Advanced Categories Widget
by darrinb 4.8 (8 reviews)

Advanced Categories Widget

A highly customizable categories widget for WordPress with thumbnails and descriptions.

Advanced Categories Widget ranks #7,768 among WordPress.org plugins with 700+ active installations, is #189 of 1,454 in the Taxonomy category, a 4.8/5 rating from 8 reviews, and was last updated Aug 11, 2016. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.5 (Current: 7.1.4)
v1.2 Current Version v1.2
Updated 10 years ago Last Update on 11 Aug, 2016
Refreshed 1 week ago Last Refreshed on
#189 of 1,454 in Taxonomy Top 10% by installs Downloads -11.1% this week No update in over a year
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Rating
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Review 4.8 out of 5
4.8 (8 reviews)

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Reviews & Ratings

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Overall 96%
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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

No known vulnerabilities on record for Advanced Categories Widget. Checked 3 months ago.

TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to display category lists on their site. It solves the problem of building customizable, styled category widgets with thumbnails, descriptions, and post counts without needing custom code.

  • Build multiple category lists
  • Select categories to display
  • Order categories by name or count
  • Category thumbnail support
  • Custom thumbnail size preview
  • Category description display
  • Choose list format (ol, ul, div)
  • Show post count

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Advanced Categories Widget

Advanced Categories Widget has 700+ active installations on the WordPress.org plugin directory.
Advanced Categories Widget holds a 4.8 out of 5 star rating based on 8 user reviews on WordPress.org.
Advanced Categories Widget is developed by darrinb and published on the official WordPress.org plugin repository.
Advanced Categories Widget requires WordPress 4.4 or higher and is tested up to WordPress 4.5.
Advanced Categories Widget has been downloaded 21,570+ times from WordPress.org.
The latest version of Advanced Categories Widget is 1.2. It was last updated on August 11, 2016.
Yes. Advanced Categories Widget is a free WordPress plugin available to download and install from the WordPress.org plugin directory.

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