Categories in Hierarchical Order

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Directory rank vs rivals

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 93% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

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1. ★★★★★ fabricio121

   4.4y ago

   Faz 1 ano que esse plugin não recebeu uma atualização, e o plugin pode ficar vulnerável. Não abandone este plugin , pois ele é ótimo e ajuda em muito. obrogado por ele!

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2. ★★★★★ studioram

   6.8y ago

   Excactly waht I needed! Unfortuanally WordPress still order categeries alphabatical. This plugin orders them hierarchical. Easy in use!

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3. ★★★★★ Joshaw

   7.1y ago

   Does the trick perfectly, thanks! 🙂

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4. ★★★★★ sharonvillines

   7.5y ago

   Don’t understand why this plug-in doesn’t have more reviews. It’s one of the first I install. I have sites with a subject category and then a subject-date category. this allows me to keep the dates with the categories without naming them with both the category and the date. Otherwise, I would see 1978 chosen but not be able to check that I had chosen photos>1978 or notes>1978. Repeating the category name with every date would add twice the number of terms in far too many places.

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5. ★★★★★ Andrew Schultz

   8.1y ago

   Why is this not part of the WordPress core yet? This plugin fixed my ugly looking category structure! Thanks guys!

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6. ★★★★★ swinggraphics

   8.7y ago

   Perfect

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7. ★★★★★ lorenzck

   9.0y ago

   Does exactly what should be the default option in WordPress, great! Sorely needed if you have many categories (possibly with very similar names) and rely on a complex hierarchy.

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8. ★★★★★ drexmeister

   9.3y ago

   Hi there, Thanks for the plugin, this should be default behaviour. It’s on of the most asked questions by my clients. Thanks for coding and sharing.

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Recent releases and news for this plugin

1. — Version 1.3.1 Security improvement by blocking direct file access 1.3.1
2. — Version 1.3 GitHub and support links updated Tested up to WordPress version 5.6 with Classic Editor 1.3
3. — Version 1.2 Changed the Class constructor for compatibility to PHP 7 1.2
4. — Version 1.1 Tested to support latest WordPress version 1.1
5. — Version 1.0 Maintain category hierarchical order 1.0

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2024-11-30 3K+ → 2K+ down

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

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• Term Management Tools 10K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags B
• Gravity Forms + Custom Post Types 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags A
• Taxonomy Images 9K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D

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Categories in Hierarchical Order: 2K+ active installs, 5.0★ (14 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/categories-in-hierarchical-order