Collapsing Categories
by robfelty 4.1 (57 reviews)

Collapsing Categories

Adds a widget which uses Javascript to dynamically expand or collapse the set of posts for each category.

Tested up to WP 6.8.0 (Current: 6.9)
v3.0.9 Current Version v3.0.9
Updated 8 months ago Last Update on 01 May, 2025
Synced 16 hours ago Last Synced on
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Rating
82%
Review 4.1 out of 5
4.1 (57 reviews)

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Active Installs Growth

Active Installs 0,000,000+
Growth +0.0%
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Reviews & Ratings

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Overall 82%
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Plugin Details

Version
3.0.9
Last Updated
May 01, 2025
Requires WP
5.0+
Tested Up To
6.8.0
PHP Version
N/A
Author
robfelty

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Rating
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Reviews
57
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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Collapsing Categories

If you want to use images, you can upload your own images to http://yourblogaddress/wp-content/plugins/collapsing-categories/img/collapse.gif and expand.gif There is an option for this. I have selected a category to expand by default, but it doesn't seem to work If you select a sub-category to expand by default, but not the parent category, you will not see the sub-category expanded until you expand the parent category. You probably want to add both the parent and the sub-category into the expand by default list. I can't get including or excluding to work Make sure you specify category names, not ids. There seems to be a newline between the collapsing/expanding symbol and the category name. How do I fix this? = If your theme has some css that says something like sidebar li a {display:block} that is the problem. You probably want to add a float:left to the .sym class No categories are showing up! What's wrong?"
categories. Please check the options in the settings page (or in the widget if you are using the widget)
As of version 2.0, there are several default styles that come with collapsing-categories. You can choose from these in the widget settings , or you
modify it slightly to your needs. The following classes are used: * collapsing-categories - applied to all ul and li elements * list - applied to the top-level ul * item - applied to each li which has no sub-elements * expand - applied to a category which can be expanded (is currently collapsed) * collapse - applied to a category which can be collapsed (is currently expanded) * sym - class for the expanding / collapsing symbol An example: <ul id='widget-collapscat-15-top ' class='collapsing-categories list'> <li class='collapsing-categories post'><a href='http://mysite.com/your-website/about-your-own-site/' title='About your own site'>About your own site</a> </li> <li class='collapsing-categories'><span class='collapsing-categories expand' onclick='expandCollapse(event, "▶","▼", 1, "collapsing categories"); return false'><span class='sym'>▶</span>Web hosting</span> <ul id='collapsCat-176-15' style="display:none"> <li class='collapsing-categories post'><a href='http://mysite.com/your-website/web-hosting/about-webhosting/' title='About webhosting'>About webhosting</a> </li> <li class='collapsing-categories post'><a href='http://mysite.com/products/webhosting-1/' title='Webhosting #1'>Webhosting #1</a> </li> <li class='collapsing-categories post'><a href='http://mysite.com/products/webhosting-2/' title='Webhosting #2'>Webhosting #2</a> </li> </ul> </li> <!-- ending subcategory -->

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