Who is Categories Metabox Enhanced for?

Categories Metabox Enhanced is an open-source project built for wordPress site owners and editors.

What platforms does Categories Metabox Enhanced run on?

Categories Metabox Enhanced runs on the web.

Is Categories Metabox Enhanced still maintained?

Unverified. Categories Metabox Enhanced has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.

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Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Luxe Gallery, Cool FormKit Lite, and Input Masks for Contact Form 7.

Who makes Categories Metabox Enhanced?

Categories Metabox Enhanced is developed by Yoren Chang.

When did Categories Metabox Enhanced launch?

Categories Metabox Enhanced first shipped in 2013.

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Categories Metabox Enhanced

Name: Categories Metabox Enhanced
Author: Yoren Chang

wordpress.orgDesign & Creative

Categories Metabox Enhanced is an open-source WordPress plugin that replaces the default category checkboxes with radio buttons or a select drop-down in the editor. It improves the user experience for managing categories and supports custom taxonomies.

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141stars

36forks

3features

2013since

Overview

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Categories Metabox Enhanced is a Design & Creative project. It simplifies and customizes the category selection process in the WordPress editor for better usability. Categories Metabox Enhanced is an open-source project aimed at wordPress site owners and editors. Categories Metabox Enhanced is open source under the Open Source license. It ships for the web.

Behind Categories Metabox Enhanced is Yoren Chang, and it first shipped in 2013. Development happens publicly on GitHub with 141 stars. Key capabilities include Radio/select UI for categories, Block Editor support, and custom taxonomy configuration. The interface is available in English and Chinese.

Summary written by a language model from the project’s public pages.

Radio/select UI for categories
Block Editor support
Custom taxonomy configuration

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Frequently asked questions about Categories Metabox Enhanced

What is Categories Metabox Enhanced?: Categories Metabox Enhanced simplifies and customizes the category selection process in the WordPress editor for better usability. It is catalogued under Design & Creative on PulseGate.
Who is Categories Metabox Enhanced for?: Categories Metabox Enhanced is an open-source project built for wordPress site owners and editors.
Does Categories Metabox Enhanced have a free plan?: Yes — Categories Metabox Enhanced is open source under the Open Source license and free to use.
What platforms does Categories Metabox Enhanced run on?: Categories Metabox Enhanced runs on the web.
Is Categories Metabox Enhanced still maintained?: Unverified. Categories Metabox Enhanced has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
What projects are similar to Categories Metabox Enhanced?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Luxe Gallery, Cool FormKit Lite, and Input Masks for Contact Form 7.Luxe Gallery Cool FormKit Lite Input Masks for Contact Form 7
Who makes Categories Metabox Enhanced?: Categories Metabox Enhanced is developed by Yoren Chang.
When did Categories Metabox Enhanced launch?: Categories Metabox Enhanced first shipped in 2013.

At a glance

Pricing: Open Source
Platforms: Web · Api
Languages: English, Chinese
Open source: Yes · ★ 141
License: Open Source
Built for: WordPress site owners and editors
Model: Open source
Solves: Simplifies and customizes the category selection process in the WordPress editor for better usability.

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GitHub: WebDevStudios/Taxonomy_Single_Term
WordPress.org: categories-metabox-enhanced

Developer

Yoren Chang

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GitHub

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View on GitHub

Stars: 141
Forks: 36
Open issues: 11
Last commit: 13 Mar 2023
Commits 90d: 0
Contributors: 14
Authorship: Team
Default branch: master
Latest release: v0.2.4 · 16 Nov 2017

Live coverage

Identity confidence: High · 95
Indexed: 27 Jun 2026
Lifecycle: Unverified
Last seen: 27 Jun 2026

Identity audit (12)

Slug: categories-metabox-enhanced-wordpress-org
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 27 Jun 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology. This listing's first-seen date was written by the catalog backfill, not observed here, so it is not treated as a sighting.
Name from: Derived from the project's own page and URL.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Written by a language model from public pages.
Languages from: Detected by a language model, checked against the page's own declaration.
Last updated: 2 Aug 2026
Canonical URL: https://wordpress.org/plugins/categories-metabox-enhanced

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