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Preserve Taxonomy Hierarchy

by Amin Nazemi · eCommerce

Also makes 3 other plugins · 100.9K+ installs across the portfolio →

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Preserve hierarchy in posts category and navigation menu editor lists.

⚠ Stale⚠ Few reviews
How scoring works →
58 Health · C
Maintenance 33/100
Rating quality 78/100
Support 70/100

58 health vs 68 average across 5,563 eCommerce plugins

800+

Active installs

≈850 estimated

6.6K

Total downloads

since 2020

4.12★

Rating (adjusted)

5.0★ raw · 3 reviews

+37%

134

Downloads · 30d

category median +16%

Directory ranking optimization

How it's scored →

How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.

72 / 100

Well optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 41/100
WP compatibility 100/100
Rating quality 54/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 638 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,424 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+37% vs prior 30d
11Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

134

now · peak 218

13830d downloads · Aug 26

Directory rank vs rivals

wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Preserve Taxonomy Hi · #7577 you Categories in Hierar · #4809 Taxonomy Checklist T · #9809 WP Dropdown Hierarch · #25594

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

173per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

1.7y ago

latest release · v1.0.1

2

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

1.0.1 · 1.7y ago1.0.0 · 5.5y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v1.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “800+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

tracked estimate
800–900 ≈850

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

Install history · since 2022-08-18 · 1,417 observations

800Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Ratings · 3 reviews

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5★
3 4★
0 3★
0 2★
0 1★
0

Details

Version
1.0.1
Last updated
1.7y ago
Added
2020-12-15 · 5 yrs old
Requires WP
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Tested up to
6.7.7
Requires PHP
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Recent reviews

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  1. ★★★★★ Sara
    3.2y ago

    My client has a complex online store and has over 100 product categories, sub-categories, etc. As long as I had 50 or less, the hierarchy of the cats/sub-cats displayed just fine when I’d create a menu from the Product Categories option; more than 50 and the menu tree would break and show all of those cats/sub-cats as individual, un-nested items. This plugin fixes that issue. Can’t thank the developer enough!

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  2. ★★★★★ alexio101
    3.5y ago

    I cant believe WordPress has this bug for so many years! Thank god for this plugin or i would have to spend hours fixing my menus.

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  3. ★★★★★ pablotischer
    4.2y ago

    Depois de testar diversos plugins sem sucesso, consegui resolver meu problema com o seu!!! Muito obrigado!!!

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.4.8 · WP 6.0

✓ Low memory footprint
✓ Low page-speed impact
✓ Runs on latest PHP + WP
✓ No PHP errors
✓ No JS errors
✓ Activates cleanly
✓ No resource errors
✓ No external HTTP errors
✓ Optimized database use
✕ Frequently updated

Growth timeline

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

  1. 2026-06-13 900+ → 800+ down after 2 days in tier
  2. 2026-06-11 800+ → 900+ up after 2 days in tier
  3. 2026-06-09 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-06-08 800+ → 900+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-06-07 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
  6. 2026-06-06 800+ → 900+ up after 4 days in tier
  7. 2026-06-02 900+ → 800+ down after 1 days in tier
  8. 2026-06-01 800+ → 900+ up after 5 days in tier

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