Taxonomy Term Widget
by AddonsPress · Admin & Utilities
Also makes 4 other plugins · 81.4K+ installs across the portfolio →
Add an advanced widget to your WordPress blog, like an extension of the Categories widget.
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Health
C 56/100
Stale · Few reviews
Active installs
200+
≈280 estimated
Momentum
+27%
low volume, under 1,000 downloads a month
Biggest opportunity: “categories widget”, “custom taxonomy widget” and “taxonomy” 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.
56 health vs 56 average across 5,904 Admin & Utilities plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.0%
of downloads still active
At least 200 of 9.8K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Admin & Utilities plugin keeps 0.6%, across 4,194 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.
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 721 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 7.1
5.0★ over 4 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.2★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 721 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| categories widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| custom taxonomy widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| taxonomy your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| terms widget your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| wordpress taxonomy term widget your tag | Not checked yet | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 4 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “categories widget”, “custom taxonomy widget” and “taxonomy” 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 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 320 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
Ranked about #11,300 to #12,900, alongside the other plugins at 200+ installs. Plugins with the same install count swap places between wp.org requests, so this is where most of them sit. Checked monthly, last on 1 Nov 2026.
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
2.0y ago
latest release · v2.3.5 · 12 Nov 2024
10
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% 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 “200+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 13 days ago and the previous band took 4 years to cross, so the real count is still just under 300.
Install history since 14 Nov 2019
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Shahab Khan10.7y ago
Thank you
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ José Debuchy11.2y ago
Only missing between wp_list_categories, but apart from that, very nice.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Sudeep Balchhaudi11.4y ago
I am really thankful to you. It’s exactly what I really need. Thanks author.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ codersantosh12.6y ago
Simple but Useful
Read on wp.org ↗
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
1 of 8 pass · checked 30 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Add an advanced widget to your WordPress blog, like an extension of the Categories widget."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you have"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 257 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("custom taxonomy widget", "Terms Widget", "Wordpress taxonomy term widget" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-10-21 300+ → 200+ down after 1478 days in tier
- 2022-10-04 200+ → 300+ up
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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PublishPress Taxonomies – Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms 40K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A -
Radio Buttons for Taxonomies 20K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag C -
Term Management Tools 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag B -
Related Posts by Taxonomy 10K+ installs · 4.7★ · 1 shared tag A -
Taxonomy Images 8K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D -
WP Term Order 6K+ installs · 4.5★ · 1 shared tag A
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