10 Best Post Category Filter Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Post Category Filter has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Post Category Filter
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MDTF
Closest matchMDTF – Meta Data and Taxonomies Filter
4.5 (28) 1,000+ active installsThe main idea of the plugin – make your WordPress site content is filterable and searchable by meta fields and taxonomies on the same time.
Shares the filter tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated June 12, 2026.
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4.8 (33) 4,000+ active installsA powerful and flexible plugin to filter and display posts, custom post types, and other content in beautifully designed grid layouts.
Shares the filter tag on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, last updated 22 days ago.
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5.0 (41) 8,000+ active installsThis plugin allows you to use unfiltered HTML in your category descriptions by disabling selected WordPress filters.
Shares the categories, filter tags on WordPress.org. About 8 times the installs, last updated March 5, 2026.
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4.9 (68) 2,000+ active installsSupercharge your custom post type archives by letting visitors filter posts by their terms/categories. This plugin handles the whole thing for you!
Shares the filter, taxonomy tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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4.4 (23) 2,000+ active installsCreate custom enhanced pages for categories and any taxonomy term and manage them as a custom post.
Shares the categories, taxonomy tags on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, no update since July 14, 2016.
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4.6 (57) 7,000+ active installsAn advanced posts display widget with many options. Display posts in your sidebars any way you'd like!
Shares the categories, posts tags on WordPress.org. About 7 times the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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HUSKY – Products Filter for WooCommerce Professional
4.6 (336) 80,000+ active installsHUSKY - WooCommerce Products Filter Professional (former name is WOOF) – flexible, easy and robust professional filter for products for WooCommerce
Shares the filter tag on WordPress.org. About 80 times the installs, last updated 4 days ago.
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4.4 (86) 10,000+ active installsEasily add one or more posts to any page using simple shortcodes.
Shares the posts, taxonomy tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since May 13, 2019.
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4.8 (77) 10,000+ active installsDisplay a list of related posts on your site based on the most terms in common. Supports thumbnails, shortcodes, a widget and more.
Shares the posts, taxonomy tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated 17 days ago.
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5.0 (63) 1,000+ active installsSimply Show Hooks helps theme and plugin developers to quickly see where all the action and filter hooks are on any WordPress page.
Shares the admin, filter tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated July 2, 2026.
Switching from Post Category Filter: common questions
What is the best alternative to Post Category Filter?
MDTF is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 1,000+ active installs with a 4.5 out of 5 rating.
Which Post Category Filter alternative has the most users?
HUSKY, with 80,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Post Category Filter alternative is rated highest?
Simply Show Hooks, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 63 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Post Category Filter alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Post Category Filter score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Post Category Filter on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
MDTF is the closest match to Post Category Filter by the data we track, and HUSKY has the widest reach with 80,000+ active installs. HUSKY shipped the most recent release, on September 3, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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