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Featured Category Widget

Featured Category Widget

v2.5

The Featured Category Widget is basically a Featured Post Widget for a category.

by tepelstreel · Website

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Rank

#15,13993

7 hours ago

Official installs

100+

public bucket

Est. installs

118
High confidence

Total downloads

29.9K

all time

Rating

4.2 ★

5 reviews

Support threads

0

open topics

Support resolved

of threads

Tested up to

WP 4.5.33

compatibility

Historical growth

Growth %, estimated installs, rank and downloads — updated daily.

Install, rank and growth cover 7 of the last 30 days; downloads go back 90.

Growth %

Daily active-install growth.

-40%-20%0%20%40%
Jul 30Aug 1Aug 2Aug 4

Estimated installs

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100110120130140
Jul 27Jul 31Aug 2Aug 4

Rank position

WP.org popularity order — lower is better.

#15K#15.1K#15.2K#15.3K
Jul 27Jul 31Aug 2Aug 4

Downloads

Cumulative downloads over the selected range.

29.8K29.9K29.9K29.9K
Jul 2Jul 12Jul 21Jul 31

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Metric
Featured Category Widget
Shortlink & File URL Column
Page Template Column
Simple Featured Image Column
Estimated installs11810010092
WP.org rank#15,139#15,938#16,334#16,625
30d growth-9.3%-46.7%-25%-37.3%
Rating4.2 ★5 ★5 ★5 ★
Reviews5311
Support resolved
Version2.51.51.0.01.0.7
Tested up to4.5.334.7.335.2.245.2.24

Review stats

4.25 reviews
5★
60%
4★
0%
3★
40%
2★
0%
1★
0%

Development activity

Last updated
2016-02-26 10:18am GMT
Latest version
2.5
Compatible up to
WordPress 4.5.33
Requires
WordPress 2.9
Developer
tepelstreel
Plugin site
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Estimated installs

118

Confidence

high

Data updated

Aug 4, 2026

Tracking since

2026-07-27

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