Taxonomy Dropdown Widget
Creates a dropdown list of non-hierarchical taxonomies as an alternative to the term (tag) cloud. Formerly known as Tag Dropdown Widget.
4.7(9 reviews)
·2.0K+ active installs·Updated 2 months agoAs of April 2026, Taxonomy Dropdown Widget is a WordPress tag plugin with 2.0K+ active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 9 reviews. It has been downloaded 58K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.8+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Pages with category and tag.
4.7/59 reviews
2.0K+active installs
58K+total downloads
17 yearssince 2009
Overview
Creates dropdown lists of non-hierarchical taxonomies (such as post tags) as an alternative to term (tag) clouds. Multiple widgets can be used, each with its own set of options.
Numerous formatting options are provided, including maximum numbers of terms, term order, truncating of term names, and more.
Using the taxonomy_dropdown_widget() function, users can generate dropdowns for use outside of the included widget.
Only use version 2.2 or higher with WordPress 4.2 and later releases. WordPress 4.2 changed how taxonomy information is stored in the database, which directly impacts this plugin’s include/exclude term functionality.
This plugin was formerly known as the Tag Dropdown Widget. It was completely rewritten for version 2.0.
Follow and contribute to development on GitHub at ht…
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Bellisimo!
by rowhouse·5 years ago
This was a life saver. Exactly, and I mean, exactly what I needed. The client was dead set against a Tag Cloud and after some rigorous searching, I kept coming back to this page.
Thank you Erick. You made it look easy!
- This topic was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by rowhouse.
could be perfect
by samcaio·5 years ago
This is great plugin but the problem is that it doe’s not sync with other filters and also reset button is not working.
Great Pluign.
by kaisar10·5 years ago
Fulfills my requirement.
PHP 7.3 error message
by Qualiweaver·7 years ago·1 reply
Looks and works great. Could you just provide a tiny update to help get rid of the PHP 7.3 error message that I can’t remove and which is displayed in the top area of the login page?
FYI, the error message is the following:
Warning: “continue” targeting switch is equivalent to “break”. Did you mean to use “continue 2”? in /home/directory/www/module/wp-content/plugins/tag-dropdown-widget/tag-dropdown-widget.php on line 430.
I could not find any info intelligible enough to fix this by myself. All I did so far is check that WP_DEBUG is set to false in wp-config.php.
Many thanks in advance
- This topic was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by Qualiweaver.
Does what is says it would.
by Bjarni Wark·8 years ago
Thanks for your work and making it public, worked a treat.
Download Trends
Today: 13Yesterday: 5This week: 40Period total: 2K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.8+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.3
98.8%
v2.1
1.2%
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