# Featured Category Widget

Showcase a specific category with ease, including optionally setting a featured image and listing child categories.

- Contributors: craigsimps
- Donate link: https://paypal.me/craigsimps
- Tags: category, widget
- Requires at least: 3.5
- Tested up to: 4.9
- Stable tag: trunk
- Requires PHP: 5.3
- License: GPL2
- License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

## Description

Widgetized themes often include support for adding a featured page or post, but often there's no easy way to feature a category from your blog.

With Featured Category Widget you can easily featured a blog category (or a category from a custom taxonomy, like products), add a custom image and optionally show the category description and a list of sub categories.

![Example Widget Configuration](https://github.com/craigsimps/featured-category-widget/raw/master/assets/screenshots/screenshot-2.jpg) 

![Example Widget Output](https://github.com/craigsimps/featured-category-widget/raw/master/assets/screenshots/screenshot-1.jpg)

Features:

* Add custom image and set display size.
* Optionally show category description and/or subcategories.
* Supports custom taxonomies.
* Developer friendly hooks and filters throughout.
* Translated into French, Spanish, German.

## Installation

1. Go to Plugins > Add New and search for "Featured Category Widget".
2. Click install, then activate.
3. With the plugin activated, you'll see a new widget called "Featured Category Widget", which you can drag into your sidebar/ widget area and configure to you liking.

## Changelog

= 1.0.0 =
* Initial release.