Title: WP Category Order
Author: Monika Yadav
Published: <strong>اگست 17, 2016</strong>
Last modified: اگست 4, 2025

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# WP Category Order

 By [Monika Yadav](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ymonica32/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-category-order.4.5.3.zip)

 * [Details](https://bcc.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-category-order/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://bcc.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-category-order/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://bcc.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-category-order/#installation)
 * [Development](https://bcc.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-category-order/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-category-order/)

## Description

This plugin allows you to display checked categories in hierarchical order. Selected
categories will remain in their defined order rather than moving to the top of the
list.
 It helps maintain the structure of parent and child categories in the post
editor, making it easier for users to follow the taxonomy hierarchy when assigning
categories.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Category listing will look like screenshot-1.png

## Installation

This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.

e.g.

 1. Upload the plugin files to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory, or install the
    plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly.
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress
 3. Check on the Back-end, you will get category in hierarchical order.

## FAQ

### What are the future aspects of this plugin?

Plugin enhancement is in progress to advance its feature so that it can be used 
on more advanced WordPress sites too.

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[Awesome plugin.](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/awesome-plugin-7406/)󠁿

 [rahulmishra](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rahulmishra/) اگست 4, 2025

Awesome plugin.

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Awesome](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/awesome-3461/)󠁿

 [imran_iubd](https://profiles.wordpress.org/imran_iubd/) نومبر 21, 2016

This is a awesome plugin for ordering checked category on post editor . Thanks a
lot for your great work .

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### 󠀁[gr8 plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gr8-plugin-6/)󠁿

 [rohit keshriya](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rohit-keshriya/) ستمبر 3, 2016

this is very helpfull for category order

 [ Read all 3 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-category-order/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“WP Category Order” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Monika Yadav ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ymonica32/)

[Translate “WP Category Order” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wp-category-order)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/wp-category-order/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/wp-category-order/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-category-order/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/wp-category-order/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 1.0 (August 4, 2025)

 * Initial release on WordPress Plugin Directory.
 * Displays selected categories in hierarchical order in the post editor.
 * Prevents selected categories from floating to the top.

## Meta

 *  Version **4.5.3**
 *  Last updated **10 months ago**
 *  Active installations **400+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.8.5**
 *  PHP version ** 5.6 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-category-order/)
 * Tags
 * [category order](https://bcc.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/category-order/)[parent category](https://bcc.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/parent-category/)
   [taxonomy](https://bcc.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/taxonomy/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://bcc.wordpress.org/plugins/wp-category-order/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  3 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-category-order/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-category-order/reviews/?filter=4)
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 *  [  0 2-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-category-order/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  0 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-category-order/reviews/?filter=1)

[Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-category-order/reviews/#new-post)

[See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-category-order/reviews/)

## Contributors

 *   [ Monika Yadav ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ymonica32/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-category-order/)

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