Category Dropdown by GCS Design

Description

WP Category Dropdown plugin displays parent and child categories in a dropdown. You can select the parent category and display a dropdown for the child categories of the selected parent. If the selected parent category does not have a child category, you will be automatically directed to the category page.

You can use the shortcode or the widget to display the dropdown categories.

You can learn more at gcsdesign.com/wp_category_dropdown

Screenshots

Blocks

This plugin provides 1 block.

• WP Category Dropdown

Installation

Using The WordPress Dashboard

1. Navigate to the \’Add New\’ in the plugins dashboard
2. Search for \’wp category dropdown\’
3. Click \’Install Now\’
4. Activate the plugin on the Plugin dashboard

Uploading in WordPress Dashboard

1. Navigate to the \’Add New\’ in the plugins dashboard
2. Navigate to the \’Upload\’ area
3. Select wp-category-dropdown.zip from your computer
4. Click \’Install Now\’
5. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

Using FTP

1. Download wp-category-dropdown.zip
2. Extract the wp-category-dropdown directory to your computer
3. Upload the wp-category-dropdown directory to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
4. Activate the plugin in the Plugin dashboard

FAQ

Does the dropdown work with custom taxonomies?

Yes! It works with custom taxonomies.

Reviews

Works With BeaverBuilder

Flashpaper June 14, 2023 1 reply

WordPress 6.22BeaverBuilder Pro 2.7.0.5 I’ve spent a considerable amount of time trying out different plugins that will give me a category dropdown with the option to choose the categories for display, that would also work with BeaverBuilder / Beaver Themer. This one does the trick! It’s better than BB’s own Categories Widget, and very stable. Great work!

This plug-in is a life saver.

alek123ish September 19, 2021

I used it on a big project of mine with Woocommerce categories. It works perfectly, it only needs an option for multiple childs selection. Hope it will be added with an update.

great search plugin

Jacqui November 11, 2019

Perfect plugin for search. Shows woocommerce parent and sub product category accurately. Great customer service as well.

Contributors & Developers

Changelog

1.9

• FIxed the Cross-Site Scripting issue caused by the align parameter in the block
• Changed the name of the plugin to remove the ‘WP’ from the name

1.8

• Fixed the issue of default text going to 404 page

1.7

• Updated to work with WP 6.0

1.6

• Multiple dropdowns can be added on the same page
• The hide empty categories and the show count options now work for both parent and child category dropdowns

1.5

• Added align support to the category dropdown block

1.4

• Categories can be excluded from the dropdown

1.3

• Added a block to display the parent and child category dropdowns

1.2

• The plugin works with the custom category base in permalinks settings

1.1

• Fixed the issue of sub categories not showing up properly

1.0

• First release