Title: Parent Category Toggler Author: Ben Lobaugh (blobaugh) Published: 8. Decembar 2008. Last modified: 5. Juni 2017. --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/parent-category-toggler.svg) # Parent Category Toggler By [Ben Lobaugh (blobaugh)](https://profiles.wordpress.org/blobaugh/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/parent-category-toggler.zip) * [Details](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/parent-category-toggler/#description) * [Reviews](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/parent-category-toggler/#reviews) * [Installation](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/parent-category-toggler/#installation) * [Development](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/parent-category-toggler/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/parent-category-toggler/) ## Description Automatically toggle the parent categories when a sub category is selected. ### 1.3.4 * Compatibility updates for WordPress 4.8 ### 1.3.3 * Tested with WP 4.4 ### 1.3.2 * Only load plugin assets on post (CPT included) new/edit pages in wp-admin ( Props bishoya ) ### 1.3.1 * Verify working with WP 4.0 Alpha ### 1.3 * Updated functionality to 3.7.1 #### 1.2 * Added filter super_category_toggler to control which taxonomies will automagically toggle ( Props guar ) #### 1.03 * Plugin maint taken over by Ben Lobaugh due to abandonment * Tested up to version updated * Bumped back into the repository ## Screenshots [⌊A simple introduction:⌉⌊A simple introduction:⌉[ A simple introduction: ## Installation 1. Unzip the zip package in your plugin folder 2. Activate it in your wp-admin menu 🙂 ## FAQ Installation Instructions 1. Unzip the zip package in your plugin folder 2. Activate it in your wp-admin menu 🙂 Can I control which categories automatically toggle? Absolutely! version 1.2 introduced a filter called super_category_toggler. Pass back an array of categories you want to toggle and the rest will be excluded by default. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ba97b012b5f822fb5fb2a5d899236cbe9b420aa2bc645182b1da836388b40bc0? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[It still works well today!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/it-still-works-well-today/)󠁿 [daro2013](https://profiles.wordpress.org/daro2013/) 6. Maj 2021. The plugin works as it says. I have a suggestion: can you add a functionality so that when users UNCHECK a parent category, all its child categories are UNCHECKED automatically? ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/ecfd6ca7f27c1c157afb01d2310b8c8f0eeef1f09f4117bbbec6f513d8723685? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Excellent](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/excellent-8913/)󠁿 [Aram Ghazaryan](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aramgh100/) 11. April 2020. Thank you very much it works perfectly ~ ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/d630844eafa3bf5f4e99495e04ec9eb8d89049af6eb9258865753c2f79f2ac30? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works well](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-well-1342/)󠁿 [clk87](https://profiles.wordpress.org/clk87/) 9. April 2018. Does exactly what it says. Thank you ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/e375f8b274badb1c1c5d360299feaba06ec1658a48a3fe983d77ca149b93b15c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Should have been part of WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/should-have-been-part-of-wordpress/)󠁿 [certainlyakey](https://profiles.wordpress.org/certainlyakey/) 18. Januar 2018. A native-like experience. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/36945f44b00be01763143e6e65029cf935ebfc8f2bbe1864abbe015beac10b7e? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Not bad but …](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-bad-but-12/)󠁿 [GDY](https://profiles.wordpress.org/grandy/) 11. Maj 2017. … it also unchecks the parent category if you uncheck a child even if there are other childs of that parent that are still checked. This seems like a bug to me. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/09afcccc9b10289a2e4558b59d1181cdf98a0496dea0d5379342f7c61989e4eb? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[simply works](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simply-works-121/)󠁿 [Radhe](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pulser1983/) 3. Septembar 2016. Does exactly what it says [ Read all 15 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/parent-category-toggler/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Parent Category Toggler” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Ben Lobaugh (blobaugh) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/blobaugh/) * [ guar ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/guar/) * [ freshmuse ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/freshmuse/) * [ Nikhil Vimal ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nikv/) [Translate “Parent Category Toggler” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/parent-category-toggler) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/parent-category-toggler/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/parent-category-toggler/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/parent-category-toggler/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/parent-category-toggler/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Meta * Version **1.3.4** * Last updated **9 years ago** * Active installations **10.000+** * WordPress version ** 2.5 or higher ** * Tested up to **4.8.33** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/parent-category-toggler/) * Tags * [category](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/category/)[Parent](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/parent/) [toggle](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/toggle/) * [Advanced View](https://me.wordpress.org/plugins/parent-category-toggler/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.8 out of 5 stars. * [ 13 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/parent-category-toggler/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/parent-category-toggler/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 1 3-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/parent-category-toggler/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/parent-category-toggler/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/parent-category-toggler/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/parent-category-toggler/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/parent-category-toggler/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Ben Lobaugh (blobaugh) ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/blobaugh/) * [ guar ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/guar/) * [ freshmuse ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/freshmuse/) * [ Nikhil Vimal ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nikv/) ## Support Got something to say? 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