List categories
Simple plugin to display categories in any post or page with a shortcode.
4.5(15 reviews)
·6.0K+ active installs·Updated 10 months agoAs of April 2026, List categories is a WordPress cms plugin with 6.0K+ active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 15 reviews. It has been downloaded 75K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.3+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2014. Downloads are up 34% this week. Top alternative: White Label CMS.
4.5/515 reviews
6.0K+active installs
75K+total downloads
12 yearssince 2014
Overview
Simple plugin to display categories in any post or page with a shortcode. It’s basically a shortcode API interface to the wp_list_categories WordPress function. This means given any of the parameters accepted by the function, you can pass it in as a shortcode parameter to the categories shortcode.
Usage:
[categories orderby=count]
Will display links to all the categories and order them by number of posts in each category.
You can also list tags or any other WordPress taxonomy. You need to pass a value to the taxonomy parameter. For example to list tags: [categories taxonomy=post_tag title_li="Tags"].
By default, the usage shows:
- No link to all categories
- Sorts the list of Categories by the Category name in ascending order
- Displayed in an unordered list style
- Does not show the post…
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Simple, but effective
by amedeebulle·2 years ago
I was looking for a way to list subcategories of a single main category.
This plugin does the trick (and more)
Easy and useful
by robegb·2 years ago
Well documented. Thank you!
- This topic was modified 2 years, 10 months ago by robegb.
Just what I needed
by Chris Roberts·3 years ago
Thank you for the great plugin! It works perfectly with WP v6.0.2 and my Hello Theme and has saved me hours of work 🙂 Cheers!
Thank you!!
by bigcheesez·3 years ago
i hope these great works bless you with future work and good fortune. thank you kindly. oh and i tested this and works fine!
not to use
by orangesunshine·8 years ago
could not find out out how to use it.
Download Trends
Today: 28Yesterday: 14This week: 90Period total: 5K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.3+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v0.5
78.8%
v0.4
12.9%
v0.2
6.5%
v0.3
1.8%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
0.4
- Tested up to the latest version of WordPress.
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