Is Category Cloud Widget free?

Yes, Category Cloud Widget is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use Category Cloud Widget?

Category Cloud Widget has 100 active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Category Cloud Widget alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Category Cloud Widget include Media Library Assistant, Meta Tag Manager, Visual Term Description Editor. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does Category Cloud Widget work with the latest WordPress?

Category Cloud Widget has been tested up to WordPress 2.3. It requires WordPress 2.0+ and PHP false+.

Category Cloud Widget — Reviews, Rating & Alternatives (2026)

Name: Category Cloud Widget
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: vertino

As of April 2026, Category Cloud Widget is a WordPress tags plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 1 reviews. It has been downloaded 47K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2006. Last updated 17 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Media Library Assistant.

5/51 reviews

100active installs

47K+total downloads

20 yearssince 2006

Overview

The Category Cloud Widget is a widget that displays your categories as a tag cloud in your sidebar.

Examples

You can see this in action on my site: http://leekelleher.com/linklog/

Special Thanks

Thank you to Matt Kingston, as this widget was based on his Weighted Categories plugin.
Thanks to Peter Hasperhoven for introducing the ‘minimum number of posts’ option.

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