Arno Welzel

This widget displays top level categories in multiple columns.
After installation, just add the widget to desired sidebar or footer and optionally enter a custom title and the number of columns to be displayed.
By default two columns are used, but you can set any number of columns you like in the backend.
Also see details at <a href="http://arnowelzel.de/wp/en/projects/wordpress/multicolumn-category-widget" rel="nofollow ugc">http://arnowelzel.de/wp/en/projects/wordpress/multicolumn-category-widget</a>.

Multicolumn Category Widget

This widget displays top level categories in multiple columns.

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This is a menu that uses the images attached to the posts/pages galleries as items background. You can insert the menu wherever you want: into the content, in your theme files and as a widgets. Visit the <a href="http://web-argument.com/category/accordion-image-menu-2/" rel="nofollow ugc">plugin page</a> for demos and details.
Special Features:
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<li>Allows to combine pages and categories and apply order to them</li>
<li>Its integrated with the wordpress > 3.0 menus interface</li>
<li>The plugin uses the post feature image or the medium size image attached to post and pages</li>
<li>The menu uses the top image from the posts/pages gallery</li>
<li>You can use it to list recent posts</li>
<li>Multiple transition effects included (Elastic, Bounce, Sine, Pow, Quart, Back, Circ)</li>
<li>You can include ‘the title’ of the target pages</li>
<li>Allows to include multiple menus on your blog </li>
<li>The menu can be based on posts/pages ids</li>
<li>Compatible with: Chrome, Safari, Firefox and IE 7, 8, 9</li>
</ul>

Accordion Image Menu

Accordion Image Menu that allows to use the images attached to the posts and pages galleries as background.

Multicolumn Category Widget vs Accordion Image Menu