Visual Term Description Editor vs Tag Pages (2026)
Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.
Visual Term Description Editor
20K+ active installs
Free
Quick Verdict
As of April 2026, Visual Term Description Editor has a higher user rating (5/5 from 21 reviews) and leads in active installations (20K+ vs 10K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Visual Term Description Editor has accumulated 97K+ total downloads while Tag Pages has 120K+.
Detailed Comparison
| Metric | Visual Term Description Editor | Tag Pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | 5/5 | ◄ | 4.9/5 |
| Total Reviews | 21 | ◄ | 18 |
| Active Installs | 20K+ | ◄ | 10K+ |
| Total Downloads | 97K+ | ► | 120K+ |
| Support Resolution | N/A | N/A | |
| Last Updated | 1 year ago | ◄ | 3 years ago |
| First Released | 2013 | 2012 | |
| Age | 13 years | 14 years | |
| WP Requires | 3.3+ | 3.0+ | |
| PHP Requires | 5.4+ | false+ | |
| Business Model | Free | Free | |
| Latest Version | 1.8.1 | 1.0.2 |
Rating Breakdown
Visual Term Description Editor
Tag Pages
Download Trends
Over the past 30 days, Visual Term Description Editor averaged approximately 17 daily downloads while Tag Pages averaged 9.
Recent Reviews
Visual Term Description Editor Reviews
still very useful
I Have still pages with the old themes and this is really useful for adding text on the category pages. This topic was modified 1 year, 2 months ago by Daniel.
Great plugin – works with WP 6.3
Great plugin to allow you to make your term descriptions more visually appealing. It works just fine with WP 6.3 in lieu of implementing the block editor for term descriptions.
Great plugin!
Very simple and useful
Tag Pages Reviews
Works very great
Simple and effective. big thanks to the developer. works great with WordPress 6.1.1 This topic was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by rroeske.
Excellent plugin, works great.
Happily recommend this plugin, it works fine on latest WP (currently 5.6) and with latest Divi (4.8.2). You can add it more than once to say near the top and bottom footer of the page too.
Does exactly what it says
Couldn’t be easier. It does what is suppose to do and now you can categorize your pages with tags. Best of its kind.
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