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easy-primary-category

Easy Primary Category

Allows you to choose primary category for posts and custom post types.

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Source Evidence

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mixed support · medium severity · relevance 0.78
Minimized js file conflict with Yoast SEO plugin

Minimized js file conflict with Yoast SEO plugin: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Minimized js file conflict with Yoast SEO plugin epc-taxonomy-metabox.min.js conflicts with Yoast SEO plugin in admin, prevents render of Yoast SEO content optimization fields.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.75
Any Way to display the Primary Catagory

Any Way to display the Primary Catagory: users show missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
We are trying to see if it would be possible to display what the primary category is and ensure it has a link to the category archive.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.75
An example about how to use this in your theme

An example about how to use this in your theme: users show compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
An example about how to use this in your theme As I’m imagining this plugin is really only used by other developers, here’s some sample code I’m using that is hooking into Google Analytics, and outputting the category or “primary category” as an additional parameter to be viewed under the page_view event.
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.75
The product primary category is enabled but not being recognized by Breadcrumbs

The product primary category is enabled but not being recognized by Breadcrumbs: users show bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
The product primary category is enabled but not being recognized by Breadcrumbs This plugins enables the primary category selection option for woo which had surprisingly dissappeared for many people .
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.69
Does this plugin still work?

Does this plugin still work?: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Hello, its an interesting plugin, just curious if it still works, I see that no updates have been made to it in years…I would just ask if thats because it doesnt need to be updated or there is some issue..thanks- Hello, its an interesting plugin, just curious if it still works, I see that no updates have been made to it in years…I would just ask if thats bec
complaint support · medium severity · relevance 0.69
How to get primary category name

How to get primary category name: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
I am using this code on my website: <?php $categories = get_the_category(); if ( !
question support · medium severity · relevance 0.63
Bulk assign primary category

Bulk assign primary category: question conversation with limited structured signal.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Bulk assign primary category Is it possible? Is it possible? I need to know this too 🙂 I need to know this too 🙂
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.5
Excellent – just what I needed

Excellent – just what I needed: users show missing feature, migration pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Excellent – just what I needed I needed to choose the primary category for some posts I was importing from an older site, as WordPress was choosing the wrong one.
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.44
thank you!

thank you!: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
I’ll never know… The only other plugin I found that could do this was Yoast SEO, but that comes with a TON of extra stuff that we just don’t need/want running on our sites.
praise review · medium severity · relevance 0.44
Excellent!!

Excellent!!: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Proof Blocked card complete content publishing operations Evidence linked to opportunity
Excellent!!

Competitor Context

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Taxonomy Images praise owner · intel 76.7 · weakness 67.4
praise owner
stale update history 25 collected complaint signal(s) compatibility support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check tag publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Add Category to Pages weak incumbent · intel 76.6 · weakness 67.3
weak incumbent
stale update history 19 collected complaint signal(s) support missing feature 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Bulk Move praise owner · intel 76.4 · weakness 67.1
praise owner
stale update history 13 collected complaint signal(s) missing feature support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
Front Page Category praise owner · intel 76.2 · weakness 67.3
praise owner
stale update history 18 collected complaint signal(s) missing feature support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect customizer layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
List Custom Taxonomy Widget praise owner · intel 75.7 · weakness 66.4
praise owner
stale update history 17 collected complaint signal(s) missing feature compatibility 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: site builders and agencies · Wedge: detect widget layout regressions, widget breakage, and client-visible update issues
Parent Category Toggler weak incumbent · intel 75.2 · weakness 65.9
weak incumbent
stale update history 8 collected complaint signal(s) bugs support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
No category parents praise owner · intel 74.9 · weakness 65.6
praise owner
stale update history 11 collected complaint signal(s) bugs support 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check categories publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
WP No Base Permalink weak incumbent · intel 74.5 · weakness 65.3
weak incumbent
stale update history 15 collected complaint signal(s) missing feature bugs 2 source links Proof Blocked Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check tag publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live

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Collected Signals

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complaint The product primary category is enabled but not being recognized by Breadcrumbs support · 2023-09-26T13:48:05+00:00 · medium severity · category

The product primary category is enabled but not being recognized by Breadcrumbs: users show bugs, missing feature pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: The product primary category is enabled but not being recognized by Breadcrumbs This plugins enables the primary category selection option for woo which had surprisingly dissappeared for many people .
bugs missing feature content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
complaint An example about how to use this in your theme support · 2023-08-04T00:08:26+00:00 · medium severity · category

An example about how to use this in your theme: users show compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: An example about how to use this in your theme As I’m imagining this plugin is really only used by other developers, here’s some sample code I’m using that is hooking into Google Analytics, and outputting the category or “primary category” as an additional parameter to be viewed under the page_view event.
compatibility support easy content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
complaint Does this plugin still work? support · 2021-11-30T15:30:35+00:00 · medium severity · category

Does this plugin still work?: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Hello, its an interesting plugin, just curious if it still works, I see that no updates have been made to it in years…I would just ask if thats because it doesnt need to be updated or there is some issue..thanks- Hello, its an interesting plugin, just curious if it still works, I see that no updates have been made to it in years…I would just ask if thats bec
bugs reliable content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
complaint How to get primary category name support · 2019-10-25T10:36:07+00:00 · medium severity · category

How to get primary category name: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I am using this code on my website: <?php $categories = get_the_category(); if ( !
compatibility content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
praise Excellent – just what I needed (5 stars) review · 2019-10-07T09:38:06+00:00 · medium severity · category

Excellent – just what I needed: users show missing feature, migration pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Excellent – just what I needed I needed to choose the primary category for some posts I was importing from an older site, as WordPress was choosing the wrong one.
missing feature migration value quality content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
praise Another thank you – great plugin (5 stars) review · 2019-07-31T19:11:16+00:00 · medium severity · category

Another thank you – great plugin: users show compatibility pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Another thank you – great plugin Just another thank you here, love it.
compatibility quality content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
praise Excellent!! (5 stars) review · 2019-06-29T11:02:29+00:00 · medium severity · category

Excellent!!: users show bugs pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Excellent!!
bugs reliable value quality content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
question Bulk assign primary category support · 2019-06-28T02:32:31+00:00 · medium severity · category

Bulk assign primary category: question conversation with limited structured signal.

Evidence: Bulk assign primary category Is it possible? Is it possible? I need to know this too 🙂 I need to know this too 🙂
content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
mixed Minimized js file conflict with Yoast SEO plugin support · 2018-10-09T15:28:10+00:00 · medium severity · category

Minimized js file conflict with Yoast SEO plugin: users show bugs, compatibility, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: Minimized js file conflict with Yoast SEO plugin epc-taxonomy-metabox.min.js conflicts with Yoast SEO plugin in admin, prevents render of Yoast SEO content optimization fields.
bugs compatibility support value content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
praise compatibility w/ Gutenberg support · 2018-08-30T19:59:55+00:00 · medium severity · category

compatibility w/ Gutenberg: users praise quality, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: compatibility w/ Gutenberg I love your plugin and I started to use inside one of my latest projects.
quality content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
praise Get primary category on single post? support · 2018-08-29T04:20:54+00:00 · medium severity · category

Get primary category on single post?: users praise value, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: It’s saved as post meta.
value content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
complaint Any Way to display the Primary Catagory support · 2018-07-30T14:33:00+00:00 · medium severity · category

Any Way to display the Primary Catagory: users show missing feature, support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: We are trying to see if it would be possible to display what the primary category is and ensure it has a link to the category archive.
missing feature support content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
praise thank you! (5 stars) review · 2018-07-27T20:57:49+00:00 · medium severity · category

thank you!: users show support pain that may indicate a product gap.

Evidence: I’ll never know… The only other plugin I found that could do this was Yoast SEO, but that comes with a TON of extra stuff that we just don’t need/want running on our sites.
support quality seo content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live
praise Breadcrumb didnt upda support · 2017-10-18T23:42:53+00:00 · medium severity · category

Breadcrumb didnt upda: users praise value, which suggests what competitors already do well.

Evidence: Breadcrumb didnt upda Hi, This is a plugin that I have been looking for a very long time.
value content publishing operations Proof Blocked card complete Evidence linked to opportunity
Buyer: publishers, content teams, and agencies · Wedge: check category publishing, media, metadata, and editorial handoffs before content goes live