Featured Category Widget

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.

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.

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   Example of plugin output using the twentyseventeen theme.

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   Example of plugin configuration, from Appearance > Widgets.

Installation Instructions

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.

1.0.1

• Fix: Prevent jQuery setting all widget images to the last uploaded when using multiple widgets in Appearance > Widgets.

1.0.0

• Initial release.