PublishPress Tag Groups: Stylish Displays For Your Tags and Categories

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

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.

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.

80 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 20 listed. 51 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.

Directory rank vs rivals

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How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Crossed into this band 16 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.

1. ★★★★★ ticurt

   4mo ago

   Handy, simple, customisable – exactly what I need.

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2. ★★★★★ vtkachenko

   4mo ago

   Thank for work!

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3. ★★★★★ hzane

   1.8y ago

   thanks!

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4. ★★★★★ spitch17

   2.4y 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

   3.0y 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

   4.8y 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

   4.8y 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

   5.0y ago

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

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All 5 disclosed vulnerabilities are patched in the current version (3.0.0). Sites still on an older version should update.

1. Patched Medium · 6.1 Tag Groups <= 2.1.0 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ↗
   2026-06-29 CVE-2026-9833 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects <= 2.1.0 Patched in 2.2.0
2. Patched 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 Affects <= 2.0.4 Patched in 2.0.5
3. Patched Medium · 5.3 WordPress Tag Cloud Plugin – Tag Groups <= 2.0.3 - Missing Authorization to Information Exposure ↗
   2024-09-12 CVE-2024-43237 Missing Authorization Affects <= 2.0.3 Patched in 2.0.4
4. Patched Medium · 6.1 Freemius SDK <= 2.5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get ↗
   2023-07-18 CVE-2023-33999 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation Affects 1.18.3 - 1.44.3.1 Patched in 2.0.0
5. Patched Medium · 6.3 Freemius SDK <= 2.4.2 - Missing Authorization Checks ↗
   2022-03-04 CVE-2022-4974 Missing Authorization Affects < 1.43.10.1 Patched in 1.43.10.1

Translated into 90 languages, 4 at 90% or more

Plus 66 more locales with partial translations.

Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.

Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.

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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PublishPress Tag Groups: Stylish Displays For Your Tags and Categories: 3K+ active installs, 4.8★ (57 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-11-02. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/tag-groups