NS Category Widget
A plugin to add widget for listing Categories and Taxonomies. Extending Default WordPress Category Widget.
4.8(34 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 6 months agoAs of April 2026, NS Category Widget is a WordPress widget plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 34 reviews. It has been downloaded 42K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.0+ and PHP 7.2.24+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Downloads are up 84% this week. Top alternative: Widgets for Google Reviews.
4.8/534 reviews
1.0K+active installs
42K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
Are you frustrated by the lack of customization options in default Category widget in WordPress? Then this plugin is for you. Works in similar fashion but with several customization options. Cheers !
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Ratings & Reviews
4.834 reviews
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Recent Reviews
Pefect
by George K·2 months ago
Exactly what I was looking for. Simple and follows the site css.
Works great!
by kml2012·1 year ago
It’s the only working alternative for collapsing categories, which stopped working some time ago. NS saved me. Thank you 🙂
Great plugin
by motorhomeblog·1 year ago
Makes my website look great!
Wonderful Tree sturcture
by sharppu·1 year ago
I am very happy to apply this wonderful plugin to show a tree structure listing for my posts
Good
by shodikcha·1 year ago
good
Download Trends
Today: 7Yesterday: 8This week: 59Period total: 4K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.0+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | 7.2.24+ required |
Version Adoption
v4.1
61.1%
v3.1
26.1%
v3.0
10.3%
v2.0
2.5%
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Changelog
4.1.6 – 12 Sep 2025
- Fix contributors
Contributors
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