Featured Category Widget is a WordPress app, with a 4.2 average rating from 5 reviews, as of Jul 15, 2026.
Featured Category Widget is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by tepelstreel. With a rating of 4.2★ from 5 reviews.
AppRanks data: Featured Category Widget ranks #0 in Category on WordPress Plugin Directory, placing it in the top 1% of that category.
AppRanks verdict
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Featured Category Widget is a well-rated WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Widget category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 5 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +Published by tepelstreel — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (5) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Featured Category Widget works
The Featured Category Widget is mainly designed because there were people for whom the Featured Post Widget was not enough. They wanted to put a category of their blog in the highlight.
If there is a post thumbnail, it will be displayed above the headline of the post. If there is no thumbnail, the first picture of the post is taken. You can set the size for the thumbnail or just take the standard from your options. Decide yourself, whether you want to show the excerpt, saved with your post or just the first three sentences or the first twenty words of the post. Style the widget individually, ready.
The Featured Category was tested up to WP 4.5. It should work with versions down to 2.9 but was never tested on those.
Category rankings
As of Jul 15, 2026- Category#0of 76Top 1%
- Column#0of 11Top 1%
- Newspaper#0of 4Top 1%
- Sidebar#0of 141Top 1%
- Widget#0of 781Top 1%
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Competitors & alternatives
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Where Featured Category Widget stands in the Widget category
Featured Category Widget ranks #0 of 781 apps in the Widget category, placing it in the top 1% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Featured Category Widget?
Featured Category Widget is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.2-star rating from 5 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. It is listed under the Widget category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by tepelstreel.
Who uses Featured Category Widget?
Currently around 100 active stores have installed Featured Category Widget. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Widget category on WordPress.