Creates a widget that displays posts and thumbnails in a selected category.
As of April 2026, Featured Categories is a WordPress widget plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 3.2K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.1.3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 14 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Widgets for Google Reviews.
Creates a widget that displays posts and thumbnails in a selected category. Thumbnails will display 100px square. Author name links to author page (if in use) or list of posts. Posts are sorted in descending order by date. This is a fork of James Lao’s Category Posts plugin, with less options.
Style “thumbcol” and “contentcol” classes to make it look pretty (make the thumb appear to the left of the excerpt, for example).
| WordPress | 3.1.3+ requiredTested up to 3.2.1 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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