Title: WordPress MU Category Mapping Plugin
Author: Brad Williams
Published: <strong>February 7, 2009</strong>
Last modified: February 8, 2009

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# WordPress MU Category Mapping Plugin

 By [Brad Williams](https://profiles.wordpress.org/williamsba1/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/category-mapping-plugin-for-wordpress-mu.1.0.0.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/category-mapping-plugin-for-wordpress-mu/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/category-mapping-plugin-for-wordpress-mu/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/category-mapping-plugin-for-wordpress-mu/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/category-mapping-plugin-for-wordpress-mu/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-mapping-plugin-for-wordpress-mu/)

## Description

This plugin lets you create category mappings allowing for one top-level blog to
act as a portal for your global community of WPMU blogs. Category postings are aggregated
based on the mappings and displayed on the top-level blog.

Features:

    ```
    * Map multiple top-level categories
    * Built-in sidebar widget to display all categories
    * WordPress MU 2.7 approved!
    ```

### Plugin Support

[WordPress MU Category Mapping Plugin](http://webdevstudios.com/support/wordpress-plugins/)

## Screenshots

[⌊Category Mapping Plugin Admin Section⌉⌊Category Mapping Plugin Admin Section⌉[

Category Mapping Plugin Admin Section

[⌊Example of blog posts from different MU blogs⌉⌊Example of blog posts from different
MU blogs⌉[

Example of blog posts from different MU blogs

## Installation

 1. Exctract and upload cat-plugin.php to the PLUGINS folder in your WordPress MU installation
 2. Activate the plugin on your primary MU blog
 3. Click on the “Category Mapping” admin menu to setup your mappings
 4. Map MU blog categories to the top level blog categories. More than one category
    can be assigned.
 5. Add the “Mapping Widget: All Categories” widget to your sidebar to view all of 
    your top level blog categories.
 6. Click any category on your blog to view all posts filed under that category based
    on your mappings. Posts will be loaded from all blogs across your MU network and
    will link back to the appropriate blog post.

## FAQ

  Can I map individual posts to top-level categories

No, but this is a feature we plan to add in the next phase.

  Does this plugin work with standard WordPress

No, this plugin is for WordPress MU only

  Will this plugin work with WPMU 2.7?

Yes plugin has been tested and is fully compatible with WordPress MU 2.7

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“WordPress MU Category Mapping Plugin” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Brad Williams ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/williamsba1/)

[Translate “WordPress MU Category Mapping Plugin” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/category-mapping-plugin-for-wordpress-mu)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/category-mapping-plugin-for-wordpress-mu/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/category-mapping-plugin-for-wordpress-mu/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/category-mapping-plugin-for-wordpress-mu/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/category-mapping-plugin-for-wordpress-mu/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0**
 *  Last updated **17 years ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 2.6 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **2.7**
 * Tags
 * [aggregate](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/aggregate/)[category](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/category/)
   [global](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/global/)[mapping](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/mapping/)
   [wpmu](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/wpmu/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/category-mapping-plugin-for-wordpress-mu/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Brad Williams ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/williamsba1/)

## Support

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 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-mapping-plugin-for-wordpress-mu/)

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