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Require Post Category

by Josh Hartman · Uncategorized

Require users to choose a post category before updating or publishing a post.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
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56 Health · C
Maintenance 20
Rating quality 86
Support 70

Daily downloads

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

-43%
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 “1K+”. The real number sits in this band.

modeled estimate
1K–2K ≈1.4K

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

Install trend · reconstructed from 1379 daily snapshots

Details

Version
2.1
Last updated
2.3y ago
Added
2011-02-14
Requires WP
5.5
Tested up to
6.5.8
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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Require Post Category: 1K+ active installs, 4.9★ (11 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-07-14. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/require-post-category