Replacement of the category widget to allow for greater customization of the category widget. The following options have been implemented:
* Display as List or Dropdown
* Show number of posts (Count) after the category
* Hide empty categories
* Show categories hierarchical.
* Sort by ID, Name,Count.
* Sort ascending or descending.
* Select which categories to show. (Requires WordPress 2.5.1 or higher)
New for this version:
* Bugfix: Problem when using multiple widgets with the dropdown option.
Find it on the AVH Extended Categories plugin page