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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.

How scoring works →
90 Health · A
Maintenance 100/100
Rating quality 92/100
Support 70/100

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.

98 / 100

Excellent listing optimization

Well tuned across the board

Update recency 100/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 89/100
Listing tuning 100/100
Support resolution 100/100

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+20% vs prior 30d
61Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

3.7K

now · peak 9.0K

3.7K30d downloads · Aug 26

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

Tag Groups is the Ad · #3826 you Tag, Category, and T · #793 Accordions · #1382 Tabby Responsive Tab · #1649

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

4.8Stars · Aug 26

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.

1.2Kper 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

Occasionally updated
from wp.org release tags

How 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

2.2.0 · 2mo ago2.1.2 · 3mo ago2.1.1 · 9mo ago2.1.0 · 1.0y ago2.0.9 · 1.4y ago2.0.8 · 1.6y ago2.0.7 · 1.6y ago2.0.6 · 1.6y ago2.0.5 · 1.7y ago2.0.4 · 1.8y ago2.0.3 · 2.1y ago2.0.2 · 3.4y ago2.0.1 · 3.4y ago2.0.0 · 3.5y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share 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.

v2.2 47%
v2.1 29%
v2.0 18%
Older / other versions 5.8%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “3K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
3K–4K ≈3.9K

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2015-03-10 · 1,464 observations

3KInstalls · Aug 26

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

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

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

Version
2.2.2
Last updated
10d ago
Added
2012-06-19 · 14 yrs old
Requires WP
5.5
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
7.2.5

Recent reviews

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  1. ticurt
    2mo ago

    Handy, simple, customisable – exactly what I need.

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  2. vtkachenko
    2mo ago

    Thank for work!

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  3. hzane
    1.6y ago

    thanks!

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  4. spitch17
    2.2y 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.

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  5. Wickelwutz
    2.8y 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

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  6. salvia49
    4.6y 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.

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  7. 121website
    4.7y 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!

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  8. chrisnreed
    4.8y ago

    Perfect for what I needed. A neat and tidy tag cloud.

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Known vulnerabilities

via Wordfence Intelligence

5 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

  1. 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
  2. 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
  3. 2024-09-12 CVE-2024-43237 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.0.3 Patched in 2.0.4
  4. 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
  5. 2022-03-04 CVE-2022-4974 Missing Authorization Affects < 1.43.10.1 Patched in 1.43.10.1

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 Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Languages

via translate.wordpress.org

Translated into 68 languages, 4 at 90% or more

French (France) 100%
Italian 100%
Spanish (Chile) 100%
Spanish (Spain) 100%
German 88%
German (Formal) 84%
Japanese 33%
Danish 30%
Czech 29%
Arabic 27%
Dutch 15%
Russian 9%
Romanian 5%
Albanian 2%
Chinese (China) 2%
Croatian 2%
English (Australia) 2%
English (Canada) 2%
English (UK) 2%
Galician 2%
Greek 2%
Indonesian 2%
Korean 2%
Portuguese (Brazil) 2%

Plus 44 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2025-07-15 4K+ → 3K+ down after 9 days in tier
  2. 2025-07-06 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
  3. 2025-07-05 4K+ → 3K+ down after 4 days in tier
  4. 2025-07-01 3K+ → 4K+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2025-06-30 4K+ → 3K+ down after 19 days in tier
  6. 2025-06-11 3K+ → 4K+ up after 2 days in tier
  7. 2025-06-09 4K+ → 3K+ down after 7 days in tier
  8. 2025-06-02 3K+ → 4K+ up after 2 days in tier

Competes with

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