Title: Simple Primary Category
Author: Ashar Irfan
Published: <strong>మే 7, 2020</strong>
Last modified: నవంబర్ 24, 2023

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Simple Primary Category

 By [Ashar Irfan](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mrasharirfan/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/simple-primary-category.1.1.1.zip)

 * [Details](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-primary-category/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-primary-category/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-primary-category/#installation)
 * [Development](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-primary-category/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-primary-category/)

## Description

A light-weight WordPress plugin to assign primary category to posts and custom post
types.

### How to Use

 1. Browse to any post or custom post type in WordPress admin.
 2. Check the taxonomies that you want to assign to it.
 3. Select the respective primary taxonomies.
 4. Save the post.
 5. Use this shortcode to query the posts: `spc_primary_term_posts`.
 6. Use the action hook — `spc_display_primary_term_posts` — to display the queried
    posts in your theme.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Gutenberg
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 * Classic Editor

## Installation

 1. Download the plugin.
 2. Login to your WordPress website dashboard.
 3. Navigate to Dashboard > Plugins.
 4. Click Add New and then Upload Plugin.
 5. Browse to the file, select it, and click Install Now.
 6. Click Activate Plugin once prompted.

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[Thanks!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/thanks-2416/)󠁿

 [nudnavda](https://profiles.wordpress.org/nudnavda/) ఆగస్ట్ 6, 2023

Somehow I lost the ability to set the primary category.Database cleaning etc. did
not restore it.Anyway, this small plugin came to the rescue 💐Glad you provided 
this function!

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## Contributors & Developers

“Simple Primary Category” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Ashar Irfan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mrasharirfan/)

[Translate “Simple Primary Category” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/simple-primary-category)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

= Version 1.1.1
 * Bumped tested up to tag

= Version 1.1.0
 * Added dependencies updates * Fixed bugs in classic editor * Updated
code formatting

= Version 1.0.0
 * Initial Release

## Meta

 *  Version **1.1.1**
 *  Last updated **2 సంవత్సరాలు ago**
 *  Active installations **100+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.4.8**
 *  PHP version ** 7.3 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-primary-category/)
 * Tags
 * [category](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/category/)[primary](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/primary/)
   [taxonomy](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/taxonomy/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://te.wordpress.org/plugins/simple-primary-category/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  1 5-star review     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-primary-category/reviews/?filter=5)
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## Contributors

 *   [ Ashar Irfan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mrasharirfan/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/simple-primary-category/)