[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"$fO5PE9xmTyV0Ls0ps4igZkitO0G-3szeEwQFkRyKiC3c":3},{"slug":4,"name":5,"version":6,"author":7,"author_profile":8,"description":9,"short_description":10,"active_installs":11,"downloaded":12,"rating":11,"num_ratings":11,"last_updated":13,"tested_up_to":14,"requires_at_least":15,"requires_php":15,"tags":16,"homepage":21,"download_link":22,"security_score":23,"vuln_count":11,"unpatched_count":11,"last_vuln_date":24,"fetched_at":25,"vulnerabilities":26,"developer":27,"crawl_stats":24,"alternatives":34,"analysis":128,"fingerprints":178},"custom-categories-widget","Custom Categories Widget","1.0.2","Juan Carlos Pereira Diaz","https:\u002F\u002Fprofiles.wordpress.org\u002Fobradoiroweb\u002F","\u003Cp>Display categories as widget on any of your site widgets areas, can display as list or dropdown, you can exclude categories from display, hide categories that does not have any posts and much more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n","Easy to display categories as widget on your sidebar, Customizable settings on the backend",0,587,"2025-04-16T18:03:00.000Z","6.8.5","",[17,18,19,20],"categories","customization","list","widgets","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.tbplugin.com\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fdownloads.wordpress.org\u002Fplugin\u002Fcustom-categories-widget.1.0.2.zip",100,null,"2026-03-15T15:16:48.613Z",[],{"slug":28,"display_name":7,"profile_url":8,"plugin_count":29,"total_installs":30,"avg_security_score":23,"avg_patch_time_days":31,"trust_score":32,"computed_at":33},"obradoiroweb",2,40,30,94,"2026-04-04T15:13:32.924Z",[35,50,72,92,111],{"slug":36,"name":37,"version":38,"author":39,"author_profile":40,"description":41,"short_description":42,"active_installs":11,"downloaded":43,"rating":11,"num_ratings":11,"last_updated":44,"tested_up_to":45,"requires_at_least":46,"requires_php":15,"tags":47,"homepage":15,"download_link":48,"security_score":49,"vuln_count":11,"unpatched_count":11,"last_vuln_date":24,"fetched_at":25},"category-list-widget","Category Post Page List Widget","1.1","S Abdullah Prem","https:\u002F\u002Fprofiles.wordpress.org\u002Fabdullahprems\u002F","\u003Cp>Displays pages or posts from a category, excluding the current one, with options for list styles: plain, bullet, or numbered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>License\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>This plugin is licensed under the GPLv3 (or later) license. You can freely use, modify, and distribute this plugin under the terms of the GPLv2 license. For more information about the GPL license, please visit: https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gnu.org\u002Flicenses\u002Fgpl-3.0.txt\u003C\u002Fp>\n","A widget to list category-related pages or posts in the sidebar, excluding the current page or post, with options for numbered, bullet, or no list for …",874,"2024-11-27T06:26:00.000Z","6.7.5","4.0",[17,19,20],"https:\u002F\u002Fdownloads.wordpress.org\u002Fplugin\u002Fcategory-list-widget.1.1.zip",92,{"slug":51,"name":52,"version":53,"author":54,"author_profile":55,"description":56,"short_description":57,"active_installs":58,"downloaded":59,"rating":32,"num_ratings":60,"last_updated":61,"tested_up_to":62,"requires_at_least":63,"requires_php":64,"tags":65,"homepage":68,"download_link":69,"security_score":49,"vuln_count":70,"unpatched_count":11,"last_vuln_date":71,"fetched_at":25},"list-category-posts","List category posts","0.95.0","Fernando Briano","https:\u002F\u002Fprofiles.wordpress.org\u002Ffernandobt\u002F","\u003Cp>List Category Posts allows you to list posts by category in a post or page using the \u003Ccode>[catlist]\u003C\u002Fcode> shortcode. When you’re editing a page or post, directly insert the shortcode in your text and the posts will be listed there. The \u003Cem>basic\u003C\u002Fem> usage would be something like this:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cpre>\u003Ccode>[catlist id=1]\n\n[catlist name=\"news\"]\n\u003C\u002Fcode>\u003C\u002Fpre>\n\u003Cp>The shortcode accepts a category name or id, the order in which you want the posts to display, and the number of posts to display. You can also display the post author, date, excerpt, custom field values, even the content! A lot of parameters have been added to customize what to display and how to show it. Check \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fpicandocodigo\u002FList-Category-Posts\u002Fwiki\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">the full documentation\u003C\u002Fa> to learn about the different ways to use it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \u003Ccode>[catlist]\u003C\u002Fcode> shortcode can be used as many times as needed with different arguments on each post\u002Fpage.\u003Cbr \u002F>\n    [catlist id=1 numberposts=10]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There’s an options page with a few options, new options will be implemented on demand (as long as they make sense).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fpicandocodigo\u002FList-Category-Posts\u002Fwiki\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Read the instructions\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong> to learn which parameters are available and how to use them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you want to \u003Cstrong>List Categories\u003C\u002Fstrong> instead of posts you can use my other plugin \u003Cstrong>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordpress.org\u002Fplugins\u002Flist-categories\u002F\" rel=\"ugc\">List categories\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can find \u003Cstrong>Frequently Asked Questions\u003C\u002Fstrong> \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fpicandocodigo\u002FList-Category-Posts\u002Fblob\u002Fmaster\u002Fdoc\u002FFAQ.md#frequently-asked-questions\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">here\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Customization\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The different elements to display can be styled with CSS. you can define an HTML tag to wrap the element with, and a CSS class for this tag. Check \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fpicandocodigo\u002FList-Category-Posts\u002Fwiki\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">the documentation\u003C\u002Fa> for usage. You can also check \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fsundari-webdesign.com\u002Fwordpress-the-quest-to-my-perfect-list-view-for-posts-events-and-articles\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">this nice tutorial\u003C\u002Fa> which gives lots of tips and how-to’s to customize how to display the posts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Great to use WordPress as a CMS, and create pages with several categories posts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>GUI\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klemens Starybrat has created a GUI for List Category Posts. It helps you create a shortcode from a nice visual interface in WordPress’ text editor. Check it out:\u003Cbr \u002F>\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordpress.org\u002Fplugins\u002Fgui-for-lcp\u002F\" rel=\"ugc\">GUI for List Category Posts\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>AJAX pagination\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ajax pagination feature is maintained in an add-on plugin by Klemens Starybrat. Check it out:\u003Cbr \u002F>\n\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordpress.org\u002Fplugins\u002Flcp-ajax-pagination\" rel=\"ugc\">LCP Ajax Pagination\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Widget\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since WordPress 4.9, \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fmake.wordpress.org\u002Fcore\u002F2017\u002F10\u002F24\u002Fwidget-improvements-in-wordpress-4-9\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">you can use shortcode in text widgets\u003C\u002Fa>. So you can just add a text widget in Appearence > Widgets and write the List Category Posts shortcode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The plugin also includes a widget as a simple interface for its functionality. Just add as many widgets as you want, and select all the available options from the Appearence > Widgets page. Not all the functionality in the shortcode has been implemented in the widget yet. You can use the shortcode for the most flexibility.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please, read the information on \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fpicandocodigo\u002FList-Category-Posts\u002Fwiki\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">the wiki\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordpress.org\u002Fplugins\u002Flist-category-posts\u002F#developers\" rel=\"ugc\">Changelog\u003C\u002Fa> to be aware of new functionality, and improvements to the plugin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Videos\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some users have made videos on how to use the plugin (thank you, you are awesome!), check them out here:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=kBy_qoGKpdo\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Manage WordPress Content with List Category Posts Plugin\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fwatch?v=Zfnzk4IWPNA\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">WordPress: How to List Category Posts on a Page\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Support the plugin\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Klemens Starybrat has been writing lots of amazing code for this plugin, so if you’ve found it useful and want to pay it forward, consider sponsoring him on GitHub: https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fsponsors\u002Fklemens-st\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I have a \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fpicandocodigo.net\u002Fprogramacion\u002Fwordpress\u002Flist-category-posts-wordpress-plugin-english\u002F#support\" title=\"Donate via PayPal\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">PayPal account\u003C\u002Fa> where you can donate too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Development\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Development is being tracked on \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcodeberg.org\u002Fpicandocodigo\u002Flist-category-posts\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Codeberg\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fpicandocodigo\u002FList-Category-Posts\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">GitHub\u003C\u002Fa>. Fork it, code, make a pull request, suggest improvements, etc. over there. I dream of the day all of the WordPress plugins will be hosted on Git 🙂\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the documentation on how to use the plugin has passed wordpress.org’s character limit, the text was cut. You can find the complete documentation on \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fpicandocodigo\u002FList-Category-Posts\u002Fwiki\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">the wiki\u003C\u002Fa>. It’s also more comfortable to read and maintain than a txt file. Please check it out, suggestions are welcome on Codeberg\u002FGitHub issues!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>Instructions on how to use the plugin\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>Below you can find common shortcode use cases. You can use the shortcode while editing posts, pages, custom post types, text widgets and in all “page builder” plugins that support shortcodes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Read the \u003Cstrong>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fpicandocodigo\u002FList-Category-Posts\u002Fwiki\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">full documentation\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong> to discover many more features, including:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>advanced post selection options\u003C\u002Fstrong> (by date, search terms, custom fields, post types, custom taxonomies and more)\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>output customizations\u003C\u002Fstrong> (show each post’s date, author, excerpt, thumbnail and more)\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Cstrong>custom templates\u003C\u002Fstrong> of your own design, based on a simple PHP example\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>List 10 latest posts:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cpre>\u003Ccode>[catlist]\n\u003C\u002Fcode>\u003C\u002Fpre>\n\u003Cp>The default number of listed posts is 10, to modify it you need to specify \u003Ccode>numberposts\u003C\u002Fcode> parameter:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cpre>\u003Ccode>[catlist numberposts=15]\n\u003C\u002Fcode>\u003C\u002Fpre>\n\u003Cp>List posts from the “Dogs” category:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cpre>\u003Ccode>[catlist name=Dogs]\n\u003C\u002Fcode>\u003C\u002Fpre>\n\u003Cp>List posts from the category with id \u003Ccode>2\u003C\u002Fcode>:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cpre>\u003Ccode>[catlist id=2]\n\u003C\u002Fcode>\u003C\u002Fpre>\n\u003Cp>By default only the “post” post type is included. To list pages use:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cpre>\u003Ccode>[catlist post_type=page]\n\u003C\u002Fcode>\u003C\u002Fpre>\n\u003Cp>and for both posts and pages:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cpre>\u003Ccode>[catlist post_type=\"post,page\"]\n\u003C\u002Fcode>\u003C\u002Fpre>\n\u003Cp>If we combine the above options we can get a shortcode that lists 15 items, including post and pages, from the “Dogs” category:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cpre>\u003Ccode>[catlist name=Dogs post_type=\"post,page\" numberposts=15]\n\u003C\u002Fcode>\u003C\u002Fpre>\n\u003Cp>Most of the parameters you will find in the documentation can be used together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The plugin can detect current post’s category and use it for listing:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cpre>\u003Ccode>[catlist categorypage=yes]\n\u003C\u002Fcode>\u003C\u002Fpre>\n\u003Cp>Same goes for tags:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cpre>\u003Ccode>[catlist currenttags=yes]\n\u003C\u002Fcode>\u003C\u002Fpre>\n\u003Cp>To show each post’s excerpt use:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cpre>\u003Ccode>[catlist excerpt=yes]\n\u003C\u002Fcode>\u003C\u002Fpre>\n\u003Cp>If you want to show the date, author and comments count next to each post, use:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cpre>\u003Ccode>[catlist date=yes author=yes comments=yes]\n\u003C\u002Fcode>\u003C\u002Fpre>\n\u003Cp>You can specify html tags and classes for many elements. Let’s modify the previous shortcode and wrap dates and authors in tags and classes of our choice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cpre>\u003Ccode>[catlist date=yes date_tag=span date_class=\"my-date\" author=yes author_tag=p author_class=\"my-author\" comments=yes]\n\u003C\u002Fcode>\u003C\u002Fpre>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fpicandocodigo\u002FList-Category-Posts\u002Fwiki\u002FHTML-&-CSS-Customization\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Read more about this feature\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can order posts by date:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cpre>\u003Ccode>[catlist orderby=date]\n\u003C\u002Fcode>\u003C\u002Fpre>\n\u003Cp>You can also use \u003Ccode>title\u003C\u002Fcode>, \u003Ccode>author\u003C\u002Fcode>, \u003Ccode>ID\u003C\u002Fcode>. More options are described in the documentation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The plugin also supports pagination. You need to specify \u003Ccode>numberposts\u003C\u002Fcode> to tell the plugin how many posts per page you want:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cpre>\u003Ccode>[catlist pagination=yes numberposts=5]\n\u003C\u002Fcode>\u003C\u002Fpre>\n\u003Cp>See the wiki: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fpicandocodigo\u002FList-Category-Posts\u002Fwiki\u002FPagination\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Pagination\u003C\u002Fa> for more information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please read the \u003Cstrong>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fpicandocodigo\u002FList-Category-Posts\u002Fwiki\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">full documentation\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong> for detailed documentation of all plugin features, use cases and shortcode parameters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n","Very customizable plugin to list posts by category (or tag, author and more) in a post, page or widget. Uses the [catlist] shortcode to select posts.",80000,4317590,254,"2026-03-14T21:07:00.000Z","6.9.4","3.3","5.6",[17,66,19,67],"cms","posts","https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fpicandocodigo\u002FList-Category-Posts","https:\u002F\u002Fdownloads.wordpress.org\u002Fplugin\u002Flist-category-posts.0.95.0.zip",6,"2025-12-10 14:30:38",{"slug":73,"name":74,"version":75,"author":76,"author_profile":77,"description":78,"short_description":79,"active_installs":80,"downloaded":81,"rating":82,"num_ratings":29,"last_updated":83,"tested_up_to":62,"requires_at_least":84,"requires_php":15,"tags":85,"homepage":88,"download_link":89,"security_score":90,"vuln_count":29,"unpatched_count":11,"last_vuln_date":91,"fetched_at":25},"essential-widgets","Essential Widgets","3.0.1","Catch Themes","https:\u002F\u002Fprofiles.wordpress.org\u002Fcatchthemes\u002F","\u003Cp>Essential Widgets – a free WordPress plugin for widgets allows you to create and add interesting widgets on your website to make it more attractive and welcoming. Essential Widgets stays true to the essence of its name and offers exactly what you expect from a widgets plugin—all the “essential” widgets for your website. The plugin has been crafted beautifully to draw the extra attention to the important parts of your website. Essential Widgets provides you with the ability to have more control over the widgets with the various customization options. This free WordPress plugin for widgets allows you to create 7 different interesting widgets on your website. All the 7 widgets provided to you comes with so many customization options and are very easy to use. So, with Essential Widgets plugin, customize the interesting widgets your way and display them anywhere you want on your website to make it more dynamic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Col>\n\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>EW: Archives\u003Cbr \u002F>\nThe Archives widget comes with various customization options. Choose a title, limit the number of posts, select the archive type, post type, order and more with the Archives widget.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>EW: Authors\u003Cbr \u002F>\nDisplaying the author’s information is kind of a must-have feature if your website has multiple authors. Our new WordPress widgets plugin allows you to add Authors widget. With this widget, you can show the list of the authors on your website, the number of posts, select feed type, and more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>EW: Categories\u003Cbr \u002F>\nEssential Widgets Pro supports Categories widget. The widget provides you with various customizable options such as the title of the widget, taxonomy option, order option, number of categories to show, display as a list or none, number of posts to display, sort by option, select feed type ton display and display as text or image.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>EW: Menus\u003Cbr \u002F>\nBored with the same default menu? Our new WordPress plugin for widgets, Essential Widgets Pro supports Menus widget. With the Menus widget filled with various customization options, you can display your menus elegantly anywhere you want on your website.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>EW: Pages\u003Cbr \u002F>\nDisplay a list of pages with the Pages widget. With various customization options being provided to you, you can showcase the pages that are more important on your website wherever you want with Essential Widgets Pro.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>EW: Posts\u003Cbr \u002F>\nEssential Widgets Pro supports Posts widget. With the widget and its customizable options, you can easily display a list of posts on your website. You can add a title, select the post type, number of items to display, order, sort by, and more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>EW: Tags\u003Cbr \u002F>\nAnd last, but definitely not the least, the Tags widget. You can display a list of tags as cloud or list, select the order of the tags, sort by option and the number of items to be displayed. The widget also provides you with more customization options including the unit, separator, search, text type, and more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Fol>\n\u003Ch3>Translations\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>To translate the plugin, use translate.wordpress.org (GlotPress). You only need your WordPress.org account to join the collaborative translation project.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can translate Essential Widgets on \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftranslate.wordpress.org\u002Fprojects\u002Fwp-plugins\u002Fessential-widgets\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">translate.wordpress.org\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n","Essential Widgets is a WordPress plugin for widgets that allows you to create and add amazing widgets with high customization option",10000,488631,70,"2026-01-26T17:59:00.000Z","5.9",[17,86,67,87,20],"pages","tags","https:\u002F\u002Fcatchplugins.com\u002Fplugins\u002Fessential-widgets\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fdownloads.wordpress.org\u002Fplugin\u002Fessential-widgets.3.0.1.zip",98,"2026-02-04 18:41:50",{"slug":93,"name":94,"version":95,"author":96,"author_profile":97,"description":98,"short_description":99,"active_installs":100,"downloaded":101,"rating":49,"num_ratings":102,"last_updated":103,"tested_up_to":104,"requires_at_least":105,"requires_php":15,"tags":106,"homepage":108,"download_link":109,"security_score":110,"vuln_count":11,"unpatched_count":11,"last_vuln_date":24,"fetched_at":25},"flexible-posts-widget","Flexible Posts Widget","3.5.0","DaveE","https:\u002F\u002Fprofiles.wordpress.org\u002Fdpe415\u002F","\u003Cp>The default Recent Posts widget is exceptionally basic. I always find myself in need of a way to easily display a selection of posts from any combination post type or taxonomy. Hence, Flexible Posts Widget.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Flexible Posts Widget (FPW) is more than just a simple alternative to the default Recent Posts widget.  With many per-instance options it is highly customizable and allows advanced users to display the resulting posts virtually any way imaginable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch4>Features & options\u003C\u002Fh4>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Customizable widget title\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Get posts by post type(s) and\u002For taxonomy & term(s) or directly by a list of post IDs.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Control the number of posts displayed and the number of posts to offset.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Option to display the post feature image.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Select the post feature image size to display from existing image sizes: thumbnail, medium, large, post-thumbnail or any size defined by the current theme.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Order posts by: date, modified date, ID, title, menu order, random, Post ID Order; and sort posts: ascending or descending.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Each widget’s output can be customized by user-defined templates added to the current theme folder.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Multi Language support. Compatible with \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwpml.org\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">WPML\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordpress.org\u002Fplugins\u002Fpolylang\u002F\" rel=\"ugc\">PolyLang\u003C\u002Fa> for sure. Not tested with other multi-language plugins, but it should work.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Ch4>Plugin Hooks\u003C\u002Fh4>\n\u003Cp>Flexible posts widget currently has two public hooks:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Filter: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fplugins.trac.wordpress.org\u002Fbrowser\u002Fflexible-posts-widget\u002Ftrunk\u002Fincludes\u002Fclass-fpw-widget.php#L191\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">\u003Ccode>dpe_fpw_args\u003C\u002Fcode>\u003C\u002Fa> allows filtering the query vars before submitting the widget posts query.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Filter: \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fplugins.trac.wordpress.org\u002Fbrowser\u002Fflexible-posts-widget\u002Ftrunk\u002Fincludes\u002Fclass-fpw-widget.php#L354\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">\u003Ccode>dpe_fpw_template_{$template_name}\u003C\u002Fcode>\u003C\u002Fa> filters the template file path used to display the widget output.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Ch4>Future updates & feature requests list\u003C\u002Fh4>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Use search box instead of ID text field for post id’s\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Shortcode functionality.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Get posts by Author.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Filter out the post currently being viewed.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Get posts from the same archive (term\u002Fpost type\u002Fetc).\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Limit results by a time period.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n","An advanced posts display widget with many options. Display posts in your sidebars any way you'd like!",8000,214074,57,"2017-11-28T09:10:00.000Z","4.7.32","3.2",[17,67,87,107,20],"widget","http:\u002F\u002Fflexiblepostswidget.com","https:\u002F\u002Fdownloads.wordpress.org\u002Fplugin\u002Fflexible-posts-widget.3.5.0.zip",85,{"slug":112,"name":113,"version":114,"author":54,"author_profile":55,"description":115,"short_description":116,"active_installs":117,"downloaded":118,"rating":119,"num_ratings":120,"last_updated":121,"tested_up_to":14,"requires_at_least":63,"requires_php":15,"tags":122,"homepage":123,"download_link":124,"security_score":125,"vuln_count":126,"unpatched_count":11,"last_vuln_date":127,"fetched_at":25},"list-categories","List categories","0.5","\u003Cp>Simple plugin to display categories in any post or page with a shortcode. It’s basically a shortcode API interface to the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdeveloper.wordpress.org\u002Freference\u002Ffunctions\u002Fwp_list_categories\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">wp_list_categories\u003C\u002Fa> WordPress function. This means given any of the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdeveloper.wordpress.org\u002Freference\u002Ffunctions\u002Fwp_list_categories\u002F#parameters\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">parameters\u003C\u002Fa> accepted by the function, you can pass it in as a shortcode parameter to the \u003Ccode>categories\u003C\u002Fcode> shortcode.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Usage:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cpre>\u003Ccode>[categories orderby=count]\n\u003C\u002Fcode>\u003C\u002Fpre>\n\u003Cp>Will display links to all the categories and order them by number of posts in each category.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can also \u003Cstrong>list tags\u003C\u002Fstrong> or any other WordPress taxonomy. You need to pass a value to the \u003Ccode>taxonomy\u003C\u002Fcode> parameter. For example to list tags: \u003Ccode>[categories taxonomy=post_tag title_li=\"Tags\"]\u003C\u002Fcode>.\u003Cbr \u002F>\nBy default, the usage shows:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>No link to all categories\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Sorts the list of Categories by the Category name in ascending order\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Displayed in an unordered list style\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Does not show the post count\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Displays only Categories with posts\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Sets the title attribute to the Category Description\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Is not restricted to the child_of any Category\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>No feed or feed image used\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Does not exclude any Category and includes all Categories\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Displays the active Category with the CSS Class-Suffix ‘ current-cat’\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Shows the Categories in hierarchical indented fashion\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Display Category as the heading over the list\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>No SQL LIMIT is imposed (‘number’ => 0 is not shown above)\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Displays (echos) the categories\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>No limit to depth\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>All categories.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>The list is rendered using a new walker object of the the Walker_Category class\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Cp>See \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdeveloper.wordpress.org\u002Freference\u002Ffunctions\u002Fwp_list_categories\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">wp_list_categories\u003C\u002Fa> for usage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>Markup and Styling of Category Lists\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>Taken from the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcodex.wordpress.org\u002FTemplate_Tags\u002Fwp_list_categories#Markup_and_Styling_of_Category_Lists\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">wp_list_categories official documentation\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By default, wp_list_categories() generates nested unordered lists (ul) within a single list item (li) titled “Categories”.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can remove the outermost item and list by setting the title_li parameter to an empty string. You’ll need to wrap the output in an ordered list (ol) or unordered list yourself (see the examples above). If you don’t want list output at all, set the style parameter to none.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can style the output with these CSS selectors :\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cpre>\u003Ccode>li.categories { ... }  \u002F* outermost list item *\u002F\nli.cat-item { ... }\nli.cat-item-7 { ... }  \u002F* category ID #7, etc *\u002F\nli.current-cat { ... }\nli.current-cat-parent { ... }\nul.children { ... }\n\u003C\u002Fcode>\u003C\u002Fpre>\n\u003Cp>For instance, you can remove the bullet points next to each category with:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cpre>\u003Ccode>.cat-item {\n  list-style-type: none\n}\n\u003C\u002Fcode>\u003C\u002Fpre>\n\u003Ch3>Show categories list in columns\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>For outputting the list into columns, you can use \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.w3.org\u002FTR\u002Fcss-multicol-1\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">CSS’s multicolumns\u003C\u002Fa>. Since by default the list is printed as an unordered list with the “categories” class, you can add this to your CSS:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cpre>\u003Ccode>.categories{\n    column-count: 5;\n    column-gap: 50px;\n}\n\u003C\u002Fcode>\u003C\u002Fpre>\n","Simple plugin to display categories in any post or page with a shortcode.",6000,75127,90,15,"2025-05-15T13:05:00.000Z",[17,66,19],"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fpicandocodigo\u002FList-Categories","https:\u002F\u002Fdownloads.wordpress.org\u002Fplugin\u002Flist-categories.0.5.zip",99,1,"2024-05-29 15:51:10",{"attackSurface":129,"codeSignals":149,"taintFlows":166,"riskAssessment":167,"analyzedAt":177},{"hooks":130,"ajaxHandlers":145,"restRoutes":146,"shortcodes":147,"cronEvents":148,"entryPointCount":11,"unprotectedCount":11},[131,137,140,142],{"type":132,"name":133,"callback":134,"file":135,"line":136},"action","plugins_loaded","anonymous","includes\\class-custom-categories-widget.php",147,{"type":132,"name":138,"callback":134,"file":135,"line":139},"admin_enqueue_scripts",162,{"type":132,"name":138,"callback":134,"file":135,"line":141},163,{"type":132,"name":143,"callback":134,"file":135,"line":144},"widgets_init",165,[],[],[],[],{"dangerousFunctions":150,"sqlUsage":151,"outputEscaping":153,"fileOperations":11,"externalRequests":11,"nonceChecks":11,"capabilityChecks":11,"bundledLibraries":165},[],{"prepared":11,"raw":11,"locations":152},[],{"escaped":154,"rawEcho":155,"locations":156},101,3,[157,161,163],{"file":158,"line":159,"context":160},"includes\\custom-categories-widget.php",202,"raw output",{"file":158,"line":162,"context":160},233,{"file":158,"line":164,"context":160},236,[],[],{"summary":168,"deductions":169},"The \"custom-categories-widget\" plugin version 1.0.2 exhibits a strong security posture based on the provided static analysis. The absence of any AJAX handlers, REST API routes, shortcodes, cron events, or file operations significantly limits the potential attack surface.  Furthermore, the code signals indicate no dangerous functions, all SQL queries are properly prepared, and output escaping is nearly comprehensive, with only a small percentage potentially unescaped. The lack of external HTTP requests and the absence of recorded vulnerabilities in its history are also positive indicators of good security practices.\n\nHowever, a notable concern arises from the complete absence of nonce checks and capability checks. While the current entry points are zero, this lack of security primitives means that if any new entry points are introduced in future versions or if the plugin interacts with other components that might expose entry points, it could be susceptible to various attacks like Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) or unauthorized privilege escalation without proper validation. The taint analysis showing zero flows with unsanitized paths is reassuring for the current version, but the foundational security checks for authorization and state integrity are missing.\n\nIn conclusion, version 1.0.2 of \"custom-categories-widget\" appears to be very secure against common exploitation vectors due to its limited attack surface and robust data handling (SQL, output escaping). The primary weakness lies in the missing authorization checks (nonces and capabilities), which represent a potential future risk if the plugin's functionality or integration evolves. The plugin's history of zero vulnerabilities suggests a conscientious development approach, but the absence of these fundamental security checks is a drawback.",[170,173,175],{"reason":171,"points":172},"Missing nonce checks",5,{"reason":174,"points":172},"Missing capability checks",{"reason":176,"points":29},"Minor unescaped output (3%)","2026-03-17T07:26:40.974Z",{"wat":179,"direct":192},{"assetPaths":180,"generatorPatterns":183,"scriptPaths":184,"versionParams":187},[181,182],"\u002Fwp-content\u002Fplugins\u002Fcustom-categories-widget\u002Fadmin\u002Fcss\u002Fcustom-categories-widget-admin.css","\u002Fwp-content\u002Fplugins\u002Fcustom-categories-widget\u002Fpublic\u002Fcss\u002Fcustom-categories-widget-public.css",[],[185,186],"\u002Fwp-content\u002Fplugins\u002Fcustom-categories-widget\u002Fadmin\u002Fjs\u002Fcustom-categories-widget-admin.js","\u002Fwp-content\u002Fplugins\u002Fcustom-categories-widget\u002Fpublic\u002Fjs\u002Fcustom-categories-widget-public.js",[188,189,190,191],"custom-categories-widget-admin.css?ver=","custom-categories-widget-public.css?ver=","custom-categories-widget-admin.js?ver=","custom-categories-widget-public.js?ver=",{"cssClasses":193,"htmlComments":196,"htmlAttributes":197,"restEndpoints":198,"jsGlobals":199,"shortcodeOutput":200},[194,195],"custom-categories-widget-admin-css","custom-categories-widget-public-css",[],[],[],[],[]]