Simple Category Posts
Simple SEO Categories Posts is a plugin/widget, for displaying on your site the posts from specified categories.
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Simple Category Posts shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 100+ sites, is rated 4.3/5 and was last updated 11 years ago, and scores 30/100 on our health check.
- Small user base (100+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 11 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.1 (latest is 7.1)
Daily downloads
Download spikes usually follow a new release — each site that auto-updates counts as a download.
Rankings
Where Simple Category Posts stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| categories posts widget | >100 |
| latest posts | >100 |
| post with thumb widget | >100 |
| posts-widget | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 4.3 from 4 reviews
About Simple Category Posts
From the official readme · v1.0.4Description
Simple SEO Categories Posts is a plugin/widget, for displaying on your site the posts from specified categories.
Widget options
- Title
- Categories IDs
- Number of posts
- Display Title
- Title Tag
- Display Thumb
- Thumb Width
- Thumb Height
- Thumb Crop
- Display Excerpt
- Excerpt Length
- Display Date
- Display Author
- Before Author
- Order By
- Normal/Reverse
- Title Order
- Thumb Order
- Excerpt Order
- Date Order
- Author Order
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Installation
- Upload the entire
simple-seo-categories-postsfolder to the/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
Changelog
Now it works with custom post types
1.0.4
- Minor code change to support q/x/Translate
1.0.3
- Added actions and filters
- Added option for the Title HTML Tag
- Removed custom excerpt function. Using WordPress function now
- The widget now gets te content instead of the excerpt and limits its words.
1.0.1
- Removed two lines from the query to make it work with custom post types
1.0.0
- Initial version.
Screenshots
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FAQ
Simple Category Posts: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 13, 2026
Is Simple Category Posts free?
Yes. Simple Category Posts is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Simple Category Posts safe to use in 2026?
Simple Category Posts shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 100+ sites, is rated 4.3/5 and was last updated 11 years ago, and scores 30/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Simple Category Posts?
Simple Category Posts is active on 100+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 11,131 times since it launched in December 2012. It was downloaded 93 times in the last 30 days.
Does Simple Category Posts work with WordPress 7.1?
Simple Category Posts is officially tested up to WordPress 4.1.42, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Simple Category Posts last updated?
The latest version, 1.0.4, was released on April 20, 2015 (11 years ago).
Who makes Simple Category Posts?
Simple Category Posts is developed and maintained by Nitroweb.
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