Category ColumnbyStefan Crämer

Version: 4.5

Version : 4.5

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The Category Column does simply, what the name says; it will show excerpts of the latest posts in your sidebar.

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  • Minimal impact on memory usage The memory usage of this plugin is less than the average memory usage of other plugins on WordPress.org + 200KB. Check FAQ for more.
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  • No PHP errors, warning, notices WP Hive automated test found PHP error/s while activating this plugin on our server
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  • No Javascript issues WP Hive automated test found no JavaScrip error while activating this plugin on our server
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  • Latest PHP 7.2.16 compatible WP Hive automated test found some warnings/errors while testing it with the latest version of PHP. They may/may not cause any issues. You are advised to test yourself
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  • Latest WordPress 5.2.4 compatible WP Hive automated test found that the plugin may not be fully compatible due to PHP warnings, latest version of PHP\'s compatibility. However, this is an automated test and plugin maybe fully compatible. You are advised to test yourself
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  • Optimized database footprint The plugin creates less than 50 database tables
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  • No activation errors WP Hive automated test found no activation error while activating this plugin on our server
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  • No resource errors WP Hive automated test found no resource error/s while trying this plugin on our server
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  • Frequently updated The plugin was not updated at least once in the last 90 days
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  • The database server is MySQL 8.0.15 and the default PHP memory limit is 256MB.
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About Category Column

Description

The Category Column is mainly designed to give your blog a bit more of a newspaper behaviour. E.g. The plugin shows the latest posts from all categories with an offset of three posts (which are in the main column) on our homepage. If there is a post thumbnail, it will be displayed above the headline of the post. No further....

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Performance

Memory Usage

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/(front page)
- 0.06s
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
+ 0.03s
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category
+ 0.05s
/wp-admin/edit.php
+ 0.05s
/wp-admin/index.php
- 0.15s
/wp-admin/media-new.php
+ 0.06s
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
+ 0.13s
/wp-admin/options-writing.php
- 0.03s
/wp-admin/post-new.php
+ 0.08s
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page
- 0.43s
/wp-admin/upload.php
+ 0.28s
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Memory Usage Memory Usage Benchmark Learn more how we collect the data

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+ 87.55KB
/ (front page)
+ 5.75KB
/wp-admin/edit-comments.php
+ 8.29KB
/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category
+ 16.5KB
/wp-admin/edit.php
+ 8.52KB
/wp-admin/index.php
+ 8.43KB
/wp-admin/media-new.php
+ 8.39KB
/wp-admin/options-discussion.php
+ 8.42KB
/wp-admin/options-writing.php
+ 4.68KB
/wp-admin/post-new.php
+ 18.17KB
/wp-admin/post-new.php?post_type=page
+ 18.16KB
/wp-admin/upload.php
+ 15.07KB
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  • The plugin has not been properly activated on PHP 7.2.16. It may not work.

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  • The plugin may not be fully compatible with WordPress 5.2.4.

Frequently Updated

  • The plugin has not been updated in the last 90 days.

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We found the following errors while activating the plugin. Read more how WP Hive generates this data.

  • [23-Oct-2019 07:42:57 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Function create_function() is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/category-coloumn/class-lib/CC_WidgetClass.php on line 351
  • [23-Oct-2019 07:42:57 UTC] PHP Notice: Undefined index: css_cache in /wp-content/plugins/category-coloumn/class-lib/CC_DynamicCSSClass.php on line 29
  • [23-Oct-2019 07:42:57 UTC] PHP Deprecated: Function create_function() is deprecated in /wp-content/plugins/category-coloumn/class-lib/CC_WidgetClass.php on line 351

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