Plugin profile · observed daily since 02 Aug 2026

Widget to Display Posts from Current Category

Active installs100+ rounded
Current authorgruz0
Owner changesNone while we have been watching
Last release7.5 years ago 04 May 2019
Support— no recent threads
Releases on record1
Rating5.0 /5 · 3
Added to directory15 Jan 2014
Requires WP4.6
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag1.9 behind
Tested up toWP 5.2.30 WordPress is now on 7.1

PluginsPedia reports published data and observable changes. It does not rate plugin quality or safety, infer intent, or make recommendations. These are observations rather than a verdict. How this works

Ownership

Held by gruz0 throughout, with no change of ownership observed since daily tracking began on 02 Aug 2026.

Full observed history, including every field transition

Adoption

How widely the plugin is installed, and what the people running it think of it. WordPress.org rounds install figures to one significant digit, so they describe an order of magnitude rather than a headcount.

Small but established: 100+ active installs. Enough sites to show it works in the wild, too few for adoption to say much on its own.

2 downloads a day over the last 7 days, steady against the 7 days before. Downloads are counted exactly and without a ceiling, so they show movement the rounded install figure cannot.

11 Sep 2026peak 11/day31 Oct 2026
5.0
out of 5
3 ratings
5★3100%
4★00%
3★00%
2★00%
1★00%

Daily record

Every field we record, one column per observation. Fields that never moved are named once rather than repeated across every column. A row of identical numbers would be padding.

Field18 Oct19 Oct20 Oct21 Oct22 Oct23 Oct24 Oct25 Oct26 Oct27 Oct28 Oct29 Oct30 Oct31 Oct
Downloads that day—000110000110000

Unchanged throughout: ratings total (3) · active installs (100+) · version (0.2) · support threads (0) · threads resolved (0)

91 days of observation, most recent 14 shown.

Maintenance

When it was last released, and how far its declared compatibility has drifted from current WordPress.

Added to directory12 years ago 15 Jan 2014
Requires WP4.6
Requires PHPfalse
Version lag1.9 behind

Is anyone still maintaining this?

  • No release in 2,745 days (7.5 years). The last was 04 May 2019.
  • Declares compatibility only up to WordPress 5.2.30, while 7.1 is current. The author has not confirmed it runs on the last 19 releases.
  • The same account maintains 2 other plugins, and none has been updated in over a year, the most recent on 04 Jan 2021.

A plugin that does one thing correctly may need no changes for years; a long gap is not, by itself, evidence of neglect.

History

Everything dated that this registry holds about the plugin, most recent first. Releases carry the author’s own release date; everything else is dated to when it was observed.

  1. 02 Aug 20263 months ago
    First observed by PluginsPediaDaily snapshots of this plugin’s directory record begin here. Everything above this line is observed; anything before it comes from fields the API itself reports.
  2. 25 Oct 20206 years ago
    Dormancy threshold crossed540 days since the last release (2019-05-04). Dormancy is a maintenance observation, not a judgement about the owner.
  3. 04 May 20197.5 years ago
    Version 0.2 released
  4. 15 Jan 201412 years ago
    Added to the WordPress.org directoryReported by the plugin API as the date this plugin was added.

What we know, and what we don’t

Everything on this page in one place, including the gaps, so that nothing here is mistaken for a clean bill of health.

What we know

  • It has been held by gruz0 for all 91 days we have observed it.
  • It was last released 7.5 years ago (04 May 2019).
  • Its author declares it tested up to WordPress 5.2.30; WordPress is now on 7.1.
  • WordPress.org reports 100+ active installs.
  • It carries 3 ratings, averaging 5.0 out of 5.

What we don’t know yet

  • No forum threads were open in the two months we measure, so how responsive its support is cannot be said. One new thread starts answering that.
  • No release in the 91 days we have been watching, so how often it ships cannot be said. Every further day of silence tells you more.

What can’t be known

  • Whether the quiet is neglect or a finished plugin. That is the author’s intent, which no dataset records, and a stable plugin can need no changes for years.

Every record on this site, this one included, works under the same limits. We read what WordPress.org publishes about a plugin, never the plugin’s own code, so nothing here says whether a plugin is well built or safe. Install counts reach us already rounded; a change smaller than a band step doesn’t show. We don’t track security advisories yet. For anything older than our first observation we rely on the plugin’s public release log, where one exists. What this registry can and cannot see

Similar plugins

This plugin has not been updated in a long time. These carry the same tags and describe themselves in the same terms, so they are a starting point for a replacement, not a recommendation. Check them yourself.

Contextual Related Posts

Keep visitors on your site longer with intelligent, fast-loading, contextually related posts. Block, shortcode, custom post type and widget ready.

50,000+ installs4.8★ (201)updated 16 Oct 2026
related
500× the installs
Related Posts by Taxonomy

Display a list of related posts on your site based on the most terms in common. Supports thumbnails, shortcodes, a widget and more.

10,000+ installs4.8★ (77)updated 21 Aug 2026
related
100× the installs
Multiple Category Selection Widget

Filter posts by selecting multiple categories using dropdown menus. Available as a widget, block, or shortcode.

100+ installs2.9★ (14)updated 23 Feb 2026
categorypostwidget
Recent Category Posts Widget

This widget will let you display a list of the most recent posts in a single category in your sidebar.

300+ installs5.0★ (2)updated 10 Jun 2026
categorywidget
NS Category Widget

A plugin to add widget for listing Categories and Taxonomies. Extending Default WordPress Category Widget.

1,000+ installs4.8★ (34)updated 12 Sep 2025
categorywidget
10× the installs
Better Random Redirect

Based on the original Random Redirect, this plugin enables efficient, easy random redirection to a post. Supports setting a category for all random re …

600+ installs4.6★ (10)updated 26 May 2025
categorypost

Grouped from the tags each author chose for their own plugin, so the grouping is only as good as those tags.

Reach out about this record

Corrections, missing context, or anything else about Widget to Display Posts from Current Category: a person reads every submission, and corrections get a reply within 5 business days.

The record is never silently edited, and your email is never published.