Alternatives to Featured Category Widget
Showcase a specific category with ease, including setting a featured image and listing child categories.
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Rating: 0.0/5 (0 reviews)
Downloads: 1,235
Active installs: 10
Maintenance score: 20/100
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 3.5
Tested up to: 4.9.29
Requires PHP: 5.3
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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
List Custom Taxonomy Widget(21)•Updated 675d ago
The List Custom Taxonomy Widget is a quick and easy way to display custom taxonomies. Simply choose the taxonomy name you want to display from an auto …
9,000 installs119,290 downloads30/100 • Possibly abandoned
Sub Categories Widget(19)•Updated 1154d ago
This Widget lists the sub-categories for a given category.
5,000 installs67,543 downloads34/100 • Possibly abandoned
Recent Posts by Category Widget(12)•Updated 3093d 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
WP Category Post List Widget(15)•Updated 5115d ago
Widget & Shortcode to list down posts filtered by Category, with Thumbnails, Custom HTML structure, Excerpt, CSS theme with API & much more
3,000 installs105,546 downloads14/100 • Possibly abandoned
NS Category Widget(34)•Updated 249d ago
A plugin to add widget for listing Categories and Taxonomies. Extending Default WordPress Category Widget.
1,000 installs42,287 downloads44/100 • Stale
Category and Subcategory List Widget(3)•Updated 168d 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
Multicolumn Category Widget(5)•Updated 156d ago
This widget displays top level categories in multiple columns.
300 installs17,603 downloads52/100 • Maintained
Category Post Widget(2)•Updated 4460d ago
Category Post widget displays posts from a specific category. Number of posts to be displayed can be customized.
300 installs21,834 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Recent Category Posts Widget(2)•Updated 5065d ago
This widget will let you display a list of the most recent posts in a single category in your sidebar.
300 installs21,356 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Exclude Category Widget(4)•Updated 3701d ago
The widget will use for showing category list. You can exclude unwanted categories from category list.
200 installs4,927 downloads22/100 • 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
Multiple Category Selection Widget(14)•Updated 85d ago
Filter posts by selecting multiple categories using dropdown menus. Available as a widget, block, or shortcode.
100 installs77,778 downloads63/100 • Actively maintained
Featured Category Widget(5)•Updated 3735d ago
The Featured Category Widget is basically a Featured Post Widget for a category.
100 installs29,693 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
MindCat(4)•Updated 85d ago
Enhanced category display as mindmap or list of cards with colors and images.
100 installs13,185 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
100 installs5,592 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Widget to Display Posts from Current Category(3)•Updated 2571d ago
This plugin allows you to display posts from the current category in the sidebar.
100 installs3,516 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Category Cloud Widget(1)•Updated 6585d ago
The Category Cloud Widget is a widget that displays your categories as a tag cloud in your sidebar.
100 installs47,112 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Accordion Image Menu(1)•Updated 5429d ago
Accordion Image Menu that allows to use the images attached to the posts and pages galleries as background.
100 installs40,557 downloads22/100 • 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