by Fernando Briano 4.5 (15 reviews)

List categories

Name: List categories
Rating: 4.5 (15 reviews)
Author: Fernando Briano

Simple plugin to display categories in any post or page with a shortcode.

List categories ranks #3,117 among WordPress.org plugins with 5,000+ active installations, is #73 of 1,418 in the Taxonomy category, a 4.5/5 rating from 15 reviews, and was last updated Sep 13, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v0.5 Current Version v0.5

Updated 2 days ago Last Update on 13 Sep, 2026

Refreshed 6 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#73 of 1,418 in Taxonomy Top 5% by installs Downloads +66.3% this week Actively maintained

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#3,117

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Active Installs

5K+

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Downloads

77.4K

+21 today

Support Resolved

100%

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Rating

90%

Review 4.5 out of 5

4.5 (15 reviews)

Next Milestone 6K

Total Progress 57.5%

5K+ 6K+

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Reviews & Ratings

4.5

15 reviews

Overall 90%

11 (73%)

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100%

Resolution Rate

Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 0 in the last 24 months · checked 2 days ago

May 29, 2024

List categories [list-categories] < 0.5

CVE-2024-4356 · Fixed in v0.5

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Plugin Details

Version: 0.5
Last Updated: Sep 13, 2026
Requires WP: 3.3+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Fernando Briano

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5
Reviews: 15
Support Threads: 1
Resolved: 100%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners and content editors who want to display category or tag lists inside posts and pages. It solves this by providing a shortcode interface to the wp_list_categories function, letting any of its parameters be passed as shortcode attributes.