Lists a category with thumbnails,title,excerpt with a read more link
As of April 2026, Category Thumbnail Excerpt is a WordPress list plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 2.3K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.9.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Last updated 11 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: List category posts.
These must be in function.php in the theme for the plugin to work for thumbnail and excerpt:
add_theme_support( ‘post-thumbnails’ );
set_post_thumbnail_size( form_option(‘thumbnail_size_w&&echo=false’), form_option(‘thumbnail_size_h&&echo=false’), true );
function custom_excerpt_length( $length ) {
return 20;
}
add_filter( ‘excerpt_length’, ‘custom_excerpt_length’, 999 );
function custom_excerpt_more( $more ) {
return ”;
}
add_filter( ‘excerpt_more’, ‘custom_excerpt_more’ );
You’ll also need to add thumbnails to the posts you want visible in the list.
After that, all you need to do is to add the hook [getcatlist 1] (where 1 is a categoy id) to your post.
| WordPress | 2.9.0+ requiredTested up to 4.0.38 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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