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Widgetized Categories

10+ installs · #47,045 most popular

Its stats
Closest match
Advanced Categories Widget
Shares 2 of Widgetized Categories's 3 tags.
Most installed
Post Tags and Categories for Pages
20K+ active installs.
Best rated
Display Categories Widget
4.8 out of 5 from 25 reviews.
Most recently updated
Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce
Updated on Oct 1, 2026.
  1. Advanced Categories Widget

    by darrinb

    A highly customizable categories widget for WordPress with thumbnails and descriptions.

    Installs
    700+
    Rank
    #7,780
    Rating
    5.0(8)
    Updated
    10 years ago

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  2. Post Tags and Categories for Pages

    by curtismchale

    Adds the built in WordPress categories and tags to your pages.

    Installs
    20K+
    Rank
    #1,358
    Rating
    4.8(23)
    Updated
    10 months ago

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  3. FV Top Level Categories

    by FolioVision

    This is a fix of Top Level Categories plugin for Wordpress 3.1. and above.

    Installs
    20K+
    Rank
    #1,305
    Rating
    4.4(23)
    Updated
    1 year ago

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  4. Media Library Categories

    by jeffrey-wp

    Adds the ability to use categories in the media library.

    Installs
    20K+
    Rank
    #1,247
    Rating
    4.2(52)
    Updated
    2 months ago

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  5. Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce

    by NOUS Open Usefull & Simple

    Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce. This plugins requires WooCommerce to be installed and activated

    Installs
    10K+
    Rank
    #1,864
    Rating
    4.1(29)
    Updated
    1 month ago

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  6. Essential Widgets

    by Catch Themes

    Essential Widgets is a WordPress plugin for widgets that allows you to create and add amazing widgets with high customization option

    Installs
    10K+
    Rank
    #1,810
    Rating
    3.5(2)
    Updated
    4 months ago

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  7. Flexible Posts Widget

    by DaveE

    An advanced posts display widget with many options. Display posts in your sidebars any way you'd like!

    Installs
    7K+
    Rank
    #2,511
    Rating
    4.7(56)
    Updated
    9 years ago

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  8. List categories

    by Fernando Briano

    Simple plugin to display categories in any post or page with a shortcode.

    Installs
    5K+
    Rank
    #3,104
    Rating
    4.5(15)
    Updated
    1 month ago

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  9. Recent Posts by Category Widget

    by Ross Cornell

    Just like the default Recent Posts widget except you can choose a category to pull posts from.

    Installs
    4K+
    Rank
    #3,444
    Rating
    4.7(12)
    Updated
    9 years ago

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  10. Collapsing Categories

    by robfelty

    Adds a widget which uses Javascript to dynamically expand or collapse the set of posts for each category.

    Installs
    4K+
    Rank
    #3,393
    Rating
    4.1(57)
    Updated
    9 months ago

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  11. Display Categories Widget

    by iteamweb

    Display Categories Widget will display Child categories on your sidebar. Can be placed on widget in sidebar.

    Installs
    3K+
    Rank
    #3,717
    Rating
    4.8(25)
    Updated
    7 years ago

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  12. Colorful Categories

    by Artem P.

    New Categories widget in the awesome style! Bring colours to your categories widget - make every category in its colour.

    Installs
    2K+
    Rank
    #4,760
    Rating
    4.7(13)
    Updated
    1 year ago

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