Selective Reading
Allows website visitors to deselect categories they don't want to see on your blog.
Maintenance 20/1004400d since update
Active installs
10
Downloads
1,617
Reviews
0
Age
13.5y
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Plugin info
Total downloads: 1,617
Active installs: 10
Total reviews: 0
Average rating: 0
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 1
Last updated: 12/14/2013 (4400 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 7/1/2012 (13 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 3.4
Tested up to WordPress version: 3.7.41
Minimum PHP version: f
Maintenance & Compatibility
Maintenance score
Possibly abandoned • Last updated 4400 days ago
20/100
Is Selective Reading abandoned?
Possibly abandoned (last update 4400 days ago).
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 3.4
Tested up to: 3.7.41
Requires PHP: f
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Description
For more information see http://www.amoss.me.uk/tag/selective-reading/
Features
- Category widget is updated with show/hide links for each category.
- Works for unregistered users (using cookies)
- Works for hierarchical categories
TODO/Planned Features
- AJAX Reload post list after change of selection (currently refreshes whole page)
- Configuration for contents of show/hide etc.
- Hide links when javascript is disabled (plugin depends on javascript)
- Tooltip when first clicked hide or show
- Strikethrough category name when hidden
- Notify when can’t unhide child due to hidden parent
- Clearer indication of hierarchical hiding when hierarchical display is disabled?
- Better error checking
- Autoformat code
- Support for WP super cache – does not currently function for unregistered users with this plugin enabled
Installation
- Copy the selective-reading folder to the
/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
Frequently Asked Questions
None
Review feed
No reviews available
Screenshots
Categories widget with the plugin enabled
Changelog
0.3.1
- Tested with WP 3.8
0.3
- Fixed problem with UTF-8 characters displaying incorrectly in category titles.
0.2
- Fixes minor issue with extraneous html and body tags being generated around categories widget
0.1
- Category widget is updated with show/hide links for each category
- Works for unregistered users (using cookies)
- Works for hierarchical categories