JS Categories List Widget

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1. ★★★★★ Chris Dennis

   7.9y ago

   Haven’t seen any problems running this with WordPress 4.9.8, even though it’s marked as untested for a long time. It must have been well written.

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2. ★★★★★ firroaga

   9.5y ago

   I was look for this widget for a long long period of time!! It works great!

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3. ★★★★★ albuquezi

   10.4y ago

   I looked everywhere for a plugin that would do this and I was only satisfied when I got this one. It worked perfectly out of the box and has many configuration options. Really great work!

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4. ★★★★★ pfta

   10.6y ago

   Works really well, especially to create a simple category page listing. Recommended.

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5. ★★★★★ mar16

   10.8y ago

   I like this plugin very much. Easy to use and simple. It’ll be 5 star if the categories are collapsible to show the posts like in “jQuery Archive List Widget”.

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6. ★★★★★ Vito Martin

   11.3y ago

   Indispensable. Fixes an WordPress issues from factory, to sort categories

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7. ★★★★★ Trebly

   11.6y ago

   The first plugin that i found which does immediately what it is designed and parameterized to do. – A very soft “drop down” effect. – Can show empty categories (with count=0 of published articles) – For who knows jquery the effects and styles can be easily personalized As it is developed with JQ, I know that it could be the best plugin for these functions with some enhancements (complementary options for example display into a jq pop the main data of articles)

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8. ★★★★★ coolhatwebdesign

   11.9y ago

   After a lot of searching, I’ve decided to use this particular category filter/navigation plugin for my site since it seems to be the easiest to use and does exactly what I need – sort categories and sub-categories into a neat, stackable menu. Only suggestion I would make would be adding theme options to the menu. Thanks for developing this!

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 7.0.1

Translated into 2 languages, 0 at 90% or more

Growth timeline

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

1. 2023-01-14 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
2. 2023-01-13 1K+ → 2K+ up after 2 days in tier
3. 2023-01-11 2K+ → 1K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• Spectra Legacy – Gutenberg Blocks 1M+ installs · 4.7★ · 2 shared tags A
• Crowdsignal Forms 200K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags A
• Flexible Table Block 40K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A
• Genesis Blocks 40K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B
• Category Posts Block 40K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A
• Snow Monkey Forms 30K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A

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JS Categories List Widget: 1K+ active installs, 4.8★ (15 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-28. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/jquery-categories-list