Title: Dynacat – Dynamic Category Filter
Author: EngageWeb
Published: <strong>February 3, 2014</strong>
Last modified: February 14, 2025

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# Dynacat – Dynamic Category Filter

 By [EngageWeb](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stuckon_dev/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/dynacat.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dynacat/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dynacat/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dynacat/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dynacat/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/dynacat/)

## Description

Dynacat – Dynamic Category. Ideal for websites that feature a huge number of categories
and sub categories for posts. When your website has many categories, selecting your
required category from the drop-down selector can lead to tiresome scrolling – especially
when the category you want to select is near the bottom of the list.

Dynacat takes away that problem by replacing the standard drop-down list selection
with a dynamic search box. To select the category for your post, simply begin to
type in the search box. As you type, a list of categories appears that matches your
criteria. The list changes with each letter you type, before your chosen category
is easy to select.

This is designed for sites with a large selection of categories.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * The Dynacat box in the right sidebar of a post edit screen.

## Installation

 1. Upload `dynacat` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## FAQ

### How do I select the Category when I can see it in the list?

Simply click the Category, it will become bold and will fill in the field with that
value, then make sure you publish/update your post.

### Do I have to start with the first letters of the category’s name?

No, the plugin will search any part of the category’s name, for instance, to find‘
Steven’, you could start to type ‘even’ and it will appear in the list of potential
matches.

### What if I have multiple sub categories of the same name?

This is exactly what this plugin was designed for. As you type, the categories appear
with their parent categories, so you can easily select the correct category even
when you have multiple categories of the same name.

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Dynacat – Dynamic Category Filter” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ EngageWeb ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stuckon_dev/)

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### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 1.0

 * n/a

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1**
 *  Last updated **1 year ago**
 *  Active installations **Fewer than 10**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.5.1 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.7.5**
 * Tags
 * [category](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/category/)[dynamic list](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/dynamic-list/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/dynacat/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ EngageWeb ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stuckon_dev/)

## Support

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