Advanced Categories Widget
by darrinb · WordPress.org page · Website
Advanced Categories Widget has 700+ active installs on WordPress.org and 22,152 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on August 11, 2016, tested up to WordPress 4.5.33.
Advanced Categories Widget at a glance
Is Advanced Categories Widget well maintained?
Features
The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.
- Build multiple lists!
- Select which categories to display
- Choose how to order your categories: name, post count, etc
- Set the order for displaying the categories
- Supports category thumbnails
- Set and preview custom thumbnail sizes, or choose from your site’s registered image sizes
- Show a description of each category
- Set and preview the length of the description
- Select the list format to match your site’s markup. Choose from:ol, ul, or div
- Show post count
- Choose the default (basic) CSS styling or roll your own
Advanced Categories Widget reviews and ratings
8 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.
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Great job!!!!!
You save me a lot of work, thank you!
Jesus Parrado Alameda -
Useful for organizing categories to widgets
Very useful. In a future update i suggest to give the ability to translate the words Post/Posts. I did that by just editing the 372 line of the fileclass-advanced-categories-widget-views.php with the following code with the following: __('$type_text', 'advanced-categories-widget')
geokongr -
Neat and highly customisable
Very simple and easy to use. You need a little coding experience to get the most out of it, but with just cursory knowledge of CSS you can completely customise every aspect of the category display.
Ian Erlwanger -
Nice way to present posts
The look is clean and simple and the only plugin I found where I can easily select the categories to display. I used it in two separate widgets in one sidebar and it looks great
cagraphicdesign -
Great!
Saved me a lot of time
stevanator -
Just what I was looking for!
This plugin is highly customizable and easily configured. It's a great way to show off your categories.
jrcollins
Details
A highly customizable categories widget for WordPress with thumbnails and descriptions.
The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.
Tags
- categories
- categories-widget
- category
- category widget
- post-category
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- Version
- 1.2
- Last updated
- Aug 11, 2016
- First published
- May 2, 2016
- Requires WordPress
- 4.4
- Tested up to
- 4.5.33
- Requires PHP
- –
- Pricing
- Free on WordPress.org
Advanced Categories Widget FAQ
What does Advanced Categories Widget do?
According to its WordPress.org readme, Advanced Categories Widget offers Build multiple lists!, Select which categories to display, Choose how to order your categories: name, post count, etc, Set the order for displaying the categories and Supports category thumbnails.
How many active installs does Advanced Categories Widget have?
WordPress.org reports 700+ active installs for Advanced Categories Widget as of September 7, 2026.
Is Advanced Categories Widget still maintained?
The last release was on August 11, 2016, more than a year ago. WordPress.org shows a warning on plugins that go this long without an update.
Is Advanced Categories Widget free?
Advanced Categories Widget is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.