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WP Categories Widget · Version history

WP Categories Widget changelog and version history

Latest version
2.8.1
Feb 16, 2026 (8 months ago)
Releases
21
since 2016
In the last year
3
about one every 20 days
Tested up to
WordPress 6.9.11
PHP 8.0 or later

Releases each year

  • 20161 release
  • 20172 releases
  • 20181 release
  • 20192 releases
  • 20205 releases
  • 20222 releases
  • 20232 releases
  • 20242 releases
  • 20251 release
  • 20263 releases

20263 releases

  1. WP Categories Widget 2.8.1Latest

  2. WP Categories Widget 2.8

    • Tested with wordpress version 6.9
    • Updated code

  3. WP Categories Widget 2.7

20251 release

  1. WP Categories Widget 2.6

20242 releases

  1. WP Categories Widget 2.5

    • Tested with wordpress version 6.6.2
    • Added posts tags option for taxonomy

  2. WP Categories Widget 2.4

    • Tested with wordpress version 6.4.2
    • Added dropdown display option

20232 releases

  1. WP Categories Widget 2.3

  2. WP Categories Widget 2.2

20222 releases

  1. WP Categories Widget 2.1

    • Tested with wordpress version 5.8
    • Optimized Code

  2. WP Categories Widget 1.9

    • Fixed 1.8 version css/js issues

20205 releases

  1. WP Categories Widget 1.8.1

  2. WP Categories Widget 1.8

    • Tested with wordpress version 5.5.1
    • Make user friendly select category list
    • Fixed minor issues
    • Released addon 1.1 verison

  3. WP Categories Widget 1.7

    • Tested with wordpress version 5.4.1
    • Added an optino to hide child category
    • Fixed child listing issue on click on parent cat link

  4. WP Categories Widget 1.6.1

    • Fixed exclude/include cat issue
    • Optimized child category style

  5. WP Categories Widget 1.6

    • Added child category dropdown features
    • Added an option to hide empty category
    • Tested with wordpress version 5.4
    • Fixed li issues with title

20192 releases

  1. WP Categories Widget 1.5

    • Tested with wordpress version 5.2.4

  2. WP Categories Widget 1.4

    • Tested with wordpress version 5.1.1
    • Fixed HTML error

20181 release

  1. WP Categories Widget 1.3

    • Tested with wordpress version 4.9.7
    • Added an option to exclude/include categories

20172 releases

  1. WP Categories Widget 1.2

    • Tested with wordpress version 4.9.1
    • Fixed some minor issues

  2. WP Categories Widget 1.1

    • Tested with wordpress version 4.8.1
    • Fixed some minor issues

20161 release

  1. WP Categories Widget 1.0

    • First release

Questions about WP Categories Widget’s releases

What is the latest version of WP Categories Widget?

2.8.1, released on Feb 16, 2026 (8 months ago). It’s tested up to WordPress 6.9.11 and needs PHP 8.0 or later.

How often is WP Categories Widget updated?

3 releases in the last year, about one every 20 days. Its first release on WordPress.org dates from September 2016.

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Release dates come from the day each version’s folder was made in WP Categories Widget’s WordPress.org SVN repository; the notes from its readme’s changelog, as its authors wrote it.