Alternatives to Multicolumn Category Widget
This widget displays top level categories in multiple columns.
Snapshot
Rating: 4.2/5 (5 reviews)
Downloads: 18,104
Active installs: 300
Maintenance score: 61/100
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 3.6
Tested up to: 7.0
Requires PHP: f
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Category Posts Widget(79)•Updated 63d ago
Adds a widget that shows the most recent posts from a single category.
40,000 installs1,794,872 downloads65/100 • Actively maintained
List Custom Taxonomy Widget(21)•Updated 765d 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 installs120,127 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
Sub Categories Widget(19)•Updated 1244d 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 3184d ago
Just like the default Recent Posts widget except you can choose a category to pull posts from.
4,000 installs33,916 downloads24/100 • Possibly abandoned
WP Category Post List Widget(15)•Updated 5206d 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 339d ago
A plugin to add widget for listing Categories and Taxonomies. Extending Default WordPress Category Widget.
1,000 installs42,669 downloads44/100 • Stale
Category and Subcategory List Widget(4)•Updated 258d ago
This widget allows to add/update icons for category or icon for custom taxonomy. It lists Categories in horizontal menu pattern.
700 installs38,651 downloads40/100 • Stale
Category Post Widget(2)•Updated 4550d ago
Category Post widget displays posts from a specific category. Number of posts to be displayed can be customized.
300 installs22,145 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Recent Category Posts Widget(2)•Updated 68d ago
This widget will let you display a list of the most recent posts in a single category in your sidebar.
300 installs21,642 downloads61/100 • Actively maintained
Exclude Category Widget(4)•Updated 3791d ago
The widget will use for showing category list. You can exclude unwanted categories from category list.
200 installs5,158 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Related Posts by Category Widget(0)•Updated 5871d ago
Customizable widget area that displays posts from the same categories as the current post.
200 installs12,482 downloads20/100 • Possibly abandoned
Multiple Category Selection Widget(14)•Updated 175d ago
Filter posts by selecting multiple categories using dropdown menus. Available as a widget, block, or shortcode.
100 installs78,001 downloads54/100 • Maintained
Featured Category Widget(5)•Updated 3825d ago
The Featured Category Widget is basically a Featured Post Widget for a category.
100 installs29,825 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
MindCat(4)•Updated 110d ago
Enhanced category display as mindmap or list of cards with colors and images.
100 installs13,568 downloads52/100 • Maintained
100 installs5,691 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Widget to Display Posts from Current Category(3)•Updated 2661d ago
This plugin allows you to display posts from the current category in the sidebar.
100 installs3,749 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Category Cloud Widget(1)•Updated 6675d ago
The Category Cloud Widget is a widget that displays your categories as a tag cloud in your sidebar.
100 installs47,387 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned
Accordion Image Menu(1)•Updated 5519d 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 5039d 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
Calendar Category(1)•Updated 5480d ago
Un-registers the default Calendar widget, and registers a new one which supports showing only those posts in certain (or all) categories.
100 installs8,503 downloads22/100 • Possibly abandoned