By request, I added an option to make the widget title a link to the category page. You can turn this option on and off in the configuration dialog of the widget. It’s a simple checkbox.

I’ll add an option for post excerpts in the near future when I get my main laptop up and running again. I coded this feature on my secondary laptop which doesn’t have my usual coding software.

You can download the new plugin here at the WordPress plugin repository.

Also note that I’m closing comments on the other posts about Category Posts Widget because it’s becoming hard to keep track of them all across several different posts.