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User Taxonomy & Directory

User Taxonomy & Directory helps you effortlessly manage user taxonomies on your WordPress website. With a user-friendly interface, it simplifies t …

By Umesh Kumar·Tags·Free
4.6(13 reviews)
·50 active installs·Updated 2 years ago
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As of April 2026, User Taxonomy & Directory is a WordPress tags plugin with 50 active installations and a 4.6/5 rating from 13 reviews. It has been downloaded 57K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.0+ and PHP 7.2+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 2 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Media Library Assistant.

4.6/513 reviews
50active installs
57K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014

Overview

The plugin offers a user-friendly solution to help you manage user taxonomies and create user directories on your WordPress site.

Key Features:

Easy Taxonomy Management: Register and manage user taxonomies effortlessly, providing structure to your user base without unnecessary complexity.
Admin users with the edit_users capability can assign or un-assign categories from the User profile page, made even more flexible with the ut_render_taxonomy_dropdown filter to modify the check.

Taxonomy Template Customization: Each taxonomy term generates its own archive featuring the list of assigned users. The plugin allows you to customize this template by simply creating a folder named template in your theme's root directory and add the custom template user-taxonomy-template.php."
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Ratings & Reviews

4.613 reviews
5 ★
11
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3 ★
0
2 ★
0
1 ★
1

Compatibility

WordPress6.0+ requiredTested up to 6.3.8
PHP7.2+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

2.0

  • Refactored code for better readability and added functionality.
  • Registered Taxonomies are now displayed under Users menu.
  • Added Gutenberg block user-directory to create filterable user lists.

** Breaking Changes **
* Removed shortcode user_tags, user-tags-cloud along with front-end functionality of tags assignment.

View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Umesh KumarUmesh Kumar
Plugin Info
Version
2.0
Last Updated
Sep 26, 2023
WP Requires
6.0+
Tested Up To
6.3.8
PHP Requires
7.2+
Active Installs
50
Downloads
57K+
Added
Feb 2, 2014
Business
Free

Tags

tagsuser tagstaxonomiesuser taxonomyuser directory

Developer

U
Umesh Kumar
2 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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