10 Best WP Required Taxonomies Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
WP Required Taxonomies 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 WP Required Taxonomies
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WP Export Categories & Taxonomies
Closest match4.8 (26) 400+ active installsExport Categories, Tags and Taxonomies
Shares the categories, taxonomies tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since June 25, 2014.
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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, tags tags on WordPress.org. About 7 times the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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5.0 (21) 10,000+ active installsReplaces the plain-text category and tag description editor with a visual editor.
Shares the categories, tags tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, no update since August 17, 2024.
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4.1 (29) 10,000+ active installsHide Categories and Products for Woocommerce. This plugins requires WooCommerce to be installed and activated
Shares the categories, woocommerce tags on WordPress.org. About 10 times the installs, last updated April 29, 2026.
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4.3 (32) 5,000+ active installsImports well-formed HTML files into WordPress pages.
Shares the taxonomies tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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Custom post types for WordPress – ACPT Lite
4.9 (24) 100+ active installsCreate and manage custom post types and taxonomies in seconds. Use the meta fields builder to create complex websites with just a few clicks.
Shares the taxonomies tag on WordPress.org. 100+ installs against 1,000+, no update since February 10, 2025.
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4.8 (23) 20,000+ active installsAdds the built in WordPress categories and tags to your pages.
Shares the categories, tags tags on WordPress.org. About 20 times the installs, last updated January 7, 2026.
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4.8 (201) 70,000+ active installsEnhances the Media Library; powerful gallery and list shortcodes, full taxonomy support, IPTC/EXIF/XMP/PDF processing, bulk/quick edit.
Shares the categories, tags tags on WordPress.org. About 70 times the installs, last updated 20 days ago.
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4.6 (49) 4,000+ active installsThis plugin aims to be the most configurable tag cloud widget out there, able to suit all your weird tag cloud needs.
Shares the tags tag on WordPress.org. About 4 times the installs, no update since November 28, 2017.
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Tag Groups is the Advanced Way to Display Your Taxonomy Terms
4.8 (57) 3,000+ active installsTag Groups allows you to organize your WordPress taxonomy terms and show them in clouds, tabs, accordions, tables, lists and much more.
Shares the tags tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, last updated 19 days ago.
Switching from WP Required Taxonomies: common questions
What is the best alternative to WP Required Taxonomies?
WP Export Categories & Taxonomies is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 400+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which WP Required Taxonomies alternative has the most users?
Media Library Assistant, with 70,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which WP Required Taxonomies alternative is rated highest?
Media Library Assistant, rated 4.8 out of 5 by 201 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these WP Required Taxonomies 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 WP Required Taxonomies 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 WP Required Taxonomies 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
WP Export Categories & Taxonomies is the closest match to WP Required Taxonomies by the data we track, and Media Library Assistant has the widest reach with 70,000+ active installs. Tag Groups shipped the most recent release, on August 19, 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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