Featured Category Widget
The Featured Category Widget is basically a Featured Post Widget for a category.
4.2(5 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 10 years agoAs of April 2026, Featured Category Widget is a WordPress column plugin with 100 active installations and a 4.2/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 29K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.9+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 10 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Make Column Clickable for Elementor.
4.2/55 reviews
100active installs
29K+total downloads
14 yearssince 2012
Overview
The Featured Category Widget is mainly designed because there were people for whom the Featured Post Widget was not enough. They wanted to put a category of their blog in the highlight.
If there is a post thumbnail, it will be displayed above the headline of the post. If there is no thumbnail, the first picture of the post is taken. You can set the size for the thumbnail or just take the standard from your options. Decide yourself, whether you want to show the excerpt, saved with your post or just the first three sentences or the first twenty words of the post. Style the widget individually, ready.
The Featured Category was tested up to WP 4.5. It should work with versions down to 2.9 but was never tested on those.
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 2.9+ requiredTested up to 4.5.33 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2.5
- WP 4.5 ready
- New framework
Contributors
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