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Contextual Category Widget displays the name and description of the first category assigned to the post currently being viewed.<\/p>\n\n

The widget remains hidden on archives, pages, and posts whose first category has no description. Its output uses the surrounding widget markup supplied by the active theme.<\/p>\n\n\n

    \n
  1. Install and activate Contextual Category Widget.<\/li>\n
  2. Add the widget to a widget area in Appearance > Widgets.<\/li>\n
  3. Add descriptions to the categories you want the widget to display.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n
    \n

    What happens when a post has multiple categories?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

    The widget displays the first category returned by WordPress for that post.<\/p><\/dd>\n

    Can I choose a category in the widget settings?<\/h3><\/dt>\n

    No. The widget is intentionally contextual and uses the category assigned to the current post.<\/p><\/dd>\n\n<\/dl>\n\n\n

    0.7.0<\/h4>\n\n
      \n
    • Add compatibility metadata for current WordPress and PHP versions.<\/li>\n
    • Escape and sanitize dynamic widget output.<\/li>\n
    • Make the widget name and description translatable.<\/li>\n
    • Preserve theme widget wrappers and existing widget registrations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

      0.6.1<\/h4>\n\n
        \n
      • Fix formatting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

        0.6<\/h4>\n\n
          \n
        • Do not display the widget when there is no description for the article's first category.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

          0.5.1<\/h4>\n\n
            \n
          • Fix div wrapping.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

            0.5<\/h4>\n\n
              \n
            • Wrap output in a div with class textwidget<\/code>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

              0.4<\/h4>\n\n
                \n
              • Fix version.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                0.3<\/h4>\n\n
                  \n
                • Fix readme.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                  0.2<\/h4>\n\n
                    \n
                  • Rename main file.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n

                    0.1<\/h4>\n\n
                      \n
                    • First release.<\/li>\n<\/ul>","raw_excerpt":"Displays the name and description of the first category assigned to the current single post.","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin\/108714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/plugin"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108714"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wporg\/v1\/users\/nemovrusso"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"plugin_section","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_section?post=108714"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_tags?post=108714"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_category?post=108714"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_contributors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_contributors?post=108714"},{"taxonomy":"plugin_business_model","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snd.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/plugin_business_model?post=108714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}