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.

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.

Multicolumn Category Widget vs Recent Category Posts Widget