George Stephanis

Sure, WordPress has a widget for displaying your most recent posts, but what if you want to only display the posts from a single category in a widget, and not everything? This plugin Widget lets you set the title, category, and quantity of posts to display, then it kicks out a list of the most recent posts in that category.

Recent Category Posts Widget

This widget will let you display a list of the most recent posts in a single category in your sidebar.

Jan Štětina

Widget listing only top level categories.
Currently it is preset to following behavior:
<ul>
<li>Show unordered list of top-level categories</li>
<li>Skip category with ID 1 (usually the “Default” category)</li>
<li>Don’t hide empty categories</li>
<li>Order categories by their ID (order of creation)</li>
</ul>
The only customizable thing is the widget title… for now.
Developed for private use, but has perspective for more extensive usage. I can’t guarantee any support in the future nor further development, but it is to be expected. Kindly inform me about bugs, if you find any, or propose new features: zaantar@zaantar.eu.

Top Level Category Widget

Widget listing only top level categories.

Recent Category Posts Widget vs Top Level Category Widget