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: 21,136
Active installs: 400
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)(33)•Updated 54d ago
This plugin removes the mandatory 'Category Base' from your category permalinks. It's compatible with WPML.
100,000 installs828,972 downloads65/100 • Actively maintained
Tag, Category, and Taxonomy Manager – AI Autotagger with OpenAI(184)•Updated 26d 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 installs5,678,467 downloads87/100 • Actively maintained
Ultimate Category Excluder(76)•Updated 244d ago
Ultimate Category Excluder allows you to quickly and easily exclude categories from your front page, archives, feeds, and search results.
50,000 installs543,415 downloads44/100 • Stale
Remove Category URL(58)•Updated 55d ago
This plugin removes '/category' from your category permalinks. (e.g. /category/my-category/ to /my-category/)
50,000 installs448,767 downloads65/100 • Actively maintained
Category Posts Widget(79)•Updated 158d ago
Adds a widget that shows the most recent posts from a single category.
40,000 installs1,779,239 downloads66/100 • Maintained
Recent Posts by Category Widget(12)•Updated 2955d ago
Just like the default Recent Posts widget except you can choose a category to pull posts from.
4,000 installs32,899 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
Category and Subcategory List Widget(3)•Updated 30d ago
This widget allows to add/update icons for category or icon for custom taxonomy. It lists Categories in horizontal menu pattern.
800 installs37,331 downloads70/100 • Actively maintained
MindCat(4)•Updated 288d ago
Enhanced category display as mindmap or list of cards with colors and images.
200 installs12,423 downloads40/100 • Stale
Category Excluder Widget(0)•Updated 5028d ago
This widget allows you to easily create a specific category list. You can exclude any categories you please.
100 installs10,598 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Weart Category Posts Widget(0)•Updated 2536d ago
Weart Category Posts Widget displays the latest posts in the sidebar from a picked category with featured image.
100 installs3,789 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Easy Categories Management Widget(1)•Updated 5327d ago
This plugin adds a widget which let you display a list of categories in your sidebar with more features and flexibility.
80 installs10,419 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Categories but exclude(0)•Updated 4949d ago
Displays all categories except those selected in widget preferences.
60 installs5,562 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Last Posts Category and Post Types(1)•Updated 4247d ago
You can configure the widget for show custom category posts, custom post types posts and what you image with that.
50 installs23,233 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Almost All Categories Widget(0)•Updated 5492d ago
This widget will let you display a category list in your sidebar, excluding any categories that you would like.
50 installs6,833 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
40 installs3,040 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Linkify Categories(0)•Updated 248d 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 installs13,543 downloads38/100 • Stale
10 installs2,034 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Custom Recent Posts Widget Plus(0)•Updated 3895d ago
Nice widget it is like the default Recent Posts widget except you can choose a category and in addition show the thumbnails.
10 installs2,002 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
azurecurve Filtered Categories(0)•Updated 2582d 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 installs1,903 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
0 installs1,145 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned