Taxonomy Filter
by Andrea Landonio · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 3 other plugins · 880+ installs across the portfolio →
Taxonomy Filter is a plugin which allow users to filter hierarchical taxonomy terms inside admin pages and provides a way to hide terms for each user
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Health
C 59/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
800+
≈860 estimated
Momentum
+24%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “admin”, “category” and “filter” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
59 health vs 56 average across 5,897 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.3%
of downloads still active
At least 800 of 35.4K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,189 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Admin & Utilities plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 918 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.5.14; the current branch is 6.8
4.4★ over 14 reviews, smoothed to 4.17★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 918 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
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.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| admin your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| category your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| filter your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| tag your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| usability your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 0 listed. 1 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “admin”, “category” and “filter” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,489 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 1.5K · 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
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
2.5y ago
latest release · v2.2.13 · 27 Apr 2024
12
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 99% 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 “800+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 58% of the way through.
Install history since 20 Mar 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ legendherotr6.4y ago
Hi, Andrea I installed the plugin. But I can’t add Widgets. What is the reason of this? How can I add? I can add some of my pages. I cannot add on some pages. I could not understand where the problem originated. Can you help?
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ alex52376.7y ago
Best plugin! Thank you!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jaso7.0y ago
This is now in one of my TOP plugins list Easy to use, set the Taxonomies you want it to work in and then in the back-end creating a post or listing, just start typing the name of the Tax and automatically appears. Great work.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Kelenwa7.2y ago
This is all I need to ease me the stress on a project I am working on that has so many items and sub-items in the taxonomy. This your plugin did it for me. So so happy for this your plugin. I really like how it filters; the parent-child items. So beautiful and amazing. God Bless you guys behind this amazing and awesome plugin. THANK YOU!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dmkizer7.2y ago
I had high hopes. I simply wanted to add drop-down menus at the top of my custom post type bulk edit pages that allowed filtering by custom taxonomy. This seems to offer exactly that. Got “movies” as your post type? Add a selector to filter by the “genre” taxonomy, and another to filter by the “decade” taxonomy, and another by “production studio.” I installed it, and followed directions, until it told me to go to individual user pages and select taxonomy terms that I want to display … wait, what? What is this doing? Why is it user-dependent? Why would I have to choose a finite number of terms? Ultimately I was unable to get this to do anything. It appears that I do not actually understand the plugin, and I will place that on it being poorly presented. It looks like the publisher might be speaking English as a second language, which also makes the purpose of this plugin a little difficult to discern. Some screen shots and examples would go a long way.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ nateplusplus7.8y ago
My client has a very deep hierarchy with several custom taxonomies and soooo many terms. This plugin saved the day. I just installed it, selected some taxonomies, and MAGIC HAPPENED! What I love most: If I search for a child term, the parents are still displayed. I like this because I’d prefer the parents are tagged with the children, and also it helps give some context to the results. Anyway, thank you! You have made my day happy.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Anonymous User 142934479.2y ago
sorry, one star because it simply didn’t do anything. It just listed my parent taxonomies (why adding a filter on parent taxonomies?) and it didn’t allow the creation of relations between CPTs (it didn’t even detect CPTs). As a matter of fact, it simply didn’t create any filter in my edit-screens.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ tchirvasa10.2y ago
Thank you for this very nice plugin. It is simple to use and configure. I recently encountered a need for some enhancements and created a plugin based on yours and thought I’d share it with the community.
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence IntelligenceThe 1 disclosed vulnerability is patched in the current version (2.2.13). Sites still on an older version should update.
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 6.5.2
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.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
6 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Taxonomy Filter is a plugin which allow users to filter hierarchical taxonomy terms inside admin pages and..."
- ✓ Has a FAQ 4 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 4 of 4 read like questions a user would type.
- ✓ Names who it is for Names its audience or use cases ("if you need", "if you want").
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 1 heading and 2 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,471 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "category", "usability" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-05-31 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-30 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-29 900+ → 800+ down after 6 days in tier
- 2026-05-23 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-05-22 900+ → 800+ down after 159 days in tier
- 2025-12-14 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-13 900+ → 1K+ up after 8 days in tier
- 2025-12-05 1K+ → 900+ down after 10 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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Search & Filter 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A -
Term Management Tools 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 3 shared tags B -
Pages with category and tag 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A -
PublishPress Taxonomies – Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A - W WP No Base Permalink 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
- A Adjust Admin Categories 10K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
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