Title: CPT-onomies: Using Custom Post Types as Taxonomies
Author: wpconcierges
Published: <strong>January 31, 2012</strong>
Last modified: October 15, 2019

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# cpt-onomies

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

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cpt-onomies/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cpt-onomies/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/cpt-onomies/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cpt-onomies/)

## Description

This plugin has been closed as of October 29, 2021 and is not available for download.
Reason: Security Issue.

## Reviews

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Doesn’t work](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/doesnt-work-2216/)󠁿

 [la_ri_za](https://profiles.wordpress.org/la_ri_za/) August 12, 2019

Stopped working with wp 5.2.2. Cannot loop custom post types by term. Very poor 
documentation.

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[great plugin, now broken](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-now-broken/)󠁿

 [zota](https://profiles.wordpress.org/zota/) April 1, 2019 4 replies

This plugin has been the best way to do what it does for several years, and I rely
on it for the structure of a couple of sites. It does not deserve a one-star review
for it’s functionality. The problem is that the current version does not function.
When freshly installed, the current plugin version cannot be activated due to a 
fatal error. But when updating an active copy of the plugin, it white screens the
front and back end of the site. To get it back, the plugin folder must be renamed
or removed from the server. That’s unfortunate, but it happens. Everyone makes mistakes.
What matters it how they’re handled. The new maintainers of this plugin broke the
last update by leaving out a required file. As someone in the support forums pointed
out, it can be easily fixed by simply adding this small file back in. But the maintainers
themselves have not responded. And have not updated the plugin with this very minor
fix. As of the time I write this, it’s been nearly a week since the put a site-killing
update in the repository, and they’ve just… left it there. The thing that’s kind
of a last straw is that the new code that broke everything is for monetization. 
Which is fine. People gotta get paid. But I’d expect a developer to be especially
careful about updating parts of the code that get them paid, since they require 
literal buy-in from users. Maybe run a few tests? Keep an eye on the support forums?
Make sure the thing that asks the greatest degree of trust isn’t the thing blowing
everything up? No? If this is how they handle the monetization code, it makes me
think this the actual functional parts of this plugin don’t have much of a future.
So while I still like this plugin (when it works), I have to give it 1 star as a
warning.

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Used to be great, now best avoided](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/used-to-be-great-now-best-avoided/)󠁿

 [Matt Lowe](https://profiles.wordpress.org/squelch/) April 1, 2019

It’s a shame I have to write this review. This plugin was, once upon a time, fantastic.
When Rachel Cherry had the time to maintain it, it was solid as a rock and worked
like a dream. But she went on to find she had dwindling availability, and then the
cracks started to show. Eventually she passed it on to its new owners and nothing
has really improved. Now every site I have this plugin installed on is broken because
the developers FORGOT TO BUNDLE A REQUIRED FILE, and we’ve been waiting for over
5 days for them to package it. This is entry level stuff. And keeping us waiting
for 5 days is just plain lazy. It’s now time to say goodbye to this plugin, I will
no longer be using it in any future projects, I will not be supporting it in any
existing projects, I will not be recommending it to anyone — in fact I will be strongly
recommending they avoid it — and I will be looking to replace it in any internal
projects we might have used it in. I now have the fun job of going back through 
every project to see whether they are negatively affected. I only awarded that second
star because only a few years ago this plugin was so good.

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[NOT WORKING ON NEW WORDPRESS VERSION](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-on-new-wordpress-version/)󠁿

 [stemua](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stemua/) March 24, 2018

NOT WORKING ON NEW WORDPRESS VERSION

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[better logic than other CPTs compilers](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/better-logic-than-other-cpts-compilers/)󠁿

 [Anonymous User 14293447](https://profiles.wordpress.org/anonymized-14293447/) 
August 10, 2017

It wasn’t useful in my case because my CPTs are already assigned to their parent
CPT, but I understood it is very functional and well supported. I had some layout
issues and crashes in my backend, but I guess it’s my theme’s fault.

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s=60&d=retro&r=g)

### 󠀁[Outstanding plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/outstanding-plugin-99/)󠁿

 [notanothercliche](https://profiles.wordpress.org/notanothercliche/) July 10, 2017

Incredibly useful plugin for more advanced sites. Thank you!!

 [ Read all 57 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/cpt-onomies/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“CPT-onomies: Using Custom Post Types as Taxonomies” is open source software. The
following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ wpconcierges ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wpconcierges/)
 *   [ HYPEStudio ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hypestudio/)
 *   [ Dejan Markovic ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dejanmarkovic/)
 *   [ Freemius ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/freemius/)
 *   [ nytogroup ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nytogroup/)

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### Interested in development?

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## Meta

 *  Version **1.4.0**
 *  Last updated **7 years ago**
 *  Active installations **N/A**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **5.1.0**
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