Peer Categories
List the categories that are peer (i.e. share the same category parent) to all lowest-level assigned categories for the specified post.
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·10 active installs·Updated 11 months agoAs of April 2026, Peer Categories is a WordPress sibling plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 7.5K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.6+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009.
0/5Rating
10active installs
7.5K+total downloads
17 yearssince 2009
Overview
This plugin provides a template tag which acts a modified version of WordPress’s built-in template tag, the_category(). the_category() lists all categories directly assigned to the specified post. c2c_peer_categories() lists those categories PLUS any categories that are peer to those categories and MINUS categories that are parents to other assigned categories. Peer categories are categories that all share the same category parent.
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” and “Pumpki…
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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 (2025-04-21)
- 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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