Author Tag Cloud vs Pages with category and tag
Two WordPress plugins head to head: ranking, active installs, downloads and ratings, from our daily tracking of the WordPress.org directory.
These aren’t all alternatives to each other — they do different jobs — so this page compares popularity only, not features.
At a glance
Pages with category and tag ranks #713 on the popular list; Author Tag Cloud is outside the top 500 we capture daily. Pages with category and tag has the largest install base, roughly 5000× the next: 50K+ active installs against 10+ for Author Tag Cloud. Downloads this week: Pages with category and tag 547 and Author Tag Cloud 32.
| Metric | Author Tag Cloud | Pages with category and tag |
|---|---|---|
| Popular rank today | outside top 500 | #713 ▬ |
| Active installs | 10+ | 50K+ |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 32 | 547 |
| Rating | no ratings | 4.8★ (28) |
| Last updated | Jun 15, 2011 | Aug 13, 2026 |
| Current version | 1.0 | 0.9.0 |
| Best rank on record | #33,293 | #690 |
| Days in the top 50 | 0 | 0 |
| On WordPress.org since | Jun 2011 | Jun 2018 |
Highlighted cells mark the strongest figure in each row. Rank and installs are from the latest WordPress.org capture; downloads are the last seven captured days.
Ranking history Lower is better
Active installs
Downloads per day
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Frequently asked questions
Which is more popular, Author Tag Cloud or Pages with category and tag?
By active installs, Pages with category and tag: 50K+ sites run it against 10+ for Author Tag Cloud, according to WordPress.org figures captured on October 28, 2026.
Are Author Tag Cloud or Pages with category and tag alternatives to each other?
Not all of them. Some of these plugins do different jobs and many sites run more than one. This page compares their popularity, not their features.
Where do these numbers come from?
WordPress.org publishes each plugin’s active install count and its position on the popular list. This site records both every day, along with per-day downloads and ratings, so the charts above show how the plugins have moved over time rather than a single day.