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Free Plugin by chackal_sjc v0.4.2

Category Show

Shows all posts from a category/tag into a page/post with order support.

Category Show

The facts

Rating
5★ from 1
Active installs
100+
Price
Free
Last updated
11 Mar 2011
Added
Jan 2009
Requires WP
2.7
Tested up to
WP 3.1.4
Downloads
15,007

Our analysis

AI-assisted

Category Show is a WordPress plugin that allows you to display and organise posts from specific categories or tags on a page or post. It outputs the posts as a list, applying your blog's stylesheet for consistent styling. The plugin also shows the description of a category or tag if it exists, enhancing the context for users.

This plugin is suitable for those who want to showcase tutorials, articles, or similar content in an organised manner. You can generate a tag through the plugin's options page and insert it into your posts easily.

Best for: This plugin is best for bloggers looking to display content from specific categories or tags.

What it does well

  • ✓Displays posts from selected categories or tags
  • ✓Applies your blog's stylesheet for styling
  • ✓Shows category or tag descriptions if available
  • ✓Simple tag generation through options page

Where it falls short

  • •Limited feature set based on the author's description
  • •Last updated in March 2011, may lack modern support
  • •Tested only up to WordPress 3.1.4

Verdict

Category Show provides a straightforward way to display posts by category or tag, but its outdated status may limit its effectiveness for modern WordPress users.

From the developer

chackal_sjc's own description of Category Show, lightly tidied.

It’s an easy way to show and order all posts from category/tag into a page/post. Really handy for showing your tutorials, articles, etcetera.
It shows as a list(

  • ) so it will apply your blog style-sheet as you wish.

    Note: If the selected term(category or tag) has a description, it will be shown in a

    tag.

    To see it in action click here.

    Usage:

    1. Go to Category Show’s options page and generate the tag.

    2. Insert your new tag into your post.

    Tags to know:

    If you want to apply some CSS, those are the tags you should know:

    , , , and . Output example: 
    <h3>Category</h3>
<blockquote>Category description, if exists</blockquote>
<ul>
<li><a title="link title" rel="bookmark" href="link">title</a></li>
</ul>
    That’s it! TODO

    • Each topic content preview.
    • Page support.
    • A RSS edition of Category Show.
    • Add widget support.
    • Select user’s own category in options page. (DONE)
    • Make it possible to get a date in front of each link.
    • Create a definitely Category Show tag for the posts.

    If you want to suggest some feature, please contact me here.

    Changes

    • 0.4.2: Date ordering bug fix.
    • 0.4.1: Added support to show category description if exists. Now the tag generation uses term_id as the expression, not the tag slug anymore.
    • 0.4: Now the user can generate his tag from the Category Show’s options page. No more writing your tag!
    • 0.3.2: Deleted debug messages that was been printed on 0.3.1.
    • 0.3.1: Fixed bug that the content was been all replaced by the list, not just the tag. Added Brazilian Portuguese translation.
    • 0.3: Added support to change the ordering by title or date. Added options page to generate neat tags for the post. Even more optimized!
    • 0.2.3: Fixing
        end tag bug. Updating readme.txt file nicely.
      • 0.2.2: Adding screenshot showing how it works and adding pt_BR .mo translation file.

      Read the full description on the official page →

Tagged as

topic Category Tag Show Categories Tags Order Orders Title