Title: Category Checklist Expander
Author: Mark Jaquith
Published: <strong>October 26, 2009</strong>
Last modified: December 26, 2012

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Category Checklist Expander

 By [Mark Jaquith](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markjaquith/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/category-checklist-expander.1.0.1.zip)

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

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-checklist-expander/)

## Description

This plugin increases the height of the category checklist meta box on the post 
editing screen so that all categories are shown. No more scrolling! All of your 
categories will be visible. If you’ve been frustrated by having to scroll to find
the correct category, this plugin is for you. No options. Just install it and you’re
good.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * A category list with all categories showing

## Installation

 1. Upload the `category-checklist-expander` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## Reviews

![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5ae2e93bea213bb15ec2121bdb08b05338ec26a18fc9fba757c55250c911080d?
s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Add support for WooCommerce product categories and CPT](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-support-for-woocommerce-product-categories-and-cpt/)󠁿

 [marco.marsala](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marcomarsala/) July 7, 2017

Perfect plugin but it won’t work with WooCommerce product categories.

 [ Read all 4 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-checklist-expander/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

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

Contributors

 *   [ Mark Jaquith ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markjaquith/)

[Translate “Category Checklist Expander” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/category-checklist-expander)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 1.0.1

 * Add a `max-height: none` rule to fix the plugin in WordPress 3.5

#### 1.0

 * Public release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.1**
 *  Last updated **13 years ago**
 *  Active installations **100+**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.7 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.5.2**
 * Tags
 * [admin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)[categories](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/categories/)
   [ui](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ui/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/category-checklist-expander/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4.7 out of 5 stars.

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

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## Contributors

 *   [ Mark Jaquith ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/markjaquith/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

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

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