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JS Categories List Widget · Version history

JS Categories List Widget changelog and version history

Latest version
4.1.1
Apr 3, 2026 (7 months ago)
Releases
14
since 2013
In the last year
3
about one every 41 days
Tested up to
WordPress 7.0.8
PHP 7.0 or later

Releases each year

  • 20133 releases
  • 20143 releases
  • 20152 releases
  • 20231 release
  • 20241 release
  • 20251 release
  • 20263 releases

20263 releases

  1. JS Categories List Widget 4.1.1Latest

    • Added a post type selector in the block editor to switch between posts and custom post types registered with the default Categories taxonomy.
    • Added REST support to load category options and frontend category trees by selected post type.
    • Updated category picker behavior to refresh category options when changing the selected post type.
    • Added a new block setting to open category links in a new page (target="_blank").
    • Added backward-compatible post type fallback to post when older block instances do not have post_type saved.

  2. JS Categories List Widget 4.1.0

    • Standardized the plugin text domain to jquery-categories-list across PHP, block metadata, JavaScript, and bundled translation files for better WordPress.org compatibility.
    • Improved legacy widget, block, and REST code to better follow WordPress coding standards, sanitization, escaping, and inline documentation practices.
    • Added the remaining editor translation string and wired block script translations through the generated editor asset handle.
    • Hardened shortcode category parsing so user-provided exclude values are treated strictly as ID lists and are never unserialized, while keeping backward compatibility for stored serialized widget values.

  3. JS Categories List Widget 4.0.3

    • Escaped category names/links/counts in the legacy frontend output, fixed active child detection, and made exclude parsing safe with unserialize(…, [‘allowed_classes’ => false]) + wp_parse_id_list in classes/legacy/class- jcl-legacy-html-builder.php.
    • Added spaces between data-* attributes, escaped admin form values/IDs/names, sanitized stored exclude lists, and safely deserialized excludes in classes/ legacy/class-jcl-legacy-widget.php.
    • Validated REST params (orderby, orderdir, parent, cats) and normalized them to safe values in classes/class-js-categories-list-rest-endpoints.php.

20251 release

  1. JS Categories List Widget 4.0.2

    • Improve compatibility with WordPress standards

20241 release

  1. JS Categories List Widget 4.0.1

    • Added support for WordPress Playground.
    • Updating tests to the latest react-testing-library version.
    • Updating JS dependencies to latest version. This will fix security issues and improve performance.
    • Legacy version: added jcl_widget_title hook to allow changing the widget’s title (helpful for translations).

20231 release

  1. JS Categories List Widget 4.0.0

    • Code migrated to Gutenberg block. Now you can use this plugin as a Gutenberg block on any modern theme.
    • The block version reads the categories dynamically. It saves bandwidth and reduces old DOM size on old sites.
    • JS code is only loaded if there’s a widget or block is added to page. No more always loading JS and CSS code.
    • Deprecated old php version. It will only be on maintenance mode and new Gutenberg block will be supported.
    • Improved automated tests and code, to make future versions easier to develop.

20152 releases

  1. JS Categories List Widget 2.2.5

  2. JS Categories List Widget 2.2.4

20143 releases

  1. JS Categories List Widget 2.2.3

  2. JS Categories List Widget 2.2.2

    • Solved expansion/contraction bug when using sub-categories.
    • Added support for HTTPS, now the plugin generates the correct link if HTTPS is being used, thanks to bridgetwes for the patch.
    • Added ordering by category’s slug.

  3. JS Categories List Widget 2.2.1

    • Fixed the problem of a warning message being shown when a post had a single category.
    • Added a CSS class to li elements with child categories.
    • Improved category HTML generation code to make future modifications easier.

20133 releases

  1. JS Categories List Widget 2.2

    • Fixed category’s post count when excluding some categories, now it uses the same algorithm as the standard WP widget.
    • Finally the list expands to the opened/click category! It remembers where you clicked! Just select the expand option to ‘Clicked Category’.
    • Wrapped post count (if activated) inside a span to apply CSS rules.
    • Added a active class for current category.
    • Fixed some spanish translations.
    • Plugin translated to Russian by Матвеев Валерий.

  2. JS Categories List Widget 2.1

    • Added option to exclude categories when using shortcodes, just add categorie’s ID separated by commas in the exclude attribute.
    • Solved bug of not including JS file when using a filter without any widget.
    • Solved bug of not including JS in some WP installlations under Windows.

  3. JS Categories List Widget 2.0

    • Huge update thanks to donations! If you upgrade to this version you’ll NEED to configurate the widget AGAIN, due to architecture rewriting configuration may get lost.
    • Added support for multiples instances, finally you can have as many widgets as you want without any hack 🙂
    • Added support for dynamic widgets
    • Added an option to not have any effect when expanding or collapsing.
    • Added an option to select if you want the symbol on the left or on the right.
    • Added an option to autoexpand all categories by default.
    • Removed dynamic generation of the JS file, now you don’t need write permissions on the folder.
    • Rewroted JS code, now it is a single JS file for all instances, improved perfomance and compatible with all cache plugins.
    • Updated translation files for Spanish, Czech, Slovak and Italian.

Questions about JS Categories List Widget’s releases

What is the latest version of JS Categories List Widget?

4.1.1, released on Apr 3, 2026 (7 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 7.0.8 and needs PHP 7.0 or later.

How often is JS Categories List Widget updated?

3 releases in the last year, about one every 41 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from April 2013.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in JS Categories List Widget’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.