Title: MU Central Taxonomies
Author: Marcus Downing
Published: <strong>October 19, 2011</strong>
Last modified: May 16, 2014

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# MU Central Taxonomies

 By [Marcus Downing](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marcusdowning/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/mu-central-taxonomies.zip)

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## Description

Sometimes you want the different sites on a multisite network to share their taxonomies.

This plugin forces a child site to use its parent’s taxonomies instead of its own.

## Installation

 1. Upload the `mu-central-taxonomies` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory.
 2. **Either** activate the plugin on each child site’s Plugins panel, **or** activate
    it across the whole site using the Network Admin’s Plugins panel.
 3. Edit pages and posts as you normally would.

## FAQ

  Why do I want this?

If you’re using multisite to separate out parts of a website that still have some
connection to each other,
 then you may want to use the same tags, categories and
other taxonomies across them all.

  Where is the data stored?

In the taxonomy tables for the _parent_ site of the network.

  Can I use this for some child sites and not others?

Yes. Activate the plugin on each child site that you wish to use it for.
 In this
case, do not activate the plugin across the whole network.

  Can I use this for some taxonomies and not others?

No, it’s all or nothing.

  Can I use this with my custom taxonomy?

Yes.

  Is this compatible with other plugins that affect taxonomies?

In most cases, yes.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“MU Central Taxonomies” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Marcus Downing ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marcusdowning/)

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### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mu-central-taxonomies/),
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## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **12 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.9.40**
 * Tags
 * [custom](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/custom/)[multisite](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/multisite/)
   [taxonomies](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/taxonomies/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mu-central-taxonomies/advanced/)

## Ratings

 3.7 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Marcus Downing ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/marcusdowning/)

## Support

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