Category and Subcategory List Widget

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 41% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ Tim Reeves

   3mo ago

   The concept does exactly what I wanted. Parent and child categories are both clickable, and only the parents are initially visible (that’s good in the sidebar), and on click the WordPress search results page for the chosen category is displayed. I’m creating a new website for a tour operator, and they have a few tours to the Baltic area, a few to Afrika, a few to Asia… and 20 to Europe. The problem is when the mouse goes over Europe, the flyout child menu is positioned either above or below the parent item, depending on which direction has most space. But always pinned to the parent item. With 20 items in the child menu, it’s always truncated (off screen) either at the top or the bottom. It would have space if you instead oriented the middle of it to the parent item – or better, make it equidistant to the top and bottom of the viewport. As is, I can’t use it. And all this icon stuff, I don’t need it so it’s just adding bloat to the CSS sent to the browser. Could you not send it to the browser if icons are not selected? Anyways, after a good laugh at the German translation of “empty cats” as “leere Katzen” (Katzen are those four-legged meow house pets), I updated the German translation. Look for Tim Reeves, Waldheim, Germany if you want it 🙂 And thanks for a well-conceived plugin!

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2. ★★★★★ motmat

   9.4y ago

   It looks and operates great. WOOF – WooCommerce Products Filter Would be better with options indication for opened category color and hover options mobile version solution thx This topic was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by motmat. This topic was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by motmat. This topic was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by motmat. This topic was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by motmat. This topic was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by motmat. This topic was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by motmat. This topic was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by motmat. This topic was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by motmat. This topic was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by motmat. This topic was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by motmat.

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3. ★★★★★ Marius

   9.8y ago

   works great for what i need

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4. ★★★★★ wxia0822

   9.9y ago

   Does what it says!

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.8.3

Translated into 132 languages, 1 at 90% or more

Plus 108 more locales with partial translations.

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-08-27 700+ → 600+ down after 2 days in tier
2. 2026-08-25 600+ → 700+ up after 8 days in tier
3. 2026-08-17 700+ → 600+ down after 3 days in tier
4. 2026-08-14 600+ → 700+ up after 3 days in tier
5. 2026-08-11 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier
6. 2026-08-10 600+ → 700+ up after 5 days in tier
7. 2026-08-05 700+ → 600+ down after 2 days in tier
8. 2026-08-03 600+ → 700+ up after 2 days in tier

Competes with

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• N NS Category Widget 1K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags B
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Category and Subcategory List Widget: 600+ active installs, 4.5★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/category-subcategory-list-widget