Category Manager
by Mustansir Golawala · Uncategorized
The WP Category Manager plugin makes it easier to manage any taxonomy that is used to control the posts within widgets in the presentation layer
41 health vs 64 average across 4,302 Uncategorized plugins
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 15+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.0.5, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 5653 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-06 · 1,380 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
27
now · peak 56
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
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “30+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-05 · 1,377 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-01-27 40+ → 30+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-01-25 30+ → 40+ up after 38 days in band
- 2025-12-18 40+ → 30+ down after 3 days in band
- 2025-12-15 30+ → 40+ up after 13 days in band
- 2025-12-02 40+ → 30+ down after 67 days in band
- 2025-09-26 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in band
- 2025-09-24 40+ → 30+ down after 387 days in band
- 2024-09-02 50+ → 40+ down after 35 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- T Taxonomy Checklist Tree 400+ installs · 4.0★ · 4 shared tags D
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Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms 50K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags A - C Categories in Hierarchical Order 2K+ installs · 4.5★ · 3 shared tags D
- S Simple Taxonomy Refreshed 500+ installs · 4.2★ · 3 shared tags B
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Socius Marketing Page Taxonomy 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D -
Taxonomy Toolbox 60+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D
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