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Category Template Hierarchy

Adds parent-category.php, child-category.php, and child-category-{slug|id} templates to the hierarchy and conditional tags to match.

By Eddie Moya·Theme·Free
5(3 reviews)
·100 active installs·Updated 14 years ago
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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.

5/53 reviews
100active installs
19K+total downloads
15 yearssince 2011

Overview

Adds several new templates to the template hierarchy:

  • child-of-category-{slug}.php
  • category-{slug}.php
  • child-of-category-{id}.php
  • category-{term_id}.php
  • parent-category.php
  • child-category.php
  • category.php
  • archive.php
  • index.php

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:

  • is_child_category();
  • is_parent_category();
  • is_child_of_category();
  • is_parent_of_category();

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…

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Ratings & Reviews

53 reviews
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Compatibility

WordPress3.0+ requiredTested up to 3.3.2
PHPfalse+ required

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Frequently Asked Questions

Changelog

1.3.2.1

  • Changes made in 1.3.2 were not properly checked in – this version is a re-release of 1.3.2 – apologies for the inconvenience.
View full changelog on WordPress.org

Contributors

Eddie MoyaEddie Moya
Plugin Info
Version
1.3.2.1
Last Updated
Mar 24, 2012
WP Requires
3.0+
Tested Up To
3.3.2
PHP Requires
false+
Active Installs
100
Downloads
19K+
Added
Dec 13, 2011
Business
Free

Tags

themecategorytemplatehierarchytheme development

Developer

E
Eddie Moya
4 plugins0.0M+ total installs
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