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Some Features of this Widget are:-\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Manage Which Category to Show and Which to Hide.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Enable Disable Post Count.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Hide Or Show Empty Categories with no posts.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Limit Max Number of Categories to be Displayed…etc.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n","This plugin adds a widget which let you display a list of categories in your sidebar with more features and flexibility.",70,10530,100,1,"2011-06-01T18:36:00.000Z","3.3.2","2.7","",[20,21,22,23],"categories","category","management","widget","http:\u002F\u002Fwww.digmlm.com\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fdownloads.wordpress.org\u002Fplugin\u002Feasy-categories-management-widget.zip",85,0,null,"2026-03-15T15:16:48.613Z",[],{"slug":32,"display_name":7,"profile_url":8,"plugin_count":14,"total_installs":11,"avg_security_score":26,"avg_patch_time_days":33,"trust_score":34,"computed_at":35},"robinsh123",30,84,"2026-04-04T14:59:04.936Z",[37,62,81,104,123],{"slug":38,"name":39,"version":40,"author":41,"author_profile":42,"description":43,"short_description":44,"active_installs":45,"downloaded":46,"rating":47,"num_ratings":48,"last_updated":49,"tested_up_to":50,"requires_at_least":51,"requires_php":52,"tags":53,"homepage":59,"download_link":60,"security_score":13,"vuln_count":14,"unpatched_count":27,"last_vuln_date":61,"fetched_at":29},"wp-categories-widget","WP Categories Widget","2.8.1","WP-EXPERTS.IN","https:\u002F\u002Fprofiles.wordpress.org\u002Findia-web-developer\u002F","\u003Cp>The “WP Categories Widget” is a simple plugin to display the list of categories for any taxonomies type (WooCommerce Product Category, Blog Category, Project Category…etc) on your wordpress website. Using WP Categries Widget you can display list of categories anywhere on your website. And also you can disable the widget block editor and enable the classic widget layut to edit the sidebar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Note : please don’t forget to leave your valuable feedback and suggestions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Send your query to \u003Ca href=\"mailto:info@wp-experts.in\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">AUTHOR\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Video Tutorial :\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cspan class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\">\u003Ciframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Fembed\u002FpbsnErpu_8U?version=3&rel=1&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&fs=1&hl=en-US&autohide=2&wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\">\u003C\u002Fiframe>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch4>`Features`\u003C\u002Fh4>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Disable Widget Block Editor \u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Display Categories Post Count \u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Hide Child Categories\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Hide Widget Title\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Show Categories for Any Taxonomies Type\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Exclude\u002FInclude Categories\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Ch4>Addon Features\u003C\u002Fh4>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Display Category as Drop Down\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Display Category Posts\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Manage WP Widget Style (Background Color, Text Color, Border Style & Color)\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\n\u003Cp>Add Custom CSS for every Widget\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wp-experts.in\u002Fproducts\u002Fwp-categories-widget-addon\u002F?utm_source=wordpress.org&utm_medium=free-plugin&utm_campaign=wcw-paid\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Downalod Add-on\u003C\u002Fa>.\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n","Display the list of categories for any taxonomies type (WooCommerce Product Category, Blog Category, Project Category...etc) in sidebar",7000,116450,90,27,"2026-02-16T14:20:00.000Z","6.9.4","6.0","8.0",[54,55,56,57,58],"category-widget","custom-widget","posts-widget","product-categories-widget","taxonomy-widget","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.wp-experts.in\u002Fproducts\u002Fwp-categories-widget-addon\u002F","https:\u002F\u002Fdownloads.wordpress.org\u002Fplugin\u002Fwp-categories-widget.zip","2023-08-10 00:00:00",{"slug":63,"name":64,"version":65,"author":66,"author_profile":67,"description":68,"short_description":69,"active_installs":70,"downloaded":71,"rating":72,"num_ratings":73,"last_updated":74,"tested_up_to":75,"requires_at_least":76,"requires_php":18,"tags":77,"homepage":18,"download_link":80,"security_score":26,"vuln_count":27,"unpatched_count":27,"last_vuln_date":28,"fetched_at":29},"recent-posts-by-category-widget","Recent Posts by Category Widget","1.3","Ross Cornell","https:\u002F\u002Fprofiles.wordpress.org\u002Frossc\u002F","\u003Cp>This plugin adds a simple widget that allows you to display a number of recent blog posts from a specific category. You have the options to choose a title, category, number of posts and whether or not to show the post date. The posts will be ordered by date just like the default Recent Posts widget included with WordPress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n","Just like the default Recent Posts widget except you can choose a category to pull posts from.",4000,33251,94,12,"2017-11-28T16:45:00.000Z","4.2.39","3.0.1",[20,21,78,79,23],"recent-posts","sidebar","https:\u002F\u002Fdownloads.wordpress.org\u002Fplugin\u002Frecent-posts-by-category-widget.zip",{"slug":82,"name":83,"version":84,"author":85,"author_profile":86,"description":87,"short_description":88,"active_installs":89,"downloaded":90,"rating":91,"num_ratings":92,"last_updated":93,"tested_up_to":50,"requires_at_least":94,"requires_php":95,"tags":96,"homepage":102,"download_link":103,"security_score":13,"vuln_count":27,"unpatched_count":27,"last_vuln_date":28,"fetched_at":29},"real-category-library-lite","Real Category Management: Content Management in Category Folders","4.2.64","Matthias Günter","https:\u002F\u002Fprofiles.wordpress.org\u002Fmguenter\u002F","\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Organize content like posts, pages or WooCommerce products and all custom post types in category folders. It’s basically a file manager like Windows Explorer or Mac Finder, but for your content in WordPress. Mass content management made easy with Real Category Management!\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Real Category Management allows you to organize all your WordPress categories within the overview table of each content type – easily and flexibly. Use your mouse to drag and drop your posts into categories. Create, name, delete or rearrange your categories. It works seamlessly with any custom post type. Just install this plugin, and it will work with posts, pages, WooCommerce products, LearnPress content, bbPress forums and much more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cem>In the free version, the folder tree is only available for posts.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>Free Sandbox\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>You want to try Real Category Management before installing? \u003Cstrong>Take a free sandbox\u003C\u002Fstrong> and play around!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Ftry.devowl.io\u002F?product=RCM\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Create sandbox\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>Features\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>Manage content\u003C\u002Fem> in folders:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Your categories etc. are visualized as folders for a better overview\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Organize content by \u003Cem>drag & drop\u003C\u002Fem>:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Move content or assign it to multiple categories without the need to edit every post\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Works with \u003Cem>existing taxonomies\u003C\u002Fem>:\u003C\u002Fstrong> All WordPress hierarchical taxonomies are automatically used to visualize folders\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>All custom post types\u003C\u002Fem> supported:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Organized all your content, whether posts, pages, WooCommerce products, LearnPress content, bbPress forums or something else (in free version only posts)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>\u003Cem>Support for WooCommerce\u003C\u002Fem> products and product attributes:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Manage large product inventories efficiently and with a better overview that saves a lot of time\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Switch pages \u003Cem>without reloading\u003C\u002Fem>:\u003C\u002Fstrong> Browse your large content library faster by changing only the contents of the content table, but not reloading the whole page\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You want a list of all features? \u003Cem>Get it by scrolling down!\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>Supported Languages\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>Real Category Management is \u003Cstrong>in multiple languages available\u003C\u002Fstrong>:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>English\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>German\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Dutch\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Spanish\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>French\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Ch3>Compatibility\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>Real Category Management uses WordPress taxonomies to show the folder tree. These are used for content types by most WordPress plugins. Therefore, you can easily manage content you created with the following and many more WordPress plugins. \u003Cstrong>You can buy our plugin in the security that it works with your WordPress\u003C\u002Fstrong>, if your plugins use WordPress custom post types and\u002For taxonomies. In the rare case that the Real Category Management is not compatible with a popular theme or plugin, just \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdevowl.io\u002Fsupport\u002F\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">open a support ticket\u003C\u002Fa> and \u003Cstrong>we will make it work\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordpress.org\u002Fplugins\u002Fwoocommerce\u002F\" rel=\"ugc\">WooCommerce\u003C\u002Fa> (Products)\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordpress.org\u002Fplugins\u002Flearnpress\u002F\" rel=\"ugc\">LearnPress\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordpress.org\u002Fplugins\u002Fbbpress\u002F\" rel=\"ugc\">bbPress\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordpress.org\u002Fplugins\u002Fwp-job-manager\u002F\" rel=\"ugc\">WP Job Manager\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordpress.org\u002Fplugins\u002Fstrong-testimonials\u002F\" rel=\"ugc\">Strong Testimonials\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordpress.org\u002Fplugins\u002Fultimate-member\u002F\" rel=\"ugc\">Ultimate Member\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordpress.org\u002Fplugins\u002Fthe-events-calendar\u002F\" rel=\"ugc\">The Events Calendar\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordpress.org\u002Fplugins\u002Ffoogallery\u002F\" rel=\"ugc\">FooGallery\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordpress.org\u002Fplugins\u002Felementor\u002F\" rel=\"ugc\">Elementor Website Builder\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordpress.org\u002Fplugins\u002Fauto-terms-of-service-and-privacy-policy\u002F#description\" rel=\"ugc\">WP AutoTerms\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordpress.org\u002Fplugins\u002Fadvanced-custom-fields\u002F\" rel=\"ugc\">Advanced Custom Fields\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwordpress.org\u002Fplugins\u002Fpopup-builder\u002F\" rel=\"ugc\">Popup Builder by Sygnoos\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcodecanyon.net\u002Fitem\u002Fmailster-email-newsletter-plugin-for-wordpress\u002F3078294\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Mailster\u003C\u002Fa> (Campaigns)\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fcodecanyon.net\u002Fitem\u002Fjustified-image-grid-premium-wordpress-gallery\u002F2594251\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">Justified Image Grid\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Ch3>All Features of Real Category Management\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>WordPress 5.x \u002F Gutenberg ready\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Manage content in folders that visualized your categories etc.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Full control over your folders in one toolbar (create, rename, delete)\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Sort folders by drag & drop and create a custom order\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Quickly navigate through the folders with folder quick search\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Organize content by drag & drop without the need to edit every post\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Existing WordPress hierarchical taxonomies are used to show the folder three\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Custom post types like WooCommerce products, LearnPress content ore bbPress forums are supported (in PRO version)\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Support for WooCommerce products and product attributes\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Page change in pagination without reloading the whole page in your WordPress backend\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Works great on touch devices\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Translated into several languages\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Compatible with plugins that uses WordPress custom post types\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Supports WordPress Multisite\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>GPDR\u002FDSGVO: The plugin does not collect personal data without your consent!\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Ful>\n\u003Ch3>Organize your content like a pro\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>Everyone starts their WordPress website from scratch. But over time, the content on a website can grow significantly. Especially with (WooCommerce) stores, (LearnPress) learning content or (bbPress) forums, hundreds or even thousands of entries quickly accumulate in your content management system.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You can lose the overview quickly or invest a lot of time digging through the content using filters. It would be easier if you could intuitively organize the content into folders. Just like you are used to from your Windows Explorer or Mac Finder for files. This is exactly what category folders of Real Category Management enable you to do. Managing content in folders is a better form of content management than clicking through long lists!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Real Category Management extends the functionality of standard WordPress custom post types and taxonomies. Custom post types – e.g. pages, WooCommerce products, or testimonials – are used by hundreds of WordPress plugins to manage new types of content in WordPress. Each of these contents can be efficiently managed with the folder tree of Real Category Management. Taxonomies – by default there are categories for posts – on the other hand, are the way to group content. We take these groups and visualize them as (hierarchically structured) folders to clearly display your content in folders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That allows you to keep track of hundreds of articles in the online store, various lessons in your learning platform or thousands of threads in your forum at any time and to organize content efficiently!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Ch3>Get PRO of Real Category Management\u003C\u002Fh3>\n\u003Cp>You will download the free version of this plugin, which \u003Cstrong>contains all the core features and to use it for posts in your WordPress website\u003C\u002Fstrong>.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Our PRO version offers category folders for better content management for all custom post types like WooCommerce products, LearnPress content, bbPress forums and much more. \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fdevowl.io\u002Fgo\u002Freal-category-management?source=wordpress-org-description\" rel=\"nofollow ugc\">\u003Cstrong>Learn more about the PRO version.\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fp>\n","Organize content like posts, pages or WooCommerce products in category folders. Mass content management made easy with Real Category Management! (Alte …",3000,141125,80,16,"2026-02-05T13:02:00.000Z","5.9","7.4.0",[97,98,99,100,101],"categories-folders","category-library","category-management","content-folders","content-management","https:\u002F\u002Fcodecanyon.net\u002Fitem\u002Fwordpress-real-category-management-custom-category-order-tree-view\u002F13580393","https:\u002F\u002Fdownloads.wordpress.org\u002Fplugin\u002Freal-category-library-lite.4.2.64.zip",{"slug":105,"name":106,"version":107,"author":108,"author_profile":109,"description":110,"short_description":111,"active_installs":112,"downloaded":113,"rating":13,"num_ratings":114,"last_updated":115,"tested_up_to":116,"requires_at_least":117,"requires_php":18,"tags":118,"homepage":121,"download_link":122,"security_score":26,"vuln_count":27,"unpatched_count":27,"last_vuln_date":28,"fetched_at":29},"advanced-categories-widget","Advanced Categories Widget","1.2","darrinb","https:\u002F\u002Fprofiles.wordpress.org\u002Fdbmartin\u002F","\u003Cp>\u003Cem>Build a better category list.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Advanced Categories Widget is a powerful and flexible category widget for WordPress that makes building and displaying custom category lists a snap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Organize your site in style with this highly customizable category widget!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\u003Cstrong>Features\u003C\u002Fstrong>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Build multiple lists!\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Select which categories to display.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Choose how to order your categories: name, post count, etc.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Set the order for displaying the categories.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Supports category thumbnails.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Set and preview custom thumbnail sizes, or choose from your site’s registered image sizes.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Show a description of each category.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Set and preview the length of the description.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003Cli>Select the list format to match your site’s markup. 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