Title: Category Family Tree Author: nasznjoka Published: June 23, 2014 Last modified: June 23, 2014 --- Search plugins This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/category-family-tree.svg) # Category Family Tree By [nasznjoka](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nasznjoka/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/category-family-tree.zip) * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/category-family-tree/#description) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/category-family-tree/#reviews) * [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/category-family-tree/#installation) * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/category-family-tree/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-family-tree/) ## Description Show Category parents and sub categories of the same parent of the current post/ page’s category on the sidebar of a single post or a page or an archive, highlight the current subcategory the post is in and unlike most of similar plugins out there, this one shows where the user is from, where he/she is and where to go this is helpful for navigation and the overall user experience. Inspired by the problem i was facing when doing a client’s site and i think many of you out there meet the same challenges ## Installation You can install Category Family Tree directly from the WordPress admin panel. Visit the Plugins > Add New and search for ‘Category Family Tree’. Click to install. Once installed, activate and it is functional. Manual Installation Category Family Tree plugin: Download and unzip the file Upload the full extracted folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress. You’re done! The Plugin ready to use according to the directions in the description. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “Category Family Tree” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ nasznjoka ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nasznjoka/) [Translate “Category Family Tree” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/category-family-tree) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/category-family-tree/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/category-family-tree/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/category-family-tree/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/category-family-tree/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### 1.0 Initial Release ## Meta * Version **1.0** * Last updated **12 years ago** * Active installations **30+** * WordPress version ** 2.8 or higher ** * Tested up to **3.9.40** * Tags * [category tree](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/category-tree/)[parent category](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/parent-category/) [related post](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/related-post/)[sub-category](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/sub-category/) * [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/category-family-tree/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-family-tree/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-family-tree/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-family-tree/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-family-tree/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-family-tree/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-family-tree/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-family-tree/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ nasznjoka ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nasznjoka/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-family-tree/)