Category Icon vs Enhanced Category Pages (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
Enhanced Category Pages
2.0K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Enhanced Category Pages has a higher user rating (4.4/5 from 23 reviews) while Category Icon leads in active installations (2.0K+ vs 2.0K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Category Icon has accumulated 89K+ total downloads while Enhanced Category Pages has 51K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Category Icon | Enhanced Category Pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 1/5 | ► | 4.4/5 |
| Total Reviews | 3 | ► | 23 |
| Active Installs | 2.0K+ | 2.0K+ | |
| Total Downloads | 89K+ | ◄ | 51K+ |
| Support Resolution | N/A | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 3 months ago | ◄ | 9 years ago |
| First Released | 2015 | 2015 | |
| Age | 11 years | 11 years | |
| WP Requires | 4.9.19+ | 3.0.1+ | |
| PHP Requires | 5.6.40+ | false+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 1.0.3 | 2.3.0 |
Rating Breakdown
Category Icon
Enhanced Category Pages
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Category Icon averaged approximately 11 daily downloads while Enhanced Category Pages averaged 6.
Recent Reviews
Category Icon Reviews
No documentation
How would someone implement your plugin if there is no documentation? The idea is good but the delivery is poor taste.
not working anymore on wp 5.4.2 anymore
It is causing errors for my other plugins without showing any errors on screen or in error_log file or chrome console in latest wp update 5.4.2. so I removed it. This topic was modified 5 year
Absolutely useless
This plugin is absolutely useless without any instructions on how to actually fetch the icon after it has been assigned to a taxonomy term. No support what’s so ever, support questions unanswered, fig
Enhanced Category Pages Reviews
Great functionality in 2024
Great function even now in 2024 ~! Thx !
Still great, but showing its age
This is an amazing plugin. I’d gladly pay for an updated version that didn’t break a bunch of things on the back end, like the wordpress menus and gravity forms. But I still use it. If you can get i
It’s an old plugin. I expected to be able to edit categories with visual editor
It’s an old plugin. I expected to be able to edit categories with visual editor but it’s not possible. A nice design of a category is more easily achieved by modifying the template or it should make
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