Advanced Categories Widget

By darrinb

Site Structure & Navigation / Menu Management & Mega Menus

Advanced Categories Widget Review - In-Depth Analysis

A highly customizable categories widget for WordPress with thumbnails and descriptions. Build multiple lists and display them in style.

Performance Overview

WPS Score

0/10

User Rating

5/5 (based on 8+ reviews)

Active Installations

800+

Update Frequency

No Rating It is calculated using the weighted average of same category plugins.

Security Score

1 / 10 (Very Low Risk) It is calculated using the weighted average of all versions.

What It Does

The Advanced Categories Widget is a powerful and flexible category widget for WordPress that makes building and displaying custom category lists a snap.

Organize your site in style with this highly customizable category widget. You can build multiple lists, select which categories to display, and choose how to order them by name, post count, and more.

This widget supports category thumbnails and allows you to set and preview custom thumbnail sizes. You can also show a description of each category and set the length of the description. The list format can be customized to match your site's markup, with options for ordered lists, unordered lists, or divs.

Developers will appreciate the extensibility of this widget. Almost every aspect is customizable through filters and action hooks. You can modify the output and even add your own form fields to the widget form.