Easy Primary Category
Allows you to choose primary category for posts and custom post types.
5(4 reviews)
·1.0K+ active installs·Updated 1 month agoAs of April 2026, Easy Primary Category is a WordPress primary plugin with 1.0K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 41K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.5+ and PHP 5.6+. Available on WordPress.org since 2017. Recently updated within the last 3 months. Downloads are up 40% this week. Top alternative: Primary Addon for Elementor.
5/54 reviews
1.0K+active installs
41K+total downloads
9 yearssince 2017
Overview
Notice: Currently works only with WordPress Classic Editor, not Gutenberg compatible
Allows you to choose primary category for posts and custom post types.
When the permalink structure includes category, the category marked as Primary, will be used for generating the permalink of the post.
Works with custom post types and custom taxonomies as long as the taxonomy supports hierarchical structure.
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Excellent – just what I needed
by shaunbowen·6 years ago
I needed to choose the primary category for some posts I was importing from an older site, as WordPress was choosing the wrong one. This has saved me setting up loads of 301 redirects for the posts!
Another thank you – great plugin
by Exo·6 years ago
Just another thank you here, love it.
With a bit of manual coding in PHP I can now determine which category is more suited to a Woo Commerce product instead of the first of many selected.
Excellent!!
by unitedonline·6 years ago
Great plugin! Saved me a lot of time while trying to put all my categories in order.
Does wonders for SEO and the dreaded duplicate content issue.
Works great with WP Version 5.2.2
Thanks for your effort.
thank you!
by OgdenNews·7 years ago
This seems like something that should just be baked right into WordPress by default, but for some reason it just isn’t. Controlling which category gets used for your permalink is a big deal, but WordPress just doesn’t let you manage it. Why? I’ll never know…
The only other plugin I found that could do this was Yoast SEO, but that comes with a TON of extra stuff that we just don’t need/want running on our sites. This was an incredible help and a great find! Thank you so much for making this a dedicated plugin!
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.5+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 5.6+ required |
Version Adoption
v1.1
100.0%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
1.1.1
- Made code WordPress coding standards compatible.
- Tested with latest version of WordPress.
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