WP Categories Widget
Display the list of categories for any taxonomies type (WooCommerce Product Category, Blog Category, Project Category...etc) in sidebar
4.5(27 reviews)
·7.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 month agoAs of April 2026, WP Categories Widget is a WordPress posts-widget plugin with 7.0K+ active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 27 reviews. It has been downloaded 117K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 6.0+ and PHP 8.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: Latest Posts.
4.5/527 reviews
7.0K+active installs
117K+total downloads
10 yearssince 2016
Overview
The “WP Categories Widget” is a simple plugin to display the list of categories for any taxonomies type (WooCommerce Product Category, Blog Category, Project Category…etc) on your wordpress website. Using WP Categries Widget you can display list of categories anywhere on your website. And also you can disable the widget block editor and enable the classic widget layut to edit the sidebar.
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`Features`
- Disable Widget Block Editor
- Display Categories Post Count
- Hide Child Categories
- Hide Widget Title
- Show Categories for Any Taxonomies Type
- Exclude/Include Categories
Addon Features
- Display Category as Drop Down
- Display Category Posts
- Manage WP Widg…
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Ratings & Reviews
4.527 reviews
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Recent Reviews
Great for Custom Taxonomies BUT if only
by Dillx·3 months ago
Great for Custom Taxonomies, but if only you could order the categories yourself.
Great Plugin but can’t customize order
by dj6082013·2 years ago
It’s a simple yet efficient plugin. However, I wish that it let me decide the order of WooCommerce categories by myself.
Great plugin but need option to open in a window
·2 years ago
WpCategory Plugin: Great plugin but would LOVE an option to open a category in a new Window. Thank you. Michel
Great support
by ilinet·2 years ago
The plugin for the dropdown display of categories is excellent for us, we are satisfied with everything, especially with the support!! 🙂
Works great, authors fast with support, and solid behind it
by crzyhrse·2 years ago
Works great, does as it says, code is clean, authors are fast and responsive, go the extra mile and more with support, and are really solid behind it…
Download Trends
Today: 32Yesterday: 39This week: 216Period total: 20K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 6.0+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 8.0+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.8
35.1%
v2.6
18.9%
Other
12.8%
v2.4
10.5%
v2.5
9.8%
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Changelog
2.8
- Tested with wordpress version 6.9
- Updated code
Contributors
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