Selecting a Parent Category automatically includes children

  • Resolved htmlfx

    (@htmlfx)


    10 years, 10 months ago

    I am using version V3.3.

    I just noticed that when I select a category as a filter, the widget will also include all children of that category, even when they are not explicitly selected. I had to “disorganize” my categories by removing all parents in order to get the results I wanted.

    It would be nice if the widget only included what was actually checked so I can filter out some unwanted children categories.

    Other that that, I love this plugin!!!!

    Thanks for the hard work developing and maintaining it:)

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  • Plugin Author DaveE

    (@dpe415)

    Hi htmlfx,

    This isn’t a limitation or issue with FPW. This is how WordPress handles nested categories. See the second paragraph in the “Parent” description under the Add New Category section of the Post Category Screen help doc:

    If you assign a post to a sub-Category (e.g. “Oregon Coast”), you can choose to assign that post to the sub-Category’s parent (“Photos”) or not. Either way, all “Oregon Coast” posts will show up in the “Photos” Category page.

    Cheers!

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