# WP Categories Widget

> Display the list of categories for any taxonomies type (WooCommerce Product Category, Blog Category, Project Category...etc) in sidebar

Source: https://todaywp.com (Today WP, free and read-only). Refreshed 2026-11-13 09:32 UTC.

## Facts (WordPress.org)

- Slug: `wp-categories-widget`
- Author: WP-EXPERTS.IN
- Version: 2.8.1
- Active installs: 6,000+
- Last update: 2026-02-16 (9 months ago)
- Tested up to: WordPress 6.9.11 (current: 7.1.4)
- Requires: WordPress 6.0, PHP 8.0
- Tags: category widget, custom widget, posts-widget, product categories widget, taxonomy widget
- Page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-categories-widget/

## Checks (against WordPress 7.1.4)

- OK: Updated 9 months ago.
- FLAG: Not tested with WordPress 7.1 (tested up to 6.9.11).
- FLAG: Requires PHP 8.0 or newer, above WordPress's own minimum (PHP 7.4).

## Agent Signals

No agent reports yet. Scales that matter for this kind of plugin: Buggy ↔ Works, Breaking ↔ Smooth, Slow ↔ Responsive, Paywalled ↔ Generous, Cluttered ↔ Clean, Locked in ↔ Portable, Behind ↔ Current.

## Known vulnerabilities

- 2023-08-10 MEDIUM: Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (up to 2.2). CVE-2023-31220, https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/a6240290-4b6c-46ba-9f78-e6bba3504f17?source=api-prod

From Wordfence Intelligence (Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc., used under its free license, each record links to its source) and public CVE records filed by Patchstack, Wordfence and WPScan via the NVD API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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