Media Library Assistant vs Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager… (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
Media Library Assistant
70K+ active installs
Free
Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager…
50K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Media Library Assistant has a higher user rating (4.8/5 from 198 reviews) and leads in active installations (70K+ vs 50K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Media Library Assistant has accumulated 2.6M+ total downloads while Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager… has 5.8M+. Media Library Assistant has a higher support resolution rate (100% vs 50%).
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Media Library Assistant | Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager… | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 4.8/5 | ◄ | 4.6/5 |
| Total Reviews | 198 | ◄ | 188 |
| Active Installs | 70K+ | ◄ | 50K+ |
| Total Downloads | 2.6M+ | ► | 5.8M+ |
| Support Resolution | 100% | ◄ | 50% |
| Last Updated | 6 days ago | ◄ | 1 month ago |
| First Released | 2012 | 2007 | |
| Age | 14 years | 19 years | |
| WP Requires | 4.7+ | 5.0+ | |
| PHP Requires | 7.4+ | 7.4+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 3.35 | 3.44.0 |
Rating Breakdown
Media Library Assistant
Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager…
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Media Library Assistant averaged approximately 2,062 daily downloads while Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager… averaged 633.
Recent Reviews
Media Library Assistant Reviews
Lifesaver for big sites
Media manager is a lifesaver for big sites. Sorting and folder-like organization makes content work much faster
Security Risk: Server Blacklisting
Following a WordPress core update to 6.9, WordFence flagged this plugin for a known security vulnerability. Within just a few hours, and before I could disable or update it, my VPS IP was blacklisted
Good one!
Just what we needed for our sites!
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.
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Very customizable plugin to list posts by category (or tag, author and more) in a post, page or widget. Uses the [catlist] shortcode to select posts.
Adds a widget that shows the most recent posts from a single category.
Replaces the plain-text category and tag description editor with a visual editor.
Adds the built in WordPress categories and tags to your pages.
This is a fix of Top Level Categories plugin for Wordpress 3.1. and above.
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