Title: Category Submenu Builder
Author: rejoyan9009
Published: <strong>August 22, 2026</strong>
Last modified: August 22, 2026

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# Category Submenu Builder

 By [rejoyan9009](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rejoyan9009/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/category-submenu-builder.3.0.0.zip)

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

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-submenu-builder/)

## Description

Category Submenu Builder helps site owners organize WordPress post categories or
WooCommerce product categories, turn them into menu structures, and display them
with shortcodes, blocks, widgets, and native WordPress menus.

#### Main features

 * Create a main category and multiple subcategories in one operation.
 * Reorder and manage category groups from a dedicated builder.
 * Category Manager with search, edit, delete, move, duplicate, bulk actions, and
   recovery snapshots.
 * Category analytics and health checks for duplicate names, invalid slugs, orphaned
   relationships, empty categories, and menu usage.
 * Safe repair tools with automatic lightweight backups before selected repairs.
 * WooCommerce product auto-assignment rules based on title, SKU, tags, and configured
   keywords.
 * Product/post count badges with zero-count and placement controls.
 * Category display controls for hidden, featured, badge, schedule, SEO title, SEO
   description, and short description metadata.
 * WordPress Appearance > Menus integration with category highlighting, nesting,
   duplicate cleanup, and menu synchronization.
 * Visual Mega Menu settings with columns, images, counts, badges, limits, and hover
   behavior.
 * Smart utilities including shortcode generation, category intelligence, badge 
   suggestions, and one-click storefront setup.
 * Storefront layout presets plus a theme compatibility checker.
 * Gutenberg blocks and Elementor integration when those editors are available.
 * JSON backup/export/import and CSV export.
 * CSV, TXT, TSV, and XLSX category import with preview, duplicate handling, rollback,
   and import history.
 * Security Center with upload validation, activity history, permission checks, 
   and plugin file integrity checks.
 * Performance tools with local cache management and diagnostics.
 * Optional uninstall cleanup. Category/product/post content is preserved; plugin
   metadata is removed only when the administrator explicitly enables cleanup.

#### Shortcodes

 * `[wpcb_menu]`
 * `[wpcb_category_grid]`
 * `[wpcb_category_cards]`
 * `[wpcb_featured_categories]`
 * `[wpcb_category_carousel]`
 * `[wpcb_mobile_category_bar]`
 * `[wpcb_mobile_category_drawer]`
 * `[wpcb_category_search]`
 * `[wpcb_mega_menu]`

Common options include `hide_empty`, `show_count`, `depth`, `columns`, `limit`, `
show_images`, `show_badges`, `style`, and `icon` where supported.

#### Privacy and external services

The plugin does not send analytics, telemetry, category data, or user data to an
external service. Category, menu, backup, diagnostics, and settings operations run
on the WordPress site.

#### Source code

Human-readable PHP and JavaScript are included in the plugin package. Readable source
counterparts are also included for minified production assets so the shipped code
can be reviewed and maintained.

## Screenshots

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## Blocks

This plugin provides 3 blocks.

 *   WPCB Category Menu
 *   WPCB Mega Menu
 *   WPCB Category Grid

## Installation

 1. In WordPress, go to Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin.
 2. Upload the plugin ZIP and activate it.
 3. If WooCommerce is active, open WooCommerce > Category Builder. Otherwise open Posts
    > Category Builder.
 4. Choose the target category location in Settings.
 5. Create or arrange category groups in Builder.
 6. Add `[wpcb_menu]` or another provided shortcode where you want the category navigation
    to appear.

## FAQ

### Does WooCommerce have to be installed?

No. When WooCommerce product categories are available the plugin can work with them;
otherwise it can work with normal WordPress post categories.

### Does uninstalling delete my categories or products?

No. Site content is preserved. Optional plugin metadata cleanup runs only when the
administrator enables the uninstall cleanup setting before uninstalling.

### Does the plugin contact an external API?

No external API is required for the included functionality.

### Can I use the native WordPress menu editor?

Yes. The plugin includes tools for adding and nesting category items in WordPress
menus and can synchronize a selected menu after category changes.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

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

Contributors

 *   [ rejoyan9009 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rejoyan9009/)

[Translate “Category Submenu Builder” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/category-submenu-builder)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 3.0.0

 * Initial WordPress.org-ready public release.
 * Hardened form handling with nonce verification, input validation, sanitization,
   and output escaping.
 * Added internationalization translator context and updated deprecated WordPress
   API/date handling.
 * Added human-readable source counterparts for production assets.
 * Preserved category, menu, shortcode, backup, import, analytics, automation, design,
   integration, performance, and security functionality.
 * Added clear admin text rendering for improved readability.

## Meta

 *  Version **3.0.0**
 *  Last updated **21 hours ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.8 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.0.4**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 * Tags
 * [category](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/category/)[menu](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/menu/)
   [navigation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/navigation/)[submenu](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/submenu/)
   [taxonomy](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/taxonomy/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/category-submenu-builder/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ rejoyan9009 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/rejoyan9009/)

## Support

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