Category Cloud Widget is a WordPress app, with a 5.0 average rating from 1 review, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Category Cloud Widget is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by vertino. With a rating of 5.0★ from 1 reviews.
AppRanks verdict
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Category Cloud Widget is a category-leading WordPress app with a limited review volume. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. 1 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
- +High average rating (5.0★) signals consistent merchant satisfaction
- +Published by vertino — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (1) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Category Cloud Widget works
The Category Cloud Widget is a widget that displays your categories as a tag cloud in your sidebar.
Examples You can see this in action on my site: http://leekelleher.com/linklog/
Special Thanks Thank you to Matt Kingston, as this widget was based on his Weighted Categories plugin.
Thanks to Peter Hasperhoven for introducing the ‘minimum number of posts’ option.
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Frequently asked questions
What is Category Cloud Widget?
Category Cloud Widget is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 5.0-star rating from 1 merchant review, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by vertino.