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Possibly abandoned Tested up to 3.9.40 #6 in semantic

Semantic Tags

Search has changed. No longer is it possible to manage your on-site SEO with a single “All-in-one” Plug-In.

Active installs10+10+ tier
Downloads · 30d62▼ -1.6% vs prev. 30d
Rating5/52 reviews
Health score30/100At risk
All-time downloads7KSince Nov 2013
Support resolved—No recent threads
RequiresWP 3.0PHP any
Downloads · 7d5▼ -64.3% week over week
Our verdict

Consider an alternative

Semantic Tags shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 12 years ago, and scores 30/100 on our health check.

  • Small user base (10+ active installs)
  • Very few reviews so far
  • No update in 12 years
  • Only tested up to WordPress 3.9 (latest is 7.1)

How does it stack up?

Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support

Daily downloads

246Jul 16Aug 29Oct 13
Yesterday0
Daily average (1y)2
Peak day13May 5, 2026
Last 12 months621

Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.

Rankings

Where Semantic Tags stands today

WordPress.org search rankings

Live position in the plugin search, top 100
KeywordPositionCompeting pluginsCategory
semantic >100 1,196 Best semantic plugins →
semantic web >100 347 Best semantic web plugins →
tag >100 10,000 Best tag plugins →
tagging >100 545 Best tagging plugins →

Version adoption

Share of active sites per release.

  • 1.2100.0%

Rating breakdown

★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 2 reviews

  • 5★100.0%
  • 4★0.00%
  • 3★0.00%
  • 2★0.00%
  • 1★0.00%

About Semantic Tags

From the official readme · v1.2

Description

Search has changed. No longer is it possible to manage your on-site SEO with a single “All-in-one” Plug-In.

Semantic search has not only arrived, but it underpins everything Google’s Hummingbird algorithm is about.

Our Plug-In raises your game. Unlike others, ours gets to the very source code of your content.

This enables Google and other search engines to understand what your content relates to, even giving you the ability to link out to authority resources from the tag itself.

How to use the Semantic Tag Plug-In

Unlike other tags that you simply enter into a sidebar widget, these tags are extremely editable. You are “marking up” the tags, giving them a whole new dimension and purpose.

Once you have installed the Plug-In, click through your WordPress.org dashboard into the “Posts” section, as you would if you were going in to edit existing posts.

Once through, you will be prompted to “Add new Semantic Tag”. A Word Cloud of the most popular tags will appear above the data entry board. A full list will simultaneously appear to the right, should you need to edit any tags.

Please bear in mind that an edit to the tag will be reflected across your site.

If you’ve created the Semantic Tags or used them in posts before you publish your content, you can add them to your post in the “New Post” dashboard as with the previous tag widget. Only this time, our Plug-In will render in the sidebar, too.

Creating your Semantic Tag

There are 10 possible entry fields – don’t panic. You’ll soon get used to filling these in quickly and efficiently.

The features are as follows:

      1. Name – this is the name of your tag and what will appear beneath your post as a Semantic Tag.
      2. Link – this is the relevant content that you would like your customer to be taken to once they click on the tag.
      3. Rel – here, you can enter multiple rel= attributes. If you’re linking to external sources, it is well worth entering a “nofollow“ here as your first rel. A space in between each is all you need to enter multiple rel properties
      4. Title – is the text that customers see when they hover over the tag; needless to say, it should be relevant to the content you’re linking to.
      5. Property – what is the type of tag you are entering, such as a Ctag that would be in the source code of your page
      6. Resource – is a background link that provides authority to your tag. It will not be clickable on site
      7. Content – describe the related content to the tag within your article
      8. Typeof – defines the type of operand to the search engine
      9. Target – if you want the tag link (2.) to open in new tab, check this box
      10. Popup – similarly, if you’d prefer a popup (keeping the reader on page), check this box

And that’s all there is to it.

Press update and the tag, with all its configuration data, will save in the “Saved/Editable Tag” list.

You can add each tag to your post from the Semantic Tag Sidebar Widget and, when published, they will render on the screen.

Please proceed to our FAQ where we have a list of queries we had ourselves when creating this Plug-In.

Thanks for downloading our Semantic Tag Plug In; don’t forget to write a rave review!

Installation

  1. Upload the whole folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.

  2. Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress.

How to use it

Choose one of the follow:

  1. Tag cloud Widget
    Go to admin panel on Appearance-> Widgets.
    Add SemanticWidget in a widget area of your choise.

  2. Shortcode All
    Add the shortcode [semantic_tags] in any text field and show all the tags of the specific page.

  3. Shortcode One word
    Replace any word in the text with the shortcode [semantic_tags text=”tag-name”] (replace the “tag-name” with the tag of your choise)

  4. Template page (For developers)
    Replace get_the_tag_list(”, __(‘, ‘ , ”)) with SemanticTags_Plugin::get_semantic_tags(); on index.php or function.php files.
    Alternative you can add “echo SemanticTags_Plugin::get_semantic_tags()” in any template page.

Changelog

1.0

  • Initial release

Full changelog on WordPress.org →

Screenshots

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FAQ

Semantic Tags: quick answers

Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.

Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 14, 2026

Is Semantic Tags free?

Yes. Semantic Tags is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.

Is Semantic Tags safe to use in 2026?

Semantic Tags shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 10+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 12 years ago, and scores 30/100 on our health check.

How many websites use Semantic Tags?

Semantic Tags is active on 10+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 6,991 times since it launched in November 2013. It was downloaded 62 times in the last 30 days.

Does Semantic Tags work with WordPress 7.1?

Semantic Tags is officially tested up to WordPress 3.9.40, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.

When was Semantic Tags last updated?

The latest version, 1.2, was released on May 21, 2014 (12 years ago).

Who makes Semantic Tags?

Semantic Tags is developed and maintained by Thanos Adamidis.

What are the best alternatives to Semantic Tags?

The most popular alternatives to Semantic Tags are Navigation Menu IDs & Class… (100+ installs), Schema Breadcrumbs (100+ installs) and LH Table of Contents (50+ installs).

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