Title: Category and Subcategory List Widget Author: Murali Published: 2016-02-26 Last modified: 2025-12-01 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/category-subcategory-list-widget/assets/banner-772x250.png? rev=1365499) ![](https://ps.w.org/category-subcategory-list-widget/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev =1364554) # Category and Subcategory List Widget By [Murali](https://profiles.wordpress.org/murali-indiacitys/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/category-subcategory-list-widget.7.3.zip) * [Details](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/category-subcategory-list-widget/#description) * [Reviews](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/category-subcategory-list-widget/#reviews) * [Installation](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/category-subcategory-list-widget/#installation) * [Development](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/category-subcategory-list-widget/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-subcategory-list-widget/) ## Description WordPress press widget to list category and subcategories of posts/custom taxonomies of custom post types. Features 1. It allows users to add custom icons for category or for subcategory or for custom taxonomies 2. It lists categories and subcategories in user-friendly horizontal pattern. Please refer screenshots. 3. Category icons can be edited/removed/update with new icons under edit category or under edit custom taxonomy admin screen 4. Admin settings of this widget has facility control display on/off for category icons 5. Admin settings of this wiget has facility to show/hide count of posts in categories 6. Admin settings of this widget has facility to show/hide empty categories in widget 7. Title of widget can be customized in widget settings 8. Compatible with blocks under widgets section #### My Links * [Plugin homepage](https://www.muraliwebworld.com/groups/wordpress-plugins-by-muralidharan-indiacitys-com-technologies/forum/topic/category-sub-category-widget-for-wordpress-websites-using-php-javascript-jquer/) * [Push notification plugin for WordPress,BuddyPress and for Mobile apps](https://wordpress.org/plugins/push-notification-for-post-and-buddypress/) * Twitter @[indiacitys](https://twitter.com/indiacitys) * Facebook [indiacitys](https://www.facebook.com/indiacitys) ## Screenshots [⌊screenshot-1.png⌉⌊screenshot-1.png⌉[ screenshot-1.png [⌊screenshot-2.png⌉⌊screenshot-2.png⌉[ screenshot-2.png [⌊screenshot-3.png⌉⌊screenshot-3.png⌉[ screenshot-3.png [⌊screenshot-4.png⌉⌊screenshot-4.png⌉[ screenshot-4.png [⌊screenshot-5.png⌉⌊screenshot-5.png⌉[ screenshot-5.png [⌊screenshot-6.png⌉⌊screenshot-6.png⌉[ screenshot-6.png [⌊screenshot-7.png⌉⌊screenshot-7.png⌉[ screenshot-7.png [[ ## Installation Download this plugin and activate it Go to appearence -> Widgets and select Category and subcategory list widget and move to left or right side bar. Under widget settings, set appropriate following options, Set the required option to show or hide empty categories, show or hide count, select custom taxonomy or default category and Save it Set the required option to show/hide category icosn Verify it in front end screens in right/left side bar according to your settings. ## FAQ ### Do you have any questions? [Please contact us here with your query.](https://www.muraliwebworld.com/groups/wordpress-plugins-by-muralidharan-indiacitys-com-technologies/forum/topic/category-sub-category-widget-for-wordpress-websites-using-php-javascript-jquer/) ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/2aa744373833e53dfb3e27e7a68d02067011b02aa7e4e2fe873ca8396fb058e2? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Good concept, problem when a lot of child categories](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-concept-problem-when-a-lot-of-child-categories/)󠁿 [Tim Reeves](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tim-reeves/) 2026-05-22 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! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/22aaa6cecc2318fc92b99e08e96c03079ce23a07f330c914141fd6d7e58fd1aa? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Very good](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/very-good-2204/)󠁿 [motmat](https://profiles.wordpress.org/motmat/) 2017-04-22 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 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/4788b49cf5013b972d0b8c438d30cb92af419e640e7948ea850112933b97b1e1? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[great](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-2898/)󠁿 [Marius](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mmichtus/) 2016-11-22 works great for what i need ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ffec45b9db303f32b31d83aeed58c834cd10e5fcb50643371e27842574fe7c06? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Does what it says!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-what-it-says-122/)󠁿 [wxia0822](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wxia0822hotmailcom/) 2016-09-21 Does what it says! [ Read all 3 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-subcategory-list-widget/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Category and Subcategory List Widget” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Murali ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/murali-indiacitys/) “Category and Subcategory List Widget” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/category-subcategory-list-widget/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Category and Subcategory List Widget” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/category-subcategory-list-widget) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/category-subcategory-list-widget/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/category-subcategory-list-widget/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/category-subcategory-list-widget/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/category-subcategory-list-widget/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 7.3 Compatible with WordPress 6.9. Tested upto 6.9 WordPress version #### 6.0 Update: Category icons upload option will also be available for custom taxonomies and compatible with latest WordPress version 6.1. ## Meta * Version **7.3** * Last updated **7 ай ago** * Active installations **700+** * WordPress version ** 6.2 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * PHP version ** 8.0 or higher ** * Languages * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/category-subcategory-list-widget/), [French (France)](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/category-subcategory-list-widget/), һәм [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/category-subcategory-list-widget/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/category-subcategory-list-widget) * Tags * [category](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/category/)[category list](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/category-list/) [subcategory](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/subcategory/)[widget](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/) * [Advanced View](https://tt.wordpress.org/plugins/category-subcategory-list-widget/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.5 out of 5 stars. * [ 2 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-subcategory-list-widget/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 2 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-subcategory-list-widget/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-subcategory-list-widget/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-subcategory-list-widget/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-subcategory-list-widget/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-subcategory-list-widget/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-subcategory-list-widget/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Murali ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/murali-indiacitys/) ## Support Got something to say? 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