Automatically toggle the parent categories when a sub category is selected.
As of April 2026, Parent Category Toggler is a WordPress Parent plugin with 10K+ active installations and a 4.8/5 rating from 15 reviews. It has been downloaded 83K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 2.5+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2008. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 39% this week. Top alternative: Custom Post Type Parents.
Automatically toggle the parent categories when a sub category is selected.
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?
Thank you very much
it works perfectly ~
Does exactly what it says.
Thank you
A native-like experience.
… it also unchecks the parent category if you uncheck a child even if there are other childs of that parent that are still checked.
This seems like a bug to me.
| WordPress | 2.5+ requiredTested up to 4.8.28 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Plugin data sourced from WordPress.org. Analysis and metrics by PluginSift.