WP Dropdown Hierarchical Category UI
It makes the categories or taxonomies list in a better UI which enables show/hide toggle of child categories. Supports any custom post types.
5(5 reviews)
·30 active installs·Updated 12 years agoAs of April 2026, WP Dropdown Hierarchical Category UI is a WordPress ui plugin with 30 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 5 reviews. It has been downloaded 3.8K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.4+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Last updated 12 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Radio Buttons for Taxonomies.
5/55 reviews
30active installs
3.8K+total downloads
13 yearssince 2013
Overview
Dropdown hierarchical category in WordPress post write panel or editing screen. It makes the categories or taxonomies list in a better UI which enables show/hide toggle of child categories. It comes with plugin settings page where you can select in what custom post type(s) the dropdown UI will be applied to.
The idea comes from default WordPress hierarchial post categories which looks not good. Imagine that there are a lot of child categories. After selecting child category then publishing or updating a post, the arrangement seems not pretty — the child categories moved away from its parent. This plugin tackles that situation.
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Ratings & Reviews
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Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.4+ requiredTested up to 3.7.41 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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Changelog
1.2
- Add plugin settings page (to select post type)
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