insert the code in order to be able to make such individual adjustments. At least I didn’t find them – if these hints were noted somewhere – despite my intensive and attentive reading for self-help. I increase my rating to 3 stars for the user-unfriendly documentary. For the plugin I give (also to myself) 5 stars because it works NOW the way I want it to. This topic was modified 2 years, 8 months ago by Wickelwutz. Reason: Problem solved by myself
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ salvia494.6y ago
Simply the best tags plugin for WordPress. The support is great, the developer very friendly and the plugin is very powerful with unlimited functionality and possibilities. Congratulations and friendships.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ 121website4.7y ago
I’m using the paid version to display posts based on tags selected. I found it simple to use and straightforward. You can get results very quickly with this, and it’s impressive. It also looks great. I had a problem with another plugin not working with the Tag Cloud that the Tag Cloud support fixed. This saved me a lot of time and was excellent customer service. I’m so pleased with the results, and I’m delighted I bought this plugin. I can’t recommend this enough!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ chrisnreed4.8y ago
Perfect for what I needed. A neat and tidy tag cloud.
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Known vulnerabilities
via Wordfence Intelligence5 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.
- 2026-06-29 CVE-2026-9833 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.1.0 Patched in 2.2.0
- Medium · 6.1 Tag Groups is the Advanced Way to Display Your Taxonomy Terms <= 2.0.4 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗2025-01-14 CVE-2025-22735 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 2.0.4 Patched in 2.0.5
- 2023-07-18 CVE-2023-33999 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects 1.18.3 - 1.44.3.1 Patched in 2.0.0
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 68 languages, 4 at 90% or more
Plus 44 more locales with partial translations.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-07-15 4K+ → 3K+ down after 9 days in tier
- 2025-07-06 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-07-05 4K+ → 3K+ down after 4 days in tier
- 2025-07-01 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-06-30 4K+ → 3K+ down after 19 days in tier
- 2025-06-11 3K+ → 4K+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-06-09 4K+ → 3K+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2025-06-02 3K+ → 4K+ up after 2 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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Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
Accordions 20K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
Tabby Responsive Tabs 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags B -
Responsive Tabs 4K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B - U Ultimate Tag Cloud Widget 4K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags D
- C Configurable Tag Cloud (CTC) 2K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags D
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