Featured Category Widget

Showcase a specific category with ease, including optionally setting a featured image and listing child categories.

• Contributors: craigsimps
• Donate link: https://paypal.me/craigsimps
• Tags: category, widget
• Requires at least: 3.5
• Tested up to: 4.9
• Stable tag: trunk
• Requires PHP: 5.3
• License: GPL2
• License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Description

Widgetized themes often include support for adding a featured page or post, but often there's no easy way to feature a category from your blog.

With Featured Category Widget you can easily featured a blog category (or a category from a custom taxonomy, like products), add a custom image and optionally show the category description and a list of sub categories.

Features:

• Add custom image and set display size.
• Optionally show category description and/or subcategories.
• Supports custom taxonomies.
• Developer friendly hooks and filters throughout.
• Translated into French, Spanish, German.

Installation

1. Go to Plugins > Add New and search for "Featured Category Widget".
2. Click install, then activate.
3. With the plugin activated, you'll see a new widget called "Featured Category Widget", which you can drag into your sidebar/ widget area and configure to you liking.

Changelog

= 1.0.0 =

• Initial release.