Post Category
the Loop to display posts from a specific categorie. Using The Loop, plugins processes each post to be displayed on the current page, and formats it according to how it matches specified.
Consider an alternative
Post Category shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 30+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 10 years ago, and scores 31/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (30+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 10 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.5 (latest is 7.1)
How does it stack up?
Side-by-side on installs, updates, ratings & support
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Post Category stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| category | >100 |
| filter | >100 |
| loop | >100 |
| post | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 3 reviews
About Post Category
From the official readme · v1.0Description
the Loop to display posts from a specific categorie. Using The Loop, plugins processes each post to be displayed on the current page, and formats it according to how it matches specified.
you can generate your own shortcode
attributes
- title:the name of categorie to display.
- img-width:the width of the featured image.(200 like value mean 200 pixels ).
- img-height:the width of the featured image.(200 like value mean 200 pixels ).
- display:display image or not for your posts (yes or no ).
- title-size:the size of the title (H1,H2,H3,H4).
- link:Read More , you can changed for any chaine of charactere (read all arcticle like value).
- limit:the number of word per post.
- post_number:number of post to display in page.
Exemple
[postcat title=”Help” title-size=”h1″ display=”yes” img-width=”500″ img-height=”300″ post_number=”10″ limit=”20″ link=”Read More”]
How To Use it
What’s new
Installation
Using The WordPress Dashboard
- Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
- Search for ‘Post category’
- Click ‘Install Now’
- Activate the plugin on the Plugin dashboard
Uploading in WordPress Dashboard
- Navigate to the ‘Add New’ in the plugins dashboard
- Navigate to the ‘Upload’ area
- Select post-category.zip from your computer
- Click ‘Install Now’
- Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard
Using FTP
- Download post-category.zip
- Extract the post-category.zip directory to your computer
- Upload the post-category directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
- Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard
Changelog
Allow to jump between page with next and previous button
1.0.1
- Jump between Page With Previous and Next button
1.0
- Initial version
Screenshots
For developers
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FAQ
Post Category: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 3, 2026
Is Post Category free?
Yes. Post Category is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Post Category safe to use in 2026?
Post Category shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 30+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 10 years ago, and scores 31/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Post Category?
Post Category is active on 30+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 6,663 times since it launched in January 2016. It was downloaded 197 times in the last 30 days.
Does Post Category work with WordPress 7.1?
Post Category is officially tested up to WordPress 4.5.33, while the latest release is 7.1.2. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Post Category last updated?
The latest version, 1.0, was released on August 1, 2016 (10 years ago).
Who makes Post Category?
Post Category is developed and maintained by naples.
What are the best alternatives to Post Category?
The most popular alternatives to Post Category are Pages with category and tag (50K+ installs), Search & Filter (50K+ installs) and Tag, Category, and Taxonomy… (40K+ installs).
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