sCategory Permalink

Plugin allows to select category which will be used to generate permalink on post edit page. Use custom permalink option %scategory% on Options/Permalinks options page.

Installation

1. Download and unpack plugin files to the wp-content/plugins/scategory-permalink directory.

2. Enable sCategory Permalink plugin on your Plugins page in Site Admin.

3. Open the Options/Permalinks page in Site Admin and use %scategory% option in Custom Structure text field (you can look here for other options). In this blog I’m using /%scategory%/%postname%/ structure.

4. When you move your mouse over category in Categories box the Primary link will appear on the right.

   

   Click it to set the category which will be used to generate permalinks. It will be highlighted with bold.

5. Have fun!

Upgrade

1. Download and unpack plugin files to the wp-content/plugins/scategory-permalink directory.

2. Open the Options/Permalinks page in Site Admin and and click Save Changes to re-generate permalinks.

3. When you move your mouse over category in Categories box the Primary link will appear on the right. Click it to set the category which will be used to generate permalinks. It will be highlighted with bold.

Demonstration

I have recorded a small screencast on how sCategory Permalinks works starting from version 0.6.0:

Requirements

Plugin works pretty well with the WordPress 2.7.0 — 2.8.2. Hey users of WordPress 2.7.0, could you explain why do you use so old buggy crap? Use new one instead, at least it looks more beautiful!

Download

Latest version of sCategory Permalink is 0.6.2, and it could be downloaded here:

version0.6.2DownloadsCategory Permalink

Also you can download older versions from plugin home page on WordPress.org (but do you really need this old stuff?).

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. Every page on my site responds with error 404
A. Go to Options/Permalinks page in Site Admin and click Save Changes to re-generate permalinks.

Q. First category is used for permalinks instead of selected
A. Check the permalinks structure you used (Options/Permalinks). You should use %scategory% instead of %category%.

Q. I love this plugin. How to do a favor to the author?
A. Just vote for this plugin on WordPress.org. And thank you!

Support

If you have any suggestions, found a bug, or just wanted to say “thank you”,– feel free to contact me. Promise, I will answer to every message.

If you want to contribute your code, see the Development section below.

Development

Sources of this plugin are available both in SVN and Git:

• WordPress SVN repository
• GitHub

Feel free to check them out, make your changes and send me patches. Promise, I will apply every patch (of course, if they add a value to the product). Email for patches, suggestions, or bug reports: [email protected]. Also you have much more ways to contact me.

Changelog

• 0.6.2 (July 30, 2009)
  • Nothing really changed. Just to force WordPress to update version.
• 0.6.1 (July 30, 2009)
  • Fixed blank page when post edit page requested.
  • Fixed “Primary” link appear on all sub-categories, when category selected.
• 0.6.0 (July 30, 2009)
  • Client side script completely rewritten. New visual look and better usability (thanks to Nikolay Kolev).
• 0.5.0 (July 28, 2009)
  • Fixed problem with Subscribe2 plugin (thanks to Paul Wagorn).
  • Performance improvement (update meta tags only once per save).
• 0.4.0 (July 21, 2009)
  • Fixed not-found bug when /%year%/%scategory%/%posttitle% permalink used.
  • Fixed not-found bug when paged comments enabled (/comment-page-N).
  • JavaScript rewritten using jQuery library.
• 0.3.0 (April 4, 2008)
  • Fixed bug when pages was not found in WordPress 2.5.
• 0.2.2 (May 20, 2007)
  • Sometimes radio buttons was not displayed (thanks to Vince Caughley and Sam Keen).
• 0.2.1 (Apr 1, 2007)
  • Removed dependency on deprecated WordPress 1.5 function wp_get_post_cats.
• 0.2.0 (Mar 30, 2007)
  • Fixed bug with trackbacks (thanks to Caio Proiete).
  • Fixed bug when radiobuttons was missing on new post page (thanks to Jayant Kumar Gandhi).
• 0.1.0 (Nov 18, 2006)
  • Initial plugin implementation.

Other plugins

Full list of plugins I have implemented is available here.