Best category widget plugins for WordPress
The most popular category widget plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. Iks Menu leads with 10K+ active installs, ahead of WP Categories Widget (6K+) and Advanced Categories Widget (700+). All 6 plugins tagged “category widget” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 6 category widget plugins
- 1.
Iks MenuThe most installed category widget plugin, with 10K+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 27 reviews, updated 1 month ago.
- 2.
WP Categories Widget6K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 27 reviews, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 3.
Advanced Categories Widget700+ active installs. Rated 5.0 from 8 reviews, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.5.33.
- 4.
Category Country Aware WordPress100+ active installs. Only 3 reviews so far, last updated 5 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.35.
- 5.
All Districts News10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39.
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Simple Author Widget10+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.3.34.
All 6 plugins tagged “category widget”
Iks Menu
Up in the last 7 days:7#2,107by Iks Studio1 month ago
Super customizable WordPress plugin for displaying custom menus, taxonomy/category terms and FAQs as accordion menu (with images support).
- Installs
- 10K+
- Rating
- 5.0(27)
- Downloads
- 45/day
WP Categories Widget
Down in the last 7 days:5#2,842by WP-EXPERTS.IN8 months ago
Display the list of categories for any taxonomies type (WooCommerce Product Category, Blog Category, Project Category...etc) in sidebar
- Installs
- 6K+
- Rating
- 4.5(27)
- Downloads
- 27/day
Advanced Categories Widget
Up in the last 7 days:11#7,780by darrinb10 years ago
A highly customizable categories widget for WordPress with thumbnails and descriptions.
- Installs
- 700+
- Rating
- 5.0(8)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Category Country Aware WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:11#13,881by wrigs15 years ago
Make both your post content and sidebar category and/or visitor location relevant.
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(3)
- Downloads
- 5/day
All Districts News
Up in the last 7 days:182#31,828by Emran Hossen11 years ago
All Districts News wordpress plugin.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Simple Author Widget
Up in the last 7 days:3,137#36,396by M A Vinoth Kumar11 years ago
Easy way to display the Author profile with four social networking profiles using widget.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day