Best custom widget plugins for WordPress
The most popular custom widget plugins for WordPress in November 2026, in WordPress.org’s own popular order, which follows active installs. WP Categories Widget leads with 6K+ active installs, ahead of ABD Dashboard Widget Manager (300+) and Custom Widget Area (200+). All 15 plugins tagged “custom widget” are below, with figures from WordPress.org that update every day.
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Top 10 custom widget plugins
- 1.
WP Categories WidgetThe most installed custom widget plugin, with 6K+ active installs. Rated 4.5 from 27 reviews, updated 8 months ago. Tested only up to WordPress 6.9.11.
- 2.
ABD Dashboard Widget Manager300+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40.
- 3.
Custom Widget Area200+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 14 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.2.1.
- 4.
Listings Post Type Enable100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 4 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 5.
Widget Customizer for WordPress100+ active installs. Only 1 review so far, last updated 11 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.2.39.
- 6.
WP Master Widget20+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 9 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.8.34.
- 7.
Easy WP Admin Customizer10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 12 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.0.38.
- 8.
DX-Advanced-Widgets10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 13 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 3.5.2.
- 9.
GP Display All Category10+ active installs. No reviews yet, last updated 10 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 4.4.34.
- 10.
Advanced Custom Widget10+ active installs. Only 2 reviews so far, last updated 7 years ago. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30.
All 15 plugins tagged “custom widget”
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
ABD Dashboard Widget Manager
Down in the last 7 days:15#10,822by abdwebdesign12 years ago
Customize your WordPress administrator dashboard. You can choose which admin widgets to display, the user roles, and add your own dashboard content.
- Installs
- 300+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Custom Widget Area
Up in the last 7 days:29#11,222by rounitmorya15 years ago
A simple plugin to create custom widget area.
- Installs
- 200+
- Rating
- 4.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
Listings Post Type Enable
Down in the last 7 days:51#15,925by AyeCode4 years ago
A simple plugin that creates a "listings" custom post type. It is also add a recent listings custom widget and a new category listings widge …
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 0/day
Widget Customizer for WordPress
Down in the last 7 days:36#16,299by dzeriho11 years ago
Customize your widgets without any CSS knowledge! - Mihajlovicnenad.com
- Installs
- 100+
- Rating
- 5.0(1)
- Downloads
- 11/day
WP Master Widget
Up in the last 7 days:574#28,471by WebSPI9 years ago
WP Master Widget is an advanced WordPress widget that allows easy styling and organization for text, fontawesome icon, image, and more types of elemen …
- Installs
- 20+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Easy WP Admin Customizer
#37,320by Vinicius Lourenco12 years ago
Faster and simple way to clean and customize your admin dashboard!
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
DX-Advanced-Widgets
#41,161by daxiawp14 years ago
Collection of advanced features of the widget. 小工具高级功能集合。
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
GP Display All Category
Up in the last 7 days:938#41,629by giangmd9310 years ago
GP Display All Category help you create a Widget custom to display all your category on Sidebar or a area Widget.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Advanced Custom Widget
#43,894by longvietweb7 years ago
Custom any widget for wordpress
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- 5.0(2)
- Downloads
- 0/day
rtWidgets
#47,519by rtCamp12 years ago
This installs multiple custom widgets in one activation. All the custom widgets are translation ready.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
GP Display Child Categories
Down in the last 7 days:2,234#47,814by giangmd9310 years ago
GP Display Child Categories help you create a Widget custom to display on Sidebar or a area Widget.
- Installs
- 10+
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
WP Widget Styler
Down in the last 7 days:8,271#64,484by WebEmpire6 years ago
Power-up your WordPress widgets using these awesome styler configurations.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- –
- Downloads
- 0/day
Custom Widget Post
Down in the last 7 days:4,402#65,208by Mehedi Hasan kanon4 years ago
This is a Custom Widget Post plugin. You can set manually post Title, Image and Link.
- Installs
- <10
- Rating
- 5.0(6)
- Downloads
- 0/day