10 Best List Custom Taxonomy Widget Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
List Custom Taxonomy Widget has 9,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to List Custom Taxonomy Widget
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NS Category Widget
Closest match4.8 (34) 1,000+ active installsA plugin to add widget for listing Categories and Taxonomies. Extending Default WordPress Category Widget.
Shares the category, sidebar, widget tags on WordPress.org. 1,000+ installs against 9,000+, last updated September 12, 2025.
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Custom Sidebars – Dynamic Sidebar Classic Widget Area Manager
4.7 (1,028) 100,000+ active installsFlexible sidebars for custom classic widget configurations on any page or post. Create custom sidebars with ease!
Shares the sidebar, widget tags on WordPress.org. About 11 times the installs, last updated 22 days ago.
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4.8 (43) 2,000+ active installsDynamic menus: List all posts from a category in your menu. Also works for tags, custom taxonomies as well as pages and custom post types.
Shares the category tag on WordPress.org. About a quarter of the installs, last updated 10 days ago.
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Content Blocks (Custom Post Widget)
4.9 (80) 10,000+ active installsThis plugin enables you to edit and display Content Blocks in a sidebar widget or using a shortcode.
Shares the widget tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated July 22, 2026.
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4.1 (57) 4,000+ active installsAdds a widget which uses Javascript to dynamically expand or collapse the set of posts for each category.
Shares the sidebar, widget tags on WordPress.org. About half the installs, last updated February 12, 2026.
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4.5 (78) 9,000+ active installsEasily add an ajax-enhanced login widget to your WordPress site sidebar.
Shares the sidebar, widget tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since October 17, 2020.
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4.5 (39) 10,000+ active installsA simple widget that makes it a breeze to add images to your sidebars.
Shares the sidebar, widget tags on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, no update since July 20, 2025.
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Content Aware Sidebars – Fastest Widget Area Plugin
4.9 (724) 30,000+ active installsDisplay new sidebars on any post, page, category etc. Works with Classic Widgets, Block Widgets, and all themes!
Shares the sidebar, widget tags on WordPress.org. About 3.3 times the installs, last updated December 9, 2025.
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5.0 (29) 3,000+ active installsA widget to display an attractive summary of any page in any widget area.
Shares the sidebar, widget tags on WordPress.org. About a third of the installs, no update since August 12, 2020.
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4.7 (262) 70,000+ active installsMore attention and a higher ad performance with fixed sticky widgets.
Shares the sidebar, widget tags on WordPress.org. About 7.8 times the installs, no update since March 30, 2023.
Switching from List Custom Taxonomy Widget: common questions
What is the best alternative to List Custom Taxonomy Widget?
NS Category Widget is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 1,000+ active installs with a 4.8 out of 5 rating.
Which List Custom Taxonomy Widget alternative has the most users?
Custom Sidebars, with 100,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which List Custom Taxonomy Widget alternative is rated highest?
Content Aware Sidebars, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 724 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these List Custom Taxonomy Widget alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with List Custom Taxonomy Widget score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against List Custom Taxonomy Widget on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
NS Category Widget is the closest match to List Custom Taxonomy Widget by the data we track, and Custom Sidebars has the widest reach with 100,000+ active installs. Category Posts in Custom Menu shipped the most recent release, on August 28, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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