Maintenance 22/1002525d since update
Active installs
10
Downloads
1,528
Reviews
1
Age
10.7y
Tagswidgetsidebarcategories
Plugin info
Total downloads: 1,528
Active installs: 10
Total reviews: 1
Average rating: 5
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 2/1/2019 (2525 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 4/28/2015 (10 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 4.0
Tested up to WordPress version: 5.0.24
Minimum PHP version: f
Maintenance & Compatibility
Maintenance score
Possibly abandoned • Last updated 2525 days ago • 1 reviews
22/100
Is Recent Categories abandoned?
Possibly abandoned (last update 2525 days ago).
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 4.0
Tested up to: 5.0.24
Requires PHP: f
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Description
Widget to display your site’s most recent categories.
Current options:
- Max number of categories to display
- Title
- Display date
- Icon (if set by Simple Cateogry Icon)
- Display post count
GitHub: https://github.com/twodayslate/Recent-Categories-Widget
Installation
Enable the widget in the sidebar
- Upload
widget.phpto the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Place
<?php the_widget('Recent_Categories_Widget'); ?>in your templates - Or add the widget to your dynamic sidebar in the dashboard (Appearance -> Widgets).
Frequently Asked Questions
What options are there?
You can set the max number of categories to show, the title, display icon, and the date.
How can I contribute?
Feel free to submit an issue or a pull-request on GitHub.
What is the best way to contact you?
Check out my website for a list of ways to do just that!
Review feed
No reviews available
Screenshots
screenshot-1.png widget shown in sidebar of Twenty Fifteen
Changelog
1.0
- Initial Release
1.1
- Added support for Simple Cateogry Icon
1.2
- Rewrite
- Added post count option
1.3
- Added before_title and after_title support
- Bug fixes