Best category posts widget plugins for WordPress
The most popular category posts widget plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. AK Featured Post Widget leads with 400+ active installs, ahead of Simple Category Posts Widget (40+). All 2 plugins tagged “Category Posts Widget” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 2 category posts widget plugins
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AK Featured Post WidgetThe most installed category posts widget plugin, with 400+ active installs. Rated 4.2 from 5 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
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Simple Category Posts Widget40+ active installs. Only 4 reviews so far, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
All 2 plugins tagged “Category Posts Widget”
AK Featured Post Widget
Up in the last 7 days:32#9,827by kaser10 years ago
A widget that you can use to display your blog posts, custom post types, or woocommerce products!
- Installs
- 400+
- Rating
- 4.2(5)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Category Posts Widget
Down in the last 7 days:522#22,328by psdtohtmlcloud9 years ago
Simple Category Posts Widget is simple and easy to use wordpress plugin.Lists taxonomy/category posts in widget with options to enable or disable feat …
- Installs
- 40+
- Rating
- 5.0(4)
- Downloads
- 0/day