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Require Post Category
v2.1Not updated in over a year
Require users to choose a post category before updating or publishing a post.
by Josh Hartman · Website
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- Rank
- #6,883 24h 7 · 7d 1
- Est. installs
- 1,149 High confidence
- Total downloads
- 32K all time
- Rating
- 4.9 ★ 11 reviews
- Official installs
- 1,000+ public bucket
- Support threads
- 0 last 2 months
- Support resolved
- — of threads
- Tested up to
- WP 6.5.13 compatibility
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Maintenance & compatibility
2.6 years ago
Last release
- Version
- 2.1
- Requires WP
- 5.5
- Requires PHP
- —
- On WP.org since
- 2011
About Require Post Category
Require Post Category is a WordPress plugin by Josh Hartman, first published on WordPress.org in 2011. It has 1,000+ active installations and 32,236 downloads in total, and ranks #6,883 in the WordPress.org plugin directory. Over the past week it climbed 1 place. Users rate it 4.9 out of 5 across 11 reviews. Version 2.1 was released 2.6 years ago; WordPress.org flags plugins that have not been updated in over a year. It is tested up to WordPress 6.5.13 and requires WordPress 5.5 or later. No support threads were opened in the last two months. It is listed under category, post, require, tags and taxonomy. Plugins with a similar focus include Archive Title, Categories Metabox Enhanced and Custom Recent Posts Widget.
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