Best categories-widget plugins for WordPress
The most popular categories-widget plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Advanced Categories Widget leads with 700+ active installs, ahead of Taxonomy Term Widget (200+) and Widgetized Categories (10+). All 4 plugins tagged “categories-widget” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 3 categories-widget plugins
- 1.
Advanced Categories WidgetThe most installed categories-widget plugin, with 700+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 2.
Taxonomy Term Widget200+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 1 year ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.7.11.
- 3.
Widgetized Categories10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
All 4 plugins tagged “categories-widget”
Advanced Categories Widget
Up in the last 7 days:14#7,775by darrinb10 years ago
A highly customizable categories widget for WordPress with thumbnails and descriptions.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Taxonomy Term Widget
Down in the last 7 days:70#11,222by AddonsPress2 years ago
Add an advanced widget to your WordPress blog, like an extension of the Categories widget.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 6/day
Widgetized Categories
#36,938by inselpark13 years ago
Widgetized categories is the plugin that allows the user to add the categories widget in the sidebar with additional options.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day