10 Best Beautiful taxonomy filters Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Beautiful taxonomy filters has 2,000+ 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 Beautiful taxonomy filters
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Post Category Filter
Closest matchPost Category Filter (WP Admin)
5.0 (25) 1,000+ active installsQuickly search and filter categories and taxonomies inside the WordPress admin.
Shares the filter, taxonomy tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 21 days ago.
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4.8 (34) 1,000+ active installsA plugin to add widget for listing Categories and Taxonomies. Extending Default WordPress Category Widget.
Shares the taxonomy, widget tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated September 12, 2025.
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4.8 (76) 5,000+ active installsBrands for WooCommerce plugin allows you to add brands for products in your shop.
Shares the taxonomy, widget tags on WordPress.org. About 2.5 times the installs, rated 4.8 against 4.9, last updated 12 days ago.
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4.5 (175) 50,000+ active installsSearch and Filtering for Custom Posts, Categories, Tags, Taxonomies, Post Dates and Post Types
Shares the filter, taxonomy tags on WordPress.org. About 25 times the installs, rated 4.5 against 4.9, last updated 16 days ago.
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4.6 (30) 800+ active installsAdds an option to the admin posts and terms overview pages to select all items (instead of just the ones on the current page) to apply bulk actions.
Shares the terms tag on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since June 2, 2017.
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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 filter tag on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, last updated March 5, 2026.
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WP Ultimate Post Grid
Paid version available4.4 (32) 4,000+ active installsEasily create filterable responsive grids for your posts, pages or custom post types
Shares the filter tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
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Random Post Plugin – Redirect URL to Post
5.0 (20) 3,000+ active installsAutomatically redirect to your latest, oldest, random, or other post through a custom URL
Shares the filter tag on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, no update since June 8, 2025.
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4.8 (29) 3,000+ active installsEvent search and filter bar for The Events Calendar. Add an event search box, date filters and filtered event lists anywhere with a shortcode.
Shares the filter tag on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, last updated 6 days ago.
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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 2 times the installs, last updated 21 days ago.
Switching from Beautiful taxonomy filters: common questions
What is the best alternative to Beautiful taxonomy filters?
Post Category Filter is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 1,000+ active installs with a 5.0 out of 5 rating.
Which Beautiful taxonomy filters alternative has the most users?
Search & Filter, with 50,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Beautiful taxonomy filters alternative is rated highest?
Brands for WooCommerce, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 76 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Beautiful taxonomy filters 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 Beautiful taxonomy filters 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 Beautiful taxonomy filters 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
Post Category Filter is the closest match to Beautiful taxonomy filters by the data we track, and Search & Filter has the widest reach with 50,000+ active installs. Events Search & Filter Bar for The Events Calendar shipped the most recent release, on September 1, 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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