A cloud with the most used tags in a sidebar widget, filtered by post category.
As of April 2026, Categorized Tag Cloud is a WordPress tags plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 3.8/5 rating from 10 reviews. It has been downloaded 58K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.9+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 2 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 12% this week. Top alternative: Media Library Assistant.
“Categorized Tag Cloud” is a free plugin for WordPress, developed by the Whiletrue.it staff to generate a cloud with the website’s most used tags, in a sidebar widget.
The words inside the cloud are filtered by category, so you can better match your content by removing the unnecessary tag ids.
The following options are customizable:
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Simple, objective and amazing!
I absolutely love this plug-in. The ability to customize it is the cherry on top.
The category filter does not work
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<p class=””>Simple and useful plugin, it does what it’s meant for.<br>Random order does not work properly and with tags count it would be perfect.</p>
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plugin does’nt show tags. must be developed to show plugin tags.
| WordPress | 2.9+ requiredTested up to 6.5.8 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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