# Name That Wordpress Plugin! **URL:** \ **Category:** random\ **Created:** [July 6, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-that-wordpress-plugin/265226 "2008-07-06T17:09:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![built\_by](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/built_by/32/1994_2.png) [@built\_by](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/built_by)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-that-wordpress-plugin/265226/1 "2008-07-06T17:09:28Z")
So I’m looking for a good wordpress plugin that would display the categories and maybe 3-5 recent posts from them. Has anyone here found something similar to that. If not, just a good category plugin? ---
**Author:** ![Templarian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/templarian/32/7152_2.png) [@Templarian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Templarian)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 5:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-that-wordpress-plugin/265226/2 "2008-07-06T17:15:37Z")
The categories thing is its own function (forget what it is its in the default template just copy and paste it) but for posts simply: [http://blog.enrii.com/2005/12/30/show-your-recent-wordpress-posts-in-sidebar/](http://blog.enrii.com/2005/12/30/show-your-recent-wordpress-posts-in-sidebar/) ---
**Author:** ![Phenex](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/phenex/32/686_2.png) [@Phenex](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Phenex)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 5:16pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-that-wordpress-plugin/265226/3 "2008-07-06T17:16:48Z")
> [@built\_by;2354249](#): > > So I’m looking for a good wordpress plugin that would display the categories and maybe 3-5 recent posts from them. Has anyone here found something similar to that. If not, just a good category plugin? It’s called Wordpress. Read the Codex. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![built\_by](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/built_by/32/1994_2.png) [@built\_by](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/built_by)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 5:52pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-that-wordpress-plugin/265226/4 "2008-07-06T17:52:11Z")
Thanks temp, but I’m actually looking for something the would display the Category name and maybe 3-5 recent topics underneath it, roughly in this format: Movies Blah Blah blah posted on date bla bla bla posted on date ble ble ble posted on date Music Blah Blah blah posted on date bla bla bla posted on date ble ble ble posted on date ---
**Author:** ![Templarian](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/templarian/32/7152_2.png) [@Templarian](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Templarian)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 5:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-that-wordpress-plugin/265226/5 "2008-07-06T17:58:13Z")
[http://codex.wordpress.org/Template\_Tags/query\_posts](http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/query_posts) RT\*M? :lol: [whisper]//edit, This is also something you would ask on IRC to get a much quicker answer (they would simply link you to the above link :))[/whisper] ---
**Author:** ![built\_by](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/built_by/32/1994_2.png) [@built\_by](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/built_by)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2008, 6:04pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-that-wordpress-plugin/265226/6 "2008-07-06T18:04:41Z")
yeah it’s mainly just that I’m a pretty lazy coder, and so if someone had discovered a simple plugin to do it all for me, that would be grand. ---
**Author:** ![anon1712571](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@anon1712571](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anon1712571)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 7:56am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-that-wordpress-plugin/265226/7 "2008-07-07T07:56:33Z")
By the time you install a plugin, insert it into a page, and then form custom loop- you could have copied and pasted the query from the wp codex. It’s _really_ easy to do. A plugin would be pretty pointless ---
**Author:** ![built\_by](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/built_by/32/1994_2.png) [@built\_by](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/built_by)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-that-wordpress-plugin/265226/8 "2008-07-07T14:28:19Z")
Alright I’ll try and actually read something :D, thanks everyone. ---
**Author:** ![anon1712571](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@anon1712571](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/anon1712571)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2008, 1:01am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/name-that-wordpress-plugin/265226/9 "2008-07-08T01:01:17Z")
If you get stuck, post things here and I’ll check it out!