WP Required Taxonomies – Categories and Tags Mandatory

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Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 78% 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. ★★★★★ instadesign

   1.5y ago

   I had been trying to solve this exact issue with some custom snippets of PHP and JS but running into issues… I then searched and found this plugin, and found it worked perfectly for my use case and within minutes I was able to move on. I’ve used it to force WooCommerce shop managers to select terms from custom taxonomies I’ve created before they can publish a product. Lovely job. 👏

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2. ★★★★★ germario

   2.6y ago

   In itself it’s a cool tool making sure that users on the backend select categories. The plugin is causing a bug, where to update or to publish a post type that is being checked by the plugin needs to be initiated twice. So the blue “update” button, for example, needs to be clicked twice for it to work. I am using it for custom post types too. The developers contact forms on their website aren’t working unfortunately. This topic was modified 2 years, 6 months ago by germario.

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3. ★★★★★ Rickey

   6.0y ago

   I like this plugin!

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4. ★★★★★ Marie-Aude

   6.3y ago

   Simple to use, all free, does exactly what is needed

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5. ★★★★★ truca

   7.2y ago

   Straight forward, quick and easy. So far no problems.

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6. ★★★★★ dkenny

   7.2y ago

   Does exactly what we needed for client

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7. ★★★★★ ctrlaltdelete

   7.8y ago

   If you use custom taxonomies there’s a high chance you also use custom post types. Forcing people to buy this to be able to use it on custom post types is indecent. I hope you go bankrupt. Seriously. This don’t belong in WP repository.

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8. ★★★★★ Jose Vega

   8.5y ago

   Great for making categories required , so users can´t publish without selecting a category.

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2 disclosed vulnerabilities on record for this plugin, all fixed in the current version. Sites on older versions stay exposed until they update.

1. Medium · 6.1 Freemius SDK <= 2.5.9 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via fs_request_get ↗
   2023-07-18 CVE-2023-33999 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Affects <= 1.1.7 Patched in 1.1.8
2. Medium · 6.3 Freemius SDK <= 2.4.2 - Missing Authorization Checks ↗
   2022-03-04 CVE-2022-4974 Missing Authorization Affects < 1.1.8 Patched in 1.1.8

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.6.2

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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).

• Media Library Assistant 70K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A
• P Post Tags and Categories for Pages 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B
• V Visual Term Description Editor 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C
• Essential Widgets 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B
• Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce 10K+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags B
• Google for WooCommerce 800K+ installs · 2.8★ · 1 shared tag B

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