Radio Buttons for Taxonomies
Replace the default taxonomy boxes with a custom metabox that uses radio buttons... effectively limiting each post to a single term in that taxonomy.
5(50 reviews)
·20K+ active installs·Updated 1 year agoAs of April 2026, Radio Buttons for Taxonomies is a WordPress ui plugin with 20K+ active installations and a 5/5 rating from 50 reviews. It has been downloaded 337K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.5.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 17% this week. Top alternative: Category Checklist Tree.
5/550 reviews
20K+active installs
337K+total downloads
14 yearssince 2012
Overview
Replace the default taxonomy boxes with a custom metabox that uses radio buttons… effectively limiting each post to a single term in that taxonomy.
A plugin options page allows the user can select which taxonomies she’d like to switch to using the custom radio-button style metabox.
Originally based on the the class by Stephen Harris
Support
Support is handled in the WordPress forums. Please note that support is limited and does not cover any custom implementation of the plugin. Before posting a question, read the FAQ and confirm that the problem still exists with a default theme and with all other plugins disabled.
Please report any bugs, errors, warnings, code problems to Github
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
This is exactly what I was looking for
by Edgar Pfandler·1 year ago·2 replies
There would still be a small improvement. There should be an option to pre-select a category by default when a new post is created. And the option of whether a category can be removed should also be possible in the global settings.
- This topic was modified 1 year, 11 months ago by Edgar Pfandler.
- This topic was modified 1 year, 11 months ago by Edgar Pfandler.
Important plugin
by toologic·3 years ago
Great plugin. Clearly and quickly solves the problem with multicategories.
Good support. Responds promptly to user requests
Thank You!
by cutero·3 years ago
Great plugin.
Good, but limited
by jjci·3 years ago·2 replies
The plugin does what it says it will do regarding non-hierarchical taxonomies. However, I realized that this is of limited utility to my application because all of my taxonomies are hierarchical.
If a Pro version were available to allow mandatory selection from only the first-level children terms of a specified parent term, then I would be very interested in that. If that is a possibility, please let me know.
Thanks.
Excellent
by 99w·4 years ago
We’ve been using this plugin for longer than we can remember, never had any issues whatsoever, highly recommended!
Download Trends
Today: 82Yesterday: 108This week: 618Period total: 43K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 4.5.0+ requiredTested up to 6.7.0 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.4
89.2%
Other
10.8%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
2023.03.18 – Version 2.4.7
- Manual update to ensure SVN version is the same as GitHub version.
Contributors
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