Alternatives to Category Post Widget
Category Post widget displays posts from a specific category. Number of posts to be displayed can be customized.
Snapshot
Rating: 3.0/5 (2 reviews)
Downloads: 21,834
Active installs: 300
Maintenance score: 22/100
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 2.0.2
Tested up to: 3.7.41
Requires PHP: f
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Category Posts Widget(79)•Updated 100d ago
Adds a widget that shows the most recent posts from a single category.
40,000 installs1,790,595 downloads46/100 • Maintained
Category Posts in Custom Menu(43)•Updated 166d ago
Dynamic menus: List all posts from a category in your menu. Also works for tags, custom taxonomies as well as pages and custom post types.
2,000 installs104,834 downloads56/100 • Maintained
Post Category Filter (WP Admin)(25)•Updated 78d ago
Quickly search and filter categories and taxonomies inside the WordPress admin.
1,000 installs43,344 downloads75/100 • Actively maintained
Page2cat: Category, Pages & Posts Shortcodes(3)•Updated 4743d ago
Useful shortcodes to display a post or page content or a list of posts. 100.000 downloads!
1,000 installs119,832 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
AStickyPostOrderER(1)•Updated 5909d ago
Lets you manipulate the order in which posts are displayed per category, per tag, or over-all.
600 installs76,769 downloads12/100 • Possibly abandoned
BNS Featured Category(2)•Updated 3718d ago
Displays most recent posts from a specific featured category or categories.
400 installs44,966 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Posts per Cat(8)•Updated 371d ago
Group recent posts by category and show them inside boxes organized to columns.
300 installs53,145 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
300 installs9,278 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
PostLists(1)•Updated 6173d ago
This WordPress plugin provides placeholders for configurable dynamic lists of posts. The placeholders can be used in posts, pages or widgets, and will …
300 installs21,906 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Advanced Random Posts(0)•Updated 3093d ago
Display random posts from selected categories or current category or all posts with thumbnail images (optional).
300 installs52,726 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Related Posts by Category Widget(0)•Updated 5780d ago
Customizable widget area that displays posts from the same categories as the current post.
200 installs12,383 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Category Content(1)•Updated 4948d ago
This Wordpress plugin (widget) will be shown when visitors are viewing a single post, category page or both. Otherwise, it wont be there at all.
100 installs9,301 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Weart Category Posts Widget(0)•Updated 2674d ago
Weart Category Posts Widget displays the latest posts in the sidebar from a picked category with featured image.
100 installs3,998 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Posts By Category Widget(2)•Updated 4536d ago
A simple, themeable widget which displays posts in the category, order, and quantity of your choosing.
80 installs5,548 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Widgets of Posts by Same Categories(1)•Updated 5569d ago
The widget area lists posts of the same category as the current post.
70 installs9,964 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Custom Display Posts(0)•Updated 5068d ago
Adds a widget that shows the posts in a single or more category.
30 installs7,076 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
WP Randomize – Advanced Random Categories & Posts Widget(0)•Updated 2007d ago
You can display categories and posts randomly with this widget.
20 installs1,355 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
RichList Widget(1)•Updated 4285d ago
Shows posts from Categories as an accordion list with click-able titles.
10 installs1,478 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Material Sidebar Posts(1)•Updated 3099d ago
Provides latest posts with material style design, Display the posts with image and no thumbnail style and much more.
10 installs1,202 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Superslider-PostsinCat(0)•Updated 4895d ago
This widget dynamically creates a list of posts from the active category. Displaying the first image and title in a scrolling list.
10 installs7,096 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned