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Adjust Admin Categories vs Parent Category Toggler (2026)

Detailed side-by-side comparison of two WordPress plugins, based on real-time data from WordPress.org.

Adjust Admin Categories

Adjust Admin Categories

5(4)

10K+ active installs

Free

Updated 3 years ago
View Adjust Admin Categories
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Parent Category Toggler

Parent Category Toggler

4.8(15)

10K+ active installs

Free

Updated 8 years ago
View Parent Category Toggler

Quick Verdict

As of April 2026, Adjust Admin Categories has a higher user rating (5/5 from 4 reviews) and leads in active installations (10K+ vs 10K+). Both are free WordPress plugins. Adjust Admin Categories has accumulated 69K+ total downloads while Parent Category Toggler has 83K+.

Detailed Comparison

Rating
5/5Adjust Admin Categories
◄
Parent Category Toggler4.8/5
Total Reviews
4Adjust Admin Categories
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Parent Category Toggler15
Active Installs
10K+Adjust Admin Categories
Parent Category Toggler10K+
Total Downloads
69K+Adjust Admin Categories
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Parent Category Toggler83K+
Support Resolution
N/AAdjust Admin Categories
Parent Category TogglerN/A
Last Updated
3 years agoAdjust Admin Categories
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Parent Category Toggler8 years ago
First Released
2014Adjust Admin Categories
Parent Category Toggler2008
Age
12 yearsAdjust Admin Categories
Parent Category Toggler18 years
WP Requires
3.0+Adjust Admin Categories
Parent Category Toggler2.5+
PHP Requires
false+Adjust Admin Categories
Parent Category Togglerfalse+
Business Model
FreeAdjust Admin Categories
Parent Category TogglerFree
Latest Version
2.2.6Adjust Admin Categories
Parent Category Toggler1.3.4

Rating Breakdown

Adjust Admin Categories

5/5(4 reviews)
5
100%
4
0%
3
0%
2
0%
1
0%

Parent Category Toggler

4.8/5(15 reviews)
5
87%
4
7%
3
7%
2
0%
1
0%

Recent Reviews

Adjust Admin Categories Reviews

by luckyfella73

Works :)

Thanks for this nice feature! Would be even better if we could exclude categories from being affected to prevent the default category (coming with WordPress) from unnecessarily being displayed. Not me

by simongendrin

Many thks!!!

WHat the **ck the checkbox by default in hierachy taxonomy is buggy!! Even the last wordpress 5.2.2 is still buggy ! Thanks for this plugins to help me resolve it and add features as set a radio to a

by nuriarai

Awesome!

It will be the best if also made the category hierarchy collapsible.

Parent Category Toggler Reviews

by daro2013

It still works well today!

The plugin works as it says. I have a suggestion: can you add a functionality so that when users UNCHECK a parent category, all its child categories are UNCHECKED automatically?

by Aram Ghazaryan

Excellent

Thank you very much it works perfectly ~

by clk87

Works well

Does exactly what it says. Thank you

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Adjust Admin Categories or Parent Category Toggler more popular?
Adjust Admin Categories has 10K+ active installations while Parent Category Toggler has 10K+. Parent Category Toggler is the more widely-used plugin as of April 2026.
Which has better ratings — Adjust Admin Categories or Parent Category Toggler?
Adjust Admin Categories has a 5/5 rating from 4 reviews, while Parent Category Toggler has a 4.8/5 rating from 15 reviews.
Are Adjust Admin Categories and Parent Category Toggler free?
Adjust Admin Categories is free and Parent Category Toggler is free. Both can be downloaded from the WordPress.org plugin directory.
Which plugin has better support — Adjust Admin Categories or Parent Category Toggler?
Support resolution data is not available for all plugins. Check each plugin's WordPress.org support forum for current response quality.
Which plugin is updated more frequently?
Adjust Admin Categories was last updated 3 years ago and Parent Category Toggler was last updated 8 years ago.

Plugin data sourced from WordPress.org. Comparison and analysis by PluginSift.