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Tag Groups is the Advanced Way to Display Your Taxonomy Terms

by Steve Burge

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77 Quality Score
Active Installs
16/30

With 3,000 active installs the user base is modest, though the score is pulled up by the high rating density among a smaller audience.

Update Freshness
25/25

The 100/25 maintenance score reflects a recent update on 2026-06-25 and confirmed compatibility through WordPress 7.0.

User Rating
14/15

49 ratings averaging 94 out of 100 is unusually high and indicates strong satisfaction among those who try it.

Support Health
8/15

Only one support thread exists, and while it is resolved, the tiny sample size means real support quality is unproven.

WP Compatibility
15/15

Full marks on compatibility thanks to WordPress 7.0 testing and a low PHP 7.2.5 floor that covers most modern hosts.

Scores higher than 60% of indexed plugins

About

Tag Groups allows you to organize your WordPress taxonomy terms and show them in clouds, tabs, accordions, tables, lists and much more.

Active Installs 3k+
Rating ★★★★½ 4.8/5
Last Updated 2026-08-19 7:52pm GMT
Requires WordPress 5.5+
Tested Up To 7.1
Requires PHP 7.2.5+

Security History

5 known vulnerabilities, all patched
5 Medium

Most recent: June 29, 2026

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What It Does

Tag Groups lets you bundle related taxonomy terms together and render them in formatted layouts such as clouds, tabs, accordions, lists, and tables. It works with built-in tags and categories as well as custom taxonomies, letting you control the order, grouping, and visual presentation of term archives and tag clouds site-wide. The plugin adds shortcodes and Gutenberg blocks so editors can place grouped term displays anywhere on a page or post.

Who It's For

This plugin fits content-heavy sites where visitors browse by topic, such as news portals, knowledge bases, recipe collections, and community magazines with hundreds of tags. It is also useful for online stores and learning platforms that need to surface related products or courses organized by topic clusters rather than flat lists. Site owners who already find the default tag cloud messy or hard to navigate will get the most out of its grouping and accordion layouts.

Who Should Skip It

Skip it if your site has only a handful of tags or categories, since native WordPress widgets will handle the job without the overhead. Anyone who simply needs to register custom taxonomies should use Custom Post Type UI instead, which is far more widely installed and tested.

The Bottom Line

Tag Groups earns a 77.17/100 quality score with excellent maintenance and outstanding user ratings, but its 3,000 active installs and single support thread limit how much confidence you can place in long-term community support. It is a solid, specialized tool for sites that genuinely need grouped, formatted tag displays, not a general-purpose taxonomy plugin. Try it on a staging site first if your tag counts are in the hundreds.

Tags

Accordion tabs tag cloud tags taxonomy