Adds parent-category.php, child-category.php, and child-category-{slug|id} templates to the hierarchy and conditional tags to match.
As of April 2026, Category Template Hierarchy is a WordPress theme plugin with 100 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 3 reviews. It has been downloaded 19K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2011. Last updated 14 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Kirki Customizer Framework.
Adds several new templates to the template hierarchy:
This greatly extends the native hierarchy of theme templates with regard to
categories. Theme developers can now easily create separate templates for
categories with children, with parents, and children of specific parents.
Additionally makes available four (4) new conditional template tags:
These functions are available for use in any theme or plugin as along as this
plugin is active. For detailed documentation of these functions see the
‘Developer Notes: Condition…
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 3.3.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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