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by Ben Lobaugh (blobaugh) 4.8 (15 reviews)

Parent Category Toggler

Automatically toggle the parent categories when a sub category is selected.

Parent Category Toggler ranks #1,989 among WordPress.org plugins with 10,000+ active installations, a 4.8/5 rating from 15 reviews, and was last updated Jun 5, 2017. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 4.8 (Current: 7.1.1)
vtrunk Current Version vtrunk
Updated 9 years ago Last Update on 05 Jun, 2017
Refreshed 6 hours ago Last Refreshed on
Top 5% by installs Downloads -11.3% this week No update in over a year
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Rank
#1,989
-1 this week
Active Installs
10K+
-22.2%
KW Avg Position
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Downloads
83.4K
+18 today
Support Resolved
0%
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Rating
96%
Review 4.8 out of 5
4.8 (15 reviews)

Next Milestone 20K

Total Progress 29.1%
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Growth +0.0%
Peak 0,000,000

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Reviews & Ratings

4.8
15 reviews
Overall 96%
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Plugin Details

Version
trunk
Last Updated
Jun 05, 2017
Requires WP
2.5+
Tested Up To
4.8
PHP Version
N/A
Author
Ben Lobaugh (blobaugh)

Support & Rating

Rating
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Reviews
15
Support Threads
0
Resolved
0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site administrators and content editors who use hierarchical categories or custom taxonomies. It automatically checks the parent category whenever a sub category is selected, so posts stay correctly filed without manual parent selection.

  • Auto-toggles parent categories
  • Works with custom post types
  • Only loads assets on post edit pages
  • super_category_toggler filter for taxonomies
  • Control which taxonomies toggle automatically

Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about Parent Category Toggler

Parent Category Toggler has 10,000+ active installations on the WordPress.org plugin directory.
Parent Category Toggler holds a 4.8 out of 5 star rating based on 15 user reviews on WordPress.org.
Parent Category Toggler is developed by Ben Lobaugh (blobaugh) and published on the official WordPress.org plugin repository.
Parent Category Toggler requires WordPress 2.5 or higher and is tested up to WordPress 4.8.
Parent Category Toggler has been downloaded 83,406+ times from WordPress.org.
The latest version of Parent Category Toggler is trunk. It was last updated on June 5, 2017.
Yes. Parent Category Toggler is a free WordPress plugin available to download and install from the WordPress.org plugin directory.

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