Parentless Categories
Provides a template tag like the_category() to list categories assigned to a post except those that have a child category also assigned to the post.
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·10 active installs·Updated 11 months agoAs of April 2026, Parentless Categories is a WordPress list plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 6.0K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Top alternative: List category posts.
0/5Rating
10active installs
6.0K+total downloads
17 yearssince 2009
Overview
This plugin provides a template tag which acts as a modified version of WordPress’s built-in template tag, the_category(). the_category() lists all categories directly assigned to the specified post. c2c_parentless_categories() lists those categories, except for categories that are parents to other assigned categories.
For example, assume your category structure is hierarchical and looks like this:
Vegetables
|-- Leafy
| |-- Broccoli
| |-- Bok Choy
| |-- Celery
|-- Fruiting
| |-- Bell Pepper
| |-- Cucumber
| |-- Pumpkin
|-- Podded
| |-- Chickpea
| |-- Lentil
| |-- Soybean
If you directly assigned the categories “Fruiting”, “Cucumber”, and “Pumpkin” to a post, c2c_parentless_categories() would return a list that consists of: R…
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.6+ requiredTested up to 6.8.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
2.3.1 (2025-04-20)
- Change: Note compatibility through WP 6.8+
- Change: Note compatibility through PHP 8.3+
- Change: Update copyright date (2025)
- Unit tests:
- Change: Explicitly define return type for overridden method
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