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Hide Categories matters only if the evidence supports a paid workflow around keeping publishing, media, and editorial handoffs consistent, not a list of isolated fixes. The current commercial thesis is: Content-heavy WordPress teams lose time when formatting, media, duplicate content, and publishing handoffs drift across sites. The entry wedge is to audit publishing workflows, detect inconsistent content operations, and package fix-ready editorial reports.

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Build a content publishing operations plugin for publishers, content teams, and agencies: Content-heavy WordPress teams lose time when formatting, media, duplicate content, and publishing handoffs drift across sites. The first wedge is to audit publishing workflows, detect inconsistent content operations, and package fix-ready editorial reports.

The unmet need is not the individual complaint. It is the recurring business workflow: Content-heavy WordPress teams lose time when formatting, media, duplicate content, and publishing handoffs drift across sites. Current stage: commercial watchlist.

Competitors

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Display Categories Widget 3.0K installs · 4.8
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-100.0%momentum 65.8weakness 16/24pain/praise

Pain still appears around support, compatibility despite praise for quality, easy.

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Hide Categories 200 installs · 3.7
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-100.0%momentum 56.5weakness 5/5pain/praise

Pain still appears around compatibility, missing feature despite praise for reliable, quality.

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Evidence

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complaint Fatal Error on plugin after 7-15-19 update

Fatal Error on plugin after 7-15-19 update: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Display Categories Widget · Fatal Error on plugin after 7-15-19 update Hi, Our website wasn’t loading today and WordPress sent me a message saying the cause was your plugin. mixed Google Search Console Page Indexing Issues

Google Search Console Page Indexing Issues: users show security, bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ultimate Category Excluder · Google Search Console Page Indexing Issues Google Search console is reporting that I have 2.8k page redirects. mixed critical error after upgrading to WP 6.4.3, caused by feature pic in heic format

critical error after upgrading to WP 6.4.3, caused by feature pic in heic format: users show bugs, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ultimate Category Excluder · critical error after upgrading to WP 6.4.3, caused by feature pic in heic format Hi! complaint [Plugin: Hide Categories] Broken in WP3.1

[Plugin: Hide Categories] Broken in WP3.1: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Hide Categories · [Plugin: Hide Categories] Broken in WP3.1 Not working in WordPress 3.1 Not working in WordPress 3.1 neutral Fatal error on admin page with PHP 8.0

Fatal error on admin page with PHP 8.0: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ultimate Category Excluder · Fatal error on admin page with PHP 8.0 I’m getting this fatal error on the main admin page for this plugin when using PHP 8.0: [21-May-2022 12:03:15 UTC] PHP Warning: Undefined array key “exclude_search” in /home/westdela/public_html/wp-content/plugins/ultimate-category-excluder/ultimate-category-excluder.php on line 81 [21-May-2022 12:03:15 UTC] PHP Fatal e neutral Fatal error after updating to 3.0

Fatal error after updating to 3.0: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Display Categories Widget · Fatal error after updating to 3.0 After updating to the latest version, this plugin caused a fatal error. complaint No indentation for subcategories shown

No indentation for subcategories shown: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Display Categories Widget · Is there somewhere an option in the widget I missed out? complaint Installation: None result

Installation: None result: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Display Categories Widget · Installation: None result Hello, I have installed ‘display categories widget’ – at first through plug in search and activate the plug-in … none result – then through the folder up-load (download, folder zip, up-load through ‘add plug in’ and activate the plug-in … none result By ‘none result’, I mean none change on category on widget page. complaint Order by name not working

Order by name not working: users show compatibility, missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Display Categories Widget · Order by name not working Greetings, I like the features, however, I am unable to order the list by any method. complaint Errors when I add to sidebar

Errors when I add to sidebar: users show bugs, compatibility, performance pain that may indicate a product gap.

Display Categories Widget · Errors when I add to sidebar Hello, When I add the widget to a sidebar, I get errors. mixed Some PHP Bug

Some PHP Bug: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ultimate Category Excluder · Some PHP Bug The Plugin shows a Bug in the Admin Panel under the column Exclude from Search Warning: in_array() expects parameter 2 to be array, null given in /usr/www/users/meetmypage/wp-content/plugins/ultimate-category-excluder/ultimate-category-excluder.php on line 81 Additional wish it would be great if we could exclude all children of a Category if mot mixed categories not excluded are being excluded

categories not excluded are being excluded: users show bugs, performance, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ultimate Category Excluder · therefore i do not wish those posts to be double, so the plugin is great for that. mixed No longer working

No longer working: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ultimate Category Excluder · I’ve checked settings and all are ok. mixed not working anymore after renaming the front page

not working anymore after renaming the front page: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ultimate Category Excluder · It was no problem at all, but since then, the UCE stopped working. mixed Posts unintentionally excluded in a WP_query

Posts unintentionally excluded in a WP_query: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ultimate Category Excluder · The plugin works excellent for my needs! complaint Didn’t work for me either

Didn’t work for me either: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ultimate Category Excluder · Didn’t work for me either Maybe it is a theme issue as I have a non WP supported Theme (Evolve+) but this plugin did not do the job. mixed “Function create_function() is deprecated”

“Function create_function() is deprecated”: users show bugs, compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Display Categories Widget · “Function create_function() is deprecated” Getting php error in Ajax response: component: “Core” file: “wp-content/plugins/display-categories-widget/display_categories_widget.php” line: 277 message: “Function create_function() is deprecated” stack: [“wp-settings.php”] (1) type: “deprecated” The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] Getting php err complaint Errors on php 7.x with wp-cli

Errors on php 7.x with wp-cli: users show bugs, compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Display Categories Widget · Errors on php 7.x with wp-cli PHP Deprecated: Methods with the same name as their class will not be constructors in a future version of PHP; DisplayCategoriesWidget has a depreca-categories-widget/display_categories_widget.php on line 12 Deprecated: Methods with the same name as their class will not be constructors in a future version of PHP; DisplayCategori complaint How to keep background color intact?

How to keep background color intact?: users show compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Display Categories Widget · Is there a way to adjust this with the plugin or is it something I need to contact the theme developer about? complaint Small bugs in displaying title and top category

Small bugs in displaying title and top category: users show bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Display Categories Widget · Small bugs in displaying title and top category I use this awesome widget to list top category and it children. complaint Bug with Display Parent and Display Title being switched

Bug with Display Parent and Display Title being switched: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Display Categories Widget · Bug with Display Parent and Display Title being switched There seems to be a bug with Display Parent and Display Title being switched around. complaint Choose Category not working

Choose Category not working: users show missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Display Categories Widget · Choose Category not working When I select a category in the widget settings, it is ignored and all categories are displayed in the dropdown. complaint Killed my Elementor menus and footers

Killed my Elementor menus and footers: users show compatibility, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ultimate Category Excluder · Killed my Elementor menus and footers Warning to Elementor users. complaint WooCommerce product categories

WooCommerce product categories: users show compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Display Categories Widget · WooCommerce product categories Good afternoon, Is it possible to display and or exclude WooCommerce product categories with your plug-in? complaint I added 4 widgets and only the first works

I added 4 widgets and only the first works: users show compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Display Categories Widget · I added 4 widgets and only the first works I added four widgets in the left sidebar, but only the first one works, the others when clicking on the category, nothing happens. complaint Planned Posts are counted

Planned Posts are counted: users show performance, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Display Categories Widget · Planned Posts are counted Hi all, unfortunately the widget shows also planned posts (not yet published) if the option “Display Number of posts near categories? complaint Works great

Works great: users show missing feature, setup pain that may indicate a product gap.

Hide Categories · Works great Incredibly simple. mixed Feed/API Option Blocking Pick Up

Feed/API Option Blocking Pick Up: users show compatibility, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ultimate Category Excluder · Feed/API Option Blocking Pick Up We set up a “Just For Fun” category – where we block the category from showing up on the Home Page, in search and on the archive pages. question Polylang compatibility?

Polylang compatibility?: users show bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ultimate Category Excluder · There are no hidden settings so if there isn’t a combination of settings that work for you from the plugin’s admin page, then sadly it’s not going to do what you want. mixed Widget displays outside of sidebar

Widget displays outside of sidebar: users show bugs, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Display Categories Widget · See the sidebar on this page https://interactivelegal.us/frequently-asked-questions/ Last widget: TEST – CUSTOM CATEGORIES Thank you for any help. mixed Doesn’t work with Woocommerce

Doesn’t work with Woocommerce: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ultimate Category Excluder · Doesn’t work with Woocommerce Product categories are not included in the list to exclude. complaint Widget overlays separator

Widget overlays separator: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Display Categories Widget · The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] The widget display in the side panel needs an extra line at the end to keep it from overlaying the side panel object separator. complaint font size

font size: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Display Categories Widget · https://www.buttinoni.it/fotografo-matrimonio/ The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] is possible ti modify the font size? complaint Exclude Category From Page That’s NOT the Home Page

Exclude Category From Page That’s NOT the Home Page: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ultimate Category Excluder · The page I need help with: [ log in to see the link] Hello, I am not listing categories on https://www.fvdublin.org/ but instead on https://www.fvdublin.org/whats-new/ . complaint Compatibility issue

Compatibility issue: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Display Categories Widget · Compatibility issue HI I used this plugin for a long time now and for a page I now activated a recent post widget. complaint Order by count with hierarchical

Order by count with hierarchical: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Display Categories Widget · Any help will be very much appreciated. complaint No longer working on 4.4

No longer working on 4.4: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Hide Categories · Tested with 4.4 and theme ColorMag. complaint Did not work for me

Did not work for me: users show pricing pain that may indicate a product gap.

Ultimate Category Excluder · For that one needs some very expensive plugins. complaint For the support

For the support: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Display Categories Widget · For the support For the support, 2 weeks and 6 days without answer, and because one year without update. complaint [Plugin: Hide Categories] It still works

[Plugin: Hide Categories] It still works: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Hide Categories · [Plugin: Hide Categories] It still works I looked at all the “newer” category control widgets that said they could hide categories from showing in different places, but none of them could hide categories in a section of categories that was being generated by my theme.