Who is Pro Categories Widget for?

Pro Categories Widget is a B2B product built for wordPress site owners.

Does Pro Categories Widget have a free plan?

Yes — Pro Categories Widget is free to use.

What platforms does Pro Categories Widget run on?

Pro Categories Widget runs on the web and embeddable surfaces.

Is Pro Categories Widget still maintained?

It is being sunset according to the latest indexed signals.

What projects are similar to Pro Categories Widget?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Category Posts Widget, Hide Product & Post Categories, and Product Categories Widget for Elementor.

Who makes Pro Categories Widget?

Pro Categories Widget is developed by Shambhu Patnaik.

How long has Pro Categories Widget been around?

Pro Categories Widget first shipped in 2013.

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Pro Categories Widget

Name: Pro Categories Widget
Author: Shambhu Patnaik

wordpress.orgOther productivity

Pro Categories Widget is a WordPress plugin for displaying category lists in widget areas. It lets site owners exclude multiple categories, show post counts, and display all remaining categories.

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Overview

5 features

Pro Categories Widget sits in PulseGate's Other productivity category. It focuses on displaying a customized WordPress category list without unwanted categories. Pro Categories Widget is a B2B product aimed at wordPress site owners. Pro Categories Widget costs nothing to use. It ships for the web and embeddable surfaces.

It is developed by Shambhu Patnaik, and it first shipped in 2013. Key capabilities include category exclusion, post counts, and multiple exclusions. The interface is available in English and Norwegian Nynorsk. It is being sunset.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Category exclusion
Post counts
Multiple exclusions
All categories
Widget placement

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Trust & compliance

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Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed3 Sept · 03:37 UTC
Pro Categories Widget verified against its public source
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Frequently asked questions about Pro Categories Widget

What is Pro Categories Widget?: Pro Categories Widget focuses on displaying a customized WordPress category list without unwanted categories. It is catalogued under Other productivity on PulseGate.
Who is Pro Categories Widget for?: Pro Categories Widget is a B2B product built for wordPress site owners.
Does Pro Categories Widget have a free plan?: Yes — Pro Categories Widget is free to use.
What platforms does Pro Categories Widget run on?: Pro Categories Widget runs on the web and embeddable surfaces.
Is Pro Categories Widget still maintained?: It is being sunset according to the latest indexed signals.
What projects are similar to Pro Categories Widget?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Category Posts Widget, Hide Product & Post Categories, and Product Categories Widget for Elementor.Category Posts Widget Hide Product & Post Categories Product Categories Widget for Elementor
Who makes Pro Categories Widget?: Pro Categories Widget is developed by Shambhu Patnaik.
How long has Pro Categories Widget been around?: Pro Categories Widget first shipped in 2013.

At a glance

Pricing: Free
Platforms: Web
Languages: English, Norwegian Nynorsk
First seen: 3 Sept 2026
Status: 🔴 Sunsetting
Built for: WordPress site owners
Model: B2B
Solves: Displaying a customized WordPress category list without unwanted categories.

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WordPress.org: pro-categories-widget

Developer

Shambhu Patnaik

Index record

Indexed: 3 Sept 2026
Lifecycle: Alive
First seen: Sept 2026
Last seen: 3 Sept 2026

Identity audit (13)

Slug: pro-categories-widget-wordpress-org
Lifecycle state recorded: 3 Sept 2026
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 3 Sept 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology (no inferred launch/funding milestones).
Name from: Written by a language model from the project's public pages.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model, checked against the page's own declaration.
Last updated: 3 Sept 2026
Canonical URL: https://wordpress.org/plugins/pro-categories-widget

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