Yuriy Stepanov

The plugin adds 3 shortcodes: 
[wk_terms /] for displaying categories, tags, any other taxonomies, works through the WP_Term_Query class. 
[wk_posts /] for displaying posts, pages and any other post types, WK_posts receives data through the WP_Query class 
[wk_pages /] output of hierarchical structures of pages, posts and other types of posts, the data is obtained using the get_pages() function
Shortcodes pass all call parameters to the corresponding functions and receive the initial data set from them. 
Explore the basic parameters of calling source functions by following the links.
<a href="http://bugacms.com/wpEn/whale-kit" rel="nofollow ugc">Whale Kit</a> 
<a href="http://bugacms.com/wpEn/whale-kit-examples/" rel="nofollow ugc">Whale Kit – examples</a> 
<a href="http://bugacms.com/wpRu/whale-kit" rel="nofollow ugc">Whale Kit – по русски</a>

Whale-Kit

Three alternative to standard widget Categories, Recent Posts and Pages.

Amaury Balmer

WordPress 3.1 and up allow for reasonably simple custom taxonomy, this plugin makes it even simpler, removing the need for you to write any code.
Add support for taxonomy with or without hierarchical. Choose the selector type for write post.
Allow to add taxonomy to any objects registered on your installation. This plugin can be coupled with the plugin ACF to a new term meta database that allow to create on fly any field need for the taxonomy. For example, for a “Number” taxonomy, you can add fields : number ID, date of parution, screenshot, etc !
This plugin is developped on WordPress 3.5, with the constant WP_DEBUG to TRUE.
This plugin allows you to add taxonomy just by giving them a name and somes options in the backend. It then creates the taxonomy for you, takes care of the URL rewrites, provides a widget you can use to display a “taxonomy cloud” or a list of all the stuff in there, and it allows you to show the taxonomy contents at the end of posts and excerpts as well. 
To boot, it comes with a set of template tags for those who don’t mind adapting their own theme.
For full info go the <a href="https://github.com/herewithme/simple-taxonomy" rel="nofollow ugc">Simple Taxonomy</a> page.

Simple Taxonomy

WordPress 3.1 and up allow for reasonably simple custom taxonomy, this plugin makes it even simpler, removing the need for you to write any code.

Whale-Kit vs Simple Taxonomy