About this plugin
Simple Category List helps you create beautiful, customizable lists of categories, tags, and taxonomy terms without writing code.
Whether you’re building a WooCommerce store, blog, directory, portfolio, or custom WordPress website, the plugin makes it easy to display taxonomy terms exactly where you need them using flexible shortcodes and reusable presets.
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Perfect For
- WooCommerce product categories
- WooCommerce product tags
- Blog categories and tags
- Custom post type taxonomies
- Directory websites
- Portfolio websites
- Landing pages
- Page builders that support shortcodes
Features
- Create and manage multiple category lists
- Display lists using simple shortcodes
- Support for WooCommerce taxonomies
- Support for WordPress categories and tags
- Support for custom taxonomies
- Custom titles for each list
- Exclude specific terms
- Reusable presets with unique IDs and slugs
- Flexible design controls
- Custom colors and spacing
- Adjustable heading levels
- List marker customization
- Responsive output
- Lightweight and performance-friendly
- Translation ready
- Works with most WordPress themes
- Compatible with page builders that support shortcodes
Shortcode Examples
Display a list by ID:
[category_list id="2"]
Display a list by preset slug:
[category_list preset="featured-categories"]
Display the default list:
[category_list]
You can also override saved settings using shortcode attributes when needed.
Supported Taxonomies
The plugin works with virtually any public WordPress taxonomy, including:
- category
- post_tag
- product_cat
- product_tag
- Custom taxonomies registered by themes or plugins
Why Use Simple Category List?
Unlike many category listing plugins, Simple Category List focuses on simplicity, flexibility, and ease of use.
Create multiple reusable category displays, customize their appearance, and place them anywhere on your site using shortcodes—without touching code.