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Category Popular Tags

Name: Category Popular Tags
Author: sidocode

Display styled popular tag buttons on any page or archive. Full visual control from the admin. Works via shortcode, automatic placement, or theme func …

Category Popular Tags ranks #56,746 among WordPress.org plugins with 0+ active installations, is #1,281 of 1,419 in the Taxonomy category, and was last updated May 6, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 7.0.5 (Current: 7.1.1)

v2.0.2 Current Version v2.0.2

Updated 4 months ago Last Update on 06 May, 2026

Refreshed 7 hours ago Last Refreshed on

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Plugin Details

Version: 2.0.2
Last Updated: May 06, 2026
Requires WP: 5.0+
Tested Up To: 7.0.5
PHP Version: 8.0 or higher
Author: sidocode

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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Category Popular Tags

Nothing is wrong. In version 2.0+ the shortcode automatically falls back to your site-wide most popular tags when it cannot detect a category. If you're seeing a blank result it means your posts have no tags at all yet. Add tags to some posts and the shortcode will display them.

Go to Posts → Categories, hover over the category name and look at the URL in your browser's status bar. You will see tag_ID=5 — the number is the category ID. You can also use the preview tool in the Auto Popular Tags tab: select a category from the dropdown and the category-specific shortcode (with the ID already filled in) appears after loading the preview.

Auto Popular Tags are generated automatically by querying which tags appear most often on posts within a category (or site-wide). The list updates as your content changes (subject to the cache duration). Custom Buttons are entirely hand-curated. You decide the label, the URL, and the icon. They never change unless you edit them in the admin. Use these when you want precise control — for example, a fixed "Gifts Under £20" button that links to a specific tag or page regardless of what is trending.

Use the category_id attribute: [popular_category_tags category_id="5"]. This locks the shortcode to that category everywhere it appears.

Yes. Go to Settings → Category Tags → Placement. Enable "Auto-display on category archive pages" and choose a position. You can also enable auto-display on tag archives, author archives, and (if WooCommerce is active) product category pages — all without touching any shortcode or theme file.

"After Title" injects the tags immediately below the category page heading using a small JavaScript snippet that runs when the page loads. Because it targets the heading element in the DOM rather than relying on a specific WordPress action hook, it works on virtually any theme — including those where "Before Posts" or "After Posts" cause layout problems. Use it when the other positions don't sit in the right place visually.

The plugin caches tag query results to avoid running expensive database lookups on every page view. The default cache duration is one day. You can shorten this in Settings → Category Tags → Auto Popular Tags → Cache Duration, or force an immediate refresh by saving the settings page (which clears all caches automatically).

Use the count attribute in your shortcode: [popular_category_tags count="10"]. This overrides the default count set in the admin for that specific instance only. The admin default is used whenever count is omitted.

Yes. Both shortcodes ([popular_category_tags] and [cpt_buttons]) work in any shortcode-compatible widget or block. In Elementor use a Shortcode widget; in Divi use a Code module.

Yes. Use the PHP template functions: cpt_popular_tags(); cpt_custom_buttons(); Both functions accept an optional $args array. Place them in category.php, archive.php, single.php, or any other template file.