MindCat

Description

A panel of tools for taxonomy display.

Displays categories and subcategories as a mindmap, list of cards or list of terms.

Morehover, categories & tags can can be enrechied with colors and images.

Blocks

This plugin provides 2 blocks.

  • Mindmap of taxonomies A mindmap of terms of a taxonomy
  • List of taxonomy terms List of categories

Installation

  1. Upload mindcat to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress admin
  3. Start to use blocks or [mindcat] shortcode

Shortcode usage :

[mindcat cat='' size=50 title='' hide_empty=0 count=0 max_level=0]
  • cat: category id or slug
  • size: range used to display distance between items
  • title: for the root node
  • hide_empty: show or hide empty categories
  • count: show or hide posts count
  • max_level: limits or not toe a defined level of sub-categories

FAQ

Can I select a primary category as mindmap root ?

Yes, you can choose any category, all sub-categories will be children of your mindmap

Reviews

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Contributors & Developers

“MindCat” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

“MindCat” has been translated into 3 locales. Thank you to the translators for their contributions.

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Changelog

2.1.1

  • Add square display mode (currently only functional for mindcat images)

2.1.0

Improvements:

  • Add setting for the default mindcat image
  • Add medium & large media size support in List block
  • Add “none” display mode in List block

Fixes:

  • Fix missing default image
  • Fix image distortion for brand

2.0.0

  • Add block support for mindmap
  • Add new block: Mindcat List of terms
  • Add possibility to select primary and secondary images on terms, with possibility to use a custom meta
  • Security: escape all output
  • Fix: PHP 8.0 compatibility
  • Fix some warnings and notices

1.1.3

  • use minified CSS/JS
  • only load JS if needed

1.1.2

  • more WP 4.3 compliant

1.1.1

release date: aug. 14 2015

  • WP 4.3 compliant
  • Code cleanup

1.1.0

  • add: shortcode [mindcat]
  • add: Parameters count, hide_empty, max_level
  • fix: Optimize code

1.0.0

  • Initial release