Alternatives to Recent Category Posts Widget
This widget will let you display a list of the most recent posts in a single category in your sidebar.
Snapshot
Rating: 5.0/5 (2 reviews)
Downloads: 21,356
Active installs: 300
Maintenance score: 22/100
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 2.7
Tested up to: 3.4.2
Requires PHP: f
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No Category Base (WPML)(34)•Updated 33d ago
This plugin removes the mandatory 'Category Base' from your category permalinks. It's compatible with WPML.
100,000 installs954,024 downloads75/100 • Actively maintained
Remove Category URL – Remove 'category' base from category permalinks(58)•Updated 38d ago
Remove Category URL strips the /category/ base from your category URLs, turning something like /category/my-category/ into simply /my-category/.
60,000 installs497,319 downloads75/100 • Actively maintained
Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – Autotagger Automatically Add Terms(190)•Updated 31d ago
Tags, Categories and WordPress terms are easy with TaxoPress. Add a Tag or Category to Pages, manage your WooCommerce Categories and Tags and more.
50,000 installs5,821,929 downloads68/100 • Actively maintained
Ultimate Category Excluder(77)•Updated 139d ago
Ultimate Category Excluder allows you to quickly and easily exclude categories from your front page, archives, feeds, and search results.
50,000 installs551,415 downloads56/100 • Maintained
Category Posts Widget(79)•Updated 99d ago
Adds a widget that shows the most recent posts from a single category.
40,000 installs1,790,595 downloads46/100 • Maintained
Recent Posts by Category Widget(12)•Updated 3092d ago
Just like the default Recent Posts widget except you can choose a category to pull posts from.
4,000 installs33,439 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
Category and Subcategory List Widget(3)•Updated 167d ago
This widget allows to add/update icons for category or icon for custom taxonomy. It lists Categories in horizontal menu pattern.
700 installs38,271 downloads52/100 • Maintained
MindCat(4)•Updated 83d ago
Enhanced category display as mindmap or list of cards with colors and images.
100 installs13,185 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
Category Excluder Widget(0)•Updated 5166d ago
This widget allows you to easily create a specific category list. You can exclude any categories you please.
100 installs10,819 downloads20/100 • 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
Easy Categories Management Widget(1)•Updated 5464d ago
This plugin adds a widget which let you display a list of categories in your sidebar with more features and flexibility.
70 installs10,607 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Almost All Categories Widget(0)•Updated 5630d ago
This widget will let you display a category list in your sidebar, excluding any categories that you would like.
50 installs7,020 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Categories but exclude(0)•Updated 5086d ago
Displays all categories except those selected in widget preferences.
50 installs5,727 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
40 installs3,183 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Last Posts Category and Post Types(1)•Updated 4384d ago
You can configure the widget for show custom category posts, custom post types posts and what you image with that.
40 installs72,549 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Linkify Categories(0)•Updated 386d ago
Turn a string, list, or array of category IDs and/or slugs into a list of links to those category archives. Provides a widget and template tag.
30 installs13,752 downloads26/100 • Possibly abandoned
10 installs2,133 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Custom Recent Posts Widget Plus(0)•Updated 4032d ago
Nice widget it is like the default Recent Posts widget except you can choose a category and in addition show the thumbnails.
10 installs2,134 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
azurecurve Filtered Categories(0)•Updated 2719d ago
Creates a new Categories sidebar widget which allows categories to be included/excluded. A link to a categories page listing all categories can be con …
10 installs2,035 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
0 installs1,200 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned