Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager… vs Advanced Query Loop (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager…
50K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Advanced Query Loop has a higher user rating (4.7/5 from 27 reviews) while Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager… leads in active installations (50K+ vs 5.0K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager… has accumulated 5.8M+ total downloads while Advanced Query Loop has 84K+. Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager… has a higher support resolution rate (50% vs 25%).
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager… | Advanced Query Loop | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.6/5 | ► | 4.7/5 |
| Total Reviews | 188 | ◄ | 27 |
| Active Installs | 50K+ | ◄ | 5.0K+ |
| Total Downloads | 5.8M+ | ◄ | 84K+ |
| Support Resolution | 50% | ◄ | 25% |
| Last Updated | 1 month ago | ► | 1 month ago |
| First Released | 2007 | 2022 | |
| Age | 19 years | 4 years | |
| WP Requires | 5.0+ | 6.2+ | |
| PHP Requires | 7.4+ | 7.4+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 3.44.0 | 4.4.0 |
Rating Breakdown
Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager…
Advanced Query Loop
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager… averaged approximately 633 daily downloads while Advanced Query Loop averaged 268.
Recent Reviews
Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager… Reviews
Very good
Very good plugin
Excellent
plugins really help us
A plugin for a brilliant intuition
Having the ability to categorize site pages into logical groups of project categories has finally made it much easier for me to create multilingual projects.
Advanced Query Loop Reviews
Inrcedibly useful and powerful
So useful – particularly for building a calendar with the date filters.
Excellent addition to the Query block
This is a brilliant plugin the surfaces all of the additional options that are often needed for the query block. If you find yourself needing to exclude categories from queries, build more complex
Make this part of Core!
This plugin is solving the issue I have spent all morning trying to figure out: Excluding Certain Categories from the Query Loop block. The options this plugin adds to the core query loop block are br
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