by Arno Welzel 4.2 (5 reviews)

Multicolumn Category Widget

Name: Multicolumn Category Widget
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: Arno Welzel

This widget displays top level categories in multiple columns.

Multicolumn Category Widget ranks #10,376 among WordPress.org plugins with 300+ active installations, is #1,374 of 8,549 in the Customization category, a 4.2/5 rating from 5 reviews, and was last updated Aug 13, 2026. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Compatible with WP 7.1

v1.0.29 Current Version v1.0.29

Updated 1 month ago Last Update on 13 Aug, 2026

Refreshed 9 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#1,374 of 8,549 in Customization Top 25% by installs

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#10,376

+24 this week

Active Installs

300+

-19.6%

KW Avg Position

1 better

Downloads

17.5K

+5 today

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Rating

84%

Review 4.2 out of 5

4.2 (5 reviews)

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Plugin Details

Version: 1.0.29
Last Updated: Aug 13, 2026
Requires WP: 3.6+
Tested Up To: 7.1
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Arno Welzel

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Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 4.2
Reviews: 5
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to display their site's top-level categories in a sidebar or footer widget. It solves the problem of listing many categories in a single column by letting them be arranged into multiple configurable columns.

Displays top level categories
Multiple column layout
Custom widget title
Configurable number of columns
Default two columns

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Multicolumn Category Widget

All styles can be found in css/frontend.css. Since these styles get overwritten when updating the widget, you should add the custom styles to your theme.

Generally the widget supports multiple languages - you can use Loco Translate to add more languages, if needed. If you want to provide a translation in your language which is missing yet, you're welcome to send me the po/mo files for the next update.

The layout uses multiple lists which are displayed next to each other using the CSS rule display:inline-block. This means: If there not enough room to display multiple columns (either because the sidebar of the template is too narrow or the available viewport of the device is very small), the browser will eventually fall back to show only a single column. But this is intentional to make sure that the category list is always completely visible - even on smaller screens or on narrow smaller sidebars - and won't break the layout of the template by using more room as available. In rare cases a template or a plugin changes the default behaviour of the WordPress core function the_widget(), which usually outputs widgets with their own CSS classes - in this case you might have to add your own styles based on the rules in css/frontend.css but without .widget_multicolumncategorywidget. However the better solution would be to check the template and/or other plugins, why the widget specific CSS classes are missing.