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Parent Category Toggler

by Ben Lobaugh (blobaugh) · Uncategorized

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

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
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49 Health · D
Maintenance 3
Rating quality 86
Support 70

Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,379 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

-48%
Oct 22
Jul 26

30-day downloads

Trailing 30-day total · the growth curve wp.org stopped showing

Directory rank

Popularity rank over time · lower is better

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

Downloads per 1k installs · 30d

Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base

Estimated active installs

wp.org reports only “10K+”. The real number sits in this band.

modeled estimate
10K–20K ≈14K

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

Install trend · reconstructed from 1382 daily snapshots

Details

Version
1.3.4
Last updated
8.6y ago
Added
2008-12-08
Requires WP
2.5
Tested up to
4.8.28
Requires PHP

Growth timeline

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

No band crossings observed yet.

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Parent Category Toggler: 10K+ active installs, 4.8★ (15 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-15. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/parent-category-toggler