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Automatically Hierarchic Categories in Menu

by Atakan Au

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Description

Warning: After updating from pre-2.0.7 to the lastest version, the plugin cannot reactivate itself. Please reactivate the plugin manually.

Allows you to automatically / dynamically add hierarchical categories ( with sub-categories ) to WordPress navigation menus using shortcode.

HTML and CSS knowledge may be required depending on the theme.

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  1. Add the plugin’s folder in the WordPress’ plugin directory, or install the plugin through the WordPress plugins screen directly..
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ screen in WordPress.

Usage

  1. Go to Apperarance -> Menus
  2. Click ‘Screen Options’ on the top right
  3. Check and open ‘Auto Category Shortcode’ option
  4. Type your shortcode with parameters, e.g. [autocategorymenu hide_empty=”0″]
  1. Define post categories

    Define post categories

  2. Open input area

    Open input area

  3. Add shortcode to menu

    Add shortcode to menu

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Plugin add hidden text link

By invokerkael on October 1, 2025

This plugin add hidden link: atakanau[.]wordpress[.]com in file code includes/class-auto-hierarchic-category-menu.php row 285. Please check and report this

Amazing

By lagiulsss on July 10, 2025

I took me a bit to make it work the way I wanted with all the subcategories, but after that has been working very well. Don't need to worry to edit the front-end menu if you change name or delete in back-end, it will automatically do it.

Real time saver

By aaronlkh on September 19, 2024

Had been spending a lot of time adding menu items manually from my hierarchical categories. Still not too late to save time from now on. And it works great with Otography theme. Thank you developer!

Amazing

By Ringdal on January 4, 2024

What a wonderful plugin. I am handicapped and my right arm is not working well, but I own over 50 websites and have built all of them myself. Working with wrong hand (I am right handed and damaged right arm in accident) i.e. left hand takes time. I love everything automatic which makes my life easier. That is why I loooove this plugin. 🙂 Million thanks to the developer(s).

Great plugin

By mauriciogonzalez on September 27, 2023

Simple plugin that covers a functionality missed in both in WP and WooCommerce.

Simple yet powerful plugin!

By Ivana (krabikrabi) on September 12, 2023

If you have many product or post categories this plugin is a real gem! Easy to configure, and if any help needed Atakan is greatly supportive. Thank you, cheers

Good solution for include categories in menu

By zebullon on August 2, 2023

This plugin is the only one for include categories in menus. I put 4 stars out of 5 because it remains to clarify the documentation or to include a syntax generator directly on the wordpress site…

Regards

Not work with disabled hierarchical

By rezat1994 on February 27, 2023

When we disable the woocommerce hierarchical option, the plugin still generates the category links as hierarchical mode.

I think on line 248 of class-auto-hierarchic-category-menu.php file, the slug param must be passed as "$slug" and not "$slug.'/'.$category->slug"

Excellent

By renatomiguel on October 25, 2022

Does exactly what is advertised and easy to configure!

Simple & Useful!

By Stelios Agoropoulos (steliosagoro) on August 8, 2022

Great tool, it was really necessary for large blogs and stores! Nice job 🙂

Version 2.0.10

  • Parameter values escaped.

For the changelog of earlier versions, please refer to changelog section on blog.

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