Extension:CategoryLink

This extensions adds the ability to create a N-column table of categories to a wiki site and it creates a link to each category. I couldn't find something simple that would do this, so I decided to write one myself. Any improvements to make it more dynamic would be appreciated.

To change how many Columns you want on a page, change the column variable value. Other than that, it is all set to go!

This extension can be called with: or just

Installation
Copy code below to ../extensions/CategoryLink.php and include in LocalSettings.php.

Code
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An alternative version which makes use of the internal code for Special:Categories (seems to work as of version 1.10.1) This version is not as versatile, and is only capable of generating a single column, not a table.:

Related Extensions
These can also produce category lists, but with different appearances and more/different options.
 * CategoryTree
 * Dynamic Page List