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WP Required Taxonomies

WP Required Taxonomies – Categories and Tags Mandatory

by Jose Vega · WordPress.org page · Website

v1.2.1 Tested up to WP 7.1

WP Required Taxonomies has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 38,794 downloads all time. We have tracked it since September 4, 2026; download trends appear after 30 days of data. The last update was on August 22, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.

WP Required Taxonomies at a glance

Active installs
1,000+
Total downloads
38,794
Downloads, last 30 days
–
available after 30 days of tracking
30-day growth
–
tracking since September 4, 2026

Is WP Required Taxonomies well maintained?

Support threads resolved
No open threads
nothing waiting on the WordPress.org forum
WordPress compatibility
Current
tested up to WordPress 7.1, the current release is 7.1

Features

The feature list from the plugin's own readme on WordPress.org, trimmed to the essentials.

  • Force users to select a category when publishing posts
  • Force users to select a tag when publishing posts
  • Force users to select a custom taxonomy term when publishing posts
  • Force users to select a category when publishing WooCommerce Products
  • Force users to select a tag when publishing WooCommerce Products
  • Force users to select a category or tag when publishing Events
  • Force users to select any Taxonomy Term when publishing any custom post type

WP Required Taxonomies reviews and ratings

8 reviews on WordPress.org, with the most recent ones as their authors posted them.

All reviews
4.1 out of 5

8 reviews

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  • Does exactly what it says on the tin.

    I had been trying to solve this exact issue with some custom snippets of PHP and JS but running into issues... I then searched and found this plugin, and found it worked perfectly for my use case and within minutes I was able to move on. I've used it to force WooCommerce shop managers to select terms from custom taxonomies I've created before they can publish a product. Lovely job. 👏

    instadesign

  • Causing Errors, Developers can't be reached

    In itself it's a cool tool making sure that users on the backend select categories. The plugin is causing a bug, where to update or to publish a post type that is being checked by the plugin needs to be initiated twice. So the blue "update" button, for example, needs to be clicked twice for it to work. I am using it for custom post types too. The developers contact forms on their website aren't working unfortunately.

    germario

  • very gooood!

    I like this plugin!

    Rickey

  • Perfect

    Simple to use, all free, does exactly what is needed

    Marie-Aude

  • Exactly what i was looking for

    Straight forward, quick and easy. So far no problems.

    truca

  • Does exactly what we needed

    Does exactly what we needed for client

    dkenny

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Details

Force users to select a taxonomy term when publishing posts. For example, make category or tags required

The full description, screenshots and every review live on the WordPress.org page.

Tags

  • categories
  • required
  • tags
  • taxonomies
  • woocommerce

More from Jose Vega

Version
1.2.1
Last updated
Aug 22, 2026
First published
Mar 13, 2018
Requires WordPress
3.6
Tested up to
7.1
Requires PHP
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Pricing
Free on WordPress.org

WP Required Taxonomies FAQ

What does WP Required Taxonomies do?

According to its WordPress.org readme, WP Required Taxonomies offers Force users to select a category when publishing posts, Force users to select a tag when publishing posts, Force users to select a custom taxonomy term when publishing posts, Force users to select a category when publishing WooCommerce Products and Force users to select a tag when publishing WooCommerce Products.

How many active installs does WP Required Taxonomies have?

WordPress.org reports 1,000+ active installs for WP Required Taxonomies as of September 7, 2026.

Is WP Required Taxonomies still maintained?

Yes. The last release was on August 22, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.

Is WP Required Taxonomies free?

WP Required Taxonomies is free to install from WordPress.org. Many plugins also sell a paid version or add-ons.