8 Best Catch IDs Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Catch IDs has 20,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 8 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 8 closest alternatives to Catch IDs
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Custom Meta Widget
Closest match5.0 (23) 7,000+ active installsClone of the standard Meta widget plus options to hide log in/out, admin, feed and WordPress.org/custom links.
Shares the admin, simple tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since February 9, 2018.
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4.9 (28) 10,000+ active installsQuickly and easily reorder taxonomy terms with an easy to use and intuitive drag and drop interface.
Shares the admin, simple tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, no update since March 22, 2023.
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5.0 (61) 40,000+ active installsWhat this plugin does is to reveal most removed IDs on admin pages, as it was in versions prior to 2.5.
Shares the wp-admin tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated 23 days ago.
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4.8 (46) 5,000+ active installsScroll less in WordPress admin area! A small UX improvement will keep Publish button within reach and retain the scrollbar position after saving.
Shares the wp-admin tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, no update since August 28, 2021.
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4.2 (43) 9,000+ active installsAllows you to embed content within your blog post via WordPress ShortCode API and toggling the visibility of the content via a button.
Shares the show tag on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated 29 days ago.
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4.8 (101) 2,000+ active installsContent Visibility for Divi Builder.
Shares the show tag on WordPress.org. 2,000+ installs against 20,000+, last updated June 5, 2026.
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4.7 (22) 20,000+ active installsHide posts or WooCommerce products from the homepage, archives, search, RSS, REST API, sitemaps and SEO tools — per-post control in any editor.
Shares the show tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated July 30, 2026.
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4.6 (41) 4,000+ active installsEasily create an image gallery on your posts, pages or any custom post type
Shares the simple tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated May 29, 2026.
Switching from Catch IDs: common questions
What is the best alternative to Catch IDs?
Custom Meta Widget is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 7,000+ active installs with a 5.0 out of 5 rating.
Which Catch IDs alternative has the most users?
Reveal IDs, with 40,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Catch IDs alternative is rated highest?
Reveal IDs, rated 5.0 out of 5 by 61 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Catch IDs 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 Catch IDs 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 Catch IDs 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
Custom Meta Widget is the closest match to Catch IDs by the data we track, and Reveal IDs has the widest reach with 40,000+ active installs. Reveal IDs shipped the most recent release, on August 15, 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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