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: 22,145
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 62d ago
Adds a widget that shows the most recent posts from a single category.
40,000 installs1,794,872 downloads65/100 • Actively maintained
Category Posts in Custom Menu(43)•Updated 76d 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 installs107,003 downloads65/100 • Actively maintained
Post Category Filter (WP Admin)(25)•Updated 87d ago
Quickly search and filter categories and taxonomies inside the WordPress admin.
1,000 installs44,747 downloads65/100 • Actively maintained
Page2cat: Category, Pages & Posts Shortcodes(3)•Updated 4833d 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 5999d 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 3808d ago
Displays most recent posts from a specific featured category or categories.
400 installs44,966 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Posts per Cat(8)•Updated 461d ago
Group recent posts by category and show them inside boxes organized to columns.
300 installs53,339 downloads28/100 • Possibly abandoned
300 installs9,534 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
PostLists(1)•Updated 6263d 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 3183d ago
Display random posts from selected categories or current category or all posts with thumbnail images (optional).
300 installs53,025 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Related Posts by Category Widget(0)•Updated 5870d ago
Customizable widget area that displays posts from the same categories as the current post.
200 installs12,482 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Category Content(1)•Updated 5038d 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 2764d ago
Weart Category Posts Widget displays the latest posts in the sidebar from a picked category with featured image.
100 installs4,262 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Posts By Category Widget(2)•Updated 4626d ago
A simple, themeable widget which displays posts in the category, order, and quantity of your choosing.
80 installs5,625 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Widgets of Posts by Same Categories(1)•Updated 5659d ago
The widget area lists posts of the same category as the current post.
70 installs10,195 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Custom Display Posts(0)•Updated 5158d ago
Adds a widget that shows the posts in a single or more category.
20 installs7,351 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
WP Randomize – Advanced Random Categories & Posts Widget(0)•Updated 2097d ago
You can display categories and posts randomly with this widget.
20 installs1,410 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
RichList Widget(1)•Updated 4375d ago
Shows posts from Categories as an accordion list with click-able titles.
10 installs1,665 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Material Sidebar Posts(1)•Updated 3189d ago
Provides latest posts with material style design, Display the posts with image and no thumbnail style and much more.
10 installs1,446 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Superslider-PostsinCat(0)•Updated 4985d 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