Title: NS Category Widget
Author: Nilambar Sharma
Published: <strong>Rhagfyr 10, 2013</strong>
Last modified: Medi 12, 2025

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yw’n cael ei gynnal bellach ac efallai bod materion cydnawsedd wrth gael ei ddefnyddio
gyda fersiynau mwy diweddar o WordPress.

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# NS Category Widget

 Gan [Nilambar Sharma](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nilambar/)

[Llwytho i lawr](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/ns-category-widget.4.1.6.zip)

[Live Preview](https://cy.wordpress.org/plugins/ns-category-widget/?preview=1)

 * [Details](https://cy.wordpress.org/plugins/ns-category-widget/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://cy.wordpress.org/plugins/ns-category-widget/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://cy.wordpress.org/plugins/ns-category-widget/#installation)
 * [Development](https://cy.wordpress.org/plugins/ns-category-widget/#developers)

 [Cefnogaeth](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ns-category-widget/)

## Disgrifiad

Are you frustrated by the lack of customization options in default Category widget
in WordPress? Then this plugin is for you. Works in similar fashion but with several
customization options. Cheers !

## Lluniau Sgrin

[⌊Adding widget in sidebar⌉⌊Adding widget in sidebar⌉[

Adding widget in sidebar

## Gosod

#### Using The WordPress Dashboard

 1. Navigate to the ‘Add New’ Plugin Dashboard
 2. Select ‘ns-category-widget.zip’ from your computer
 3. Install
 4. Activate the plugin on the WordPress Plugin Dashboard
 5. Place the ‘NS Category Widget’ into a Widget area through the ‘Appearance -> Widgets’
    menu in WordPress.

#### Using FTP

 1. Extract ‘ns-category-widget.zip’ to your computer
 2. Upload the ‘ns-category-widget’ directory to your ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory
 3. Activate the plugin on the WordPress Plugins dashboard
 4. Place the ‘NS Category Widget’ into a Widget area through the ‘Appearance -> Widgets’
    menu in WordPress.

## Cwestiynau Cyffredin

### Is only Category is supported in listing?

You can list Category as well as Custom Taxonomy also.

### There is something cool you could add…

Nice, make a post on the [Support Forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ns-category-widget/#new-post)
and let us know.

## Adolygiadau

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/945b01c02a5adfbdea8213fccc7c99a30fab05dc3ee9d48ef6a7f249acca80a7?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Pefect](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/pefect-26/)󠁿

 [George K](https://profiles.wordpress.org/gkins3/) Ionawr 10, 2026

Exactly what I was looking for. Simple and follows the site css.

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/66cb37926059349d5ad4d00f1ac9af14aac9d05d4a0dd6ef397b3c736b5b502b?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Works great!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-great-9527/)󠁿

 [kml2012](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kml2012/) Mawrth 3, 2025

It's the only working alternative for collapsing categories, which stopped working
some time ago. NS saved me. Thank you 🙂

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/64b65db6dee6a5c1e1b8f882a5aa933c08194da81eca88c19fc953f3b537c718?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Great plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-39415/)󠁿

 [motorhomeblog](https://profiles.wordpress.org/motorhomeblog/) Awst 27, 2024

Makes my website look great!

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6a75ed88179156ec157c9e4264f79417adcbfcbf8c4838b6b42f33576a4b4070?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Wonderful Tree sturcture](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wonderful-tree-sturcture/)󠁿

 [sharppu](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sharppu/) Mehefin 27, 2024

I am very happy to apply this wonderful plugin to show a tree structure listing 
for my posts

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/c2288b0e1d2b3a3cfadf0b3fa378f5536486c05adf3609f1df35d7813f1af752?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Good](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-8458/)󠁿

 [shodikcha](https://profiles.wordpress.org/shodikcha/) Ebrill 17, 2024

good

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[It does exactly what it says](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-does-exactly-what-it-says-43/)󠁿

 [danielepais](https://profiles.wordpress.org/danielepais/) Chwefror 25, 2024

Nice and neat little plugin that does exactly what it said on the ad. Perfect for
what we needed. A decent category tree view.

 [ Read all 34 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ns-category-widget/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“NS Category Widget” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Cyfranwyr

 *   [ Nilambar Sharma ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nilambar/)

“NS Category Widget” has been translated into 2 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/ns-category-widget/contributors)
for their contributions.

[Translate “NS Category Widget” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/ns-category-widget)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ns-category-widget/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/ns-category-widget/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/ns-category-widget/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/ns-category-widget/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Cofnod Newid

#### 4.1.6 – 12 Sep 2025

 * Fix contributors

#### 4.1.5 – 10 Sep 2025

 * Remove load_plugin_textdomain() call
 * WP Compatibility

#### 4.1.4 – 12 Jan 2025

 * Update packages

#### 4.1.3 – 30 Jul 2024

 * Update dependencies

#### 4.1.2 – 5 Jul 2024

 * Fix PHP error

#### 4.0.1 – 30 Jun 2024

 * Fix tree style

#### 4.0.0 – 28 Jun 2024

 * Requirement: PHP 7.2; WP 6.0
 * Complete revamp of the plugin
 * Update dependencies

#### 3.2.0 – 19 Jun 2024

 * Update packages

#### 3.1.7 – 24 May 2023

 * Update Admin Notice package

#### 3.1.6 – 19 Feb 2023

 * Fix PHP 8 issue

#### 3.1.5 – 10 Oct 2022

 * Minor bug fixes

#### 3.1.4 – 30 Jun 2022

 * Minor bug fixes

#### 3.1.3 – 1 Apr 2021

 * Minor bug fixes

#### 3.1.2 – 20 Jul 2021

 * Update jsTree
 * Minor bug fixes

#### 3.1.1

 * Few bug fixes

#### 3.1.0

 * Few bug fixes

#### 3.0.0

 * Compatibility with WP 4.7
 * Code cleanup
 * Few bug fixes

#### 2.0.2

 * Minor bug fixes
 * WP 4.1 compatibility check

#### 2.0.1

 * Minor bug fixes
 * WP 4.0 compatibility check

#### 2.0

 * Feature: Tree (Expandable) feature is added in category listing
 * Feature: Plugin option page is added under Settings menu
 * Feature: Styles for Tree can be enabled/disabled from admin panel
 * Feature: Tree settings can be customized for individual widget
 * Bug Fix: Minor bug fixes

#### 1.4.2

 * Language File: Spanish [Thanks to Ogi Djuraskovic (http://firstsiteguide.com/)]
 * Language File: Serbian [Thanks to Ogi Djuraskovic (http://firstsiteguide.com/)]

#### 1.4.1

 * Bug fix: Change category list according to selected taxonomy

#### 1.4

 * Feature: Add dropdown for choosing taxonomy

#### 1.3

 * Bug fixes
 * Compatibility check for 3.9

#### 1.2

 * Bug fixes
 * Translation: Russian language added [Thanks to Flector]

#### 1.1

 * Bug fix

#### 1.0

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **4.1.6**
 *  Last updated **1 blwyddyn yn ôl**
 *  Active installations **1,000+**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.0 neu uwch **
 *  Tested up to **6.8.10**
 *  PHP version ** 7.2.24 neu uwch **
 *  Languages
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/ns-category-widget/), [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/ns-category-widget/),
   a [Swedish](https://sv.wordpress.org/plugins/ns-category-widget/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/ns-category-widget)
 * Tags
 * [category](https://cy.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/category/)[listing](https://cy.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/listing/)
   [sidebar](https://cy.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sidebar/)[taxonomy](https://cy.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/taxonomy/)
   [widget](https://cy.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/widget/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://cy.wordpress.org/plugins/ns-category-widget/advanced/)

## Graddau

 4.8 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  31 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ns-category-widget/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  2 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ns-category-widget/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ns-category-widget/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 2-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ns-category-widget/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  1 1-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ns-category-widget/reviews/?filter=1)

[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ns-category-widget/reviews/#new-post)

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## Cyfranwyr

 *   [ Nilambar Sharma ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nilambar/)

## Cefnogaeth

Rhywbeth i'w ddweud? Angen help?

 [Gweld y fforwm cefnogi](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/ns-category-widget/)

## Donate

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