WP Required Taxonomies
WP Required Taxonomies – Categories and Tags Mandatory
by Jose Vega · WordPress.org page · Website
WP Required Taxonomies has 1,000+ active installs on WordPress.org and 39,552 downloads all time. It was downloaded 519 times in the last 30 days. The last update was on August 22, 2026, tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.
WP Required Taxonomies at a glance
Is WP Required Taxonomies well maintained?
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.
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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
Download and install history
791 downloads over the last 48 days. Snapshots taken daily from WordPress.org.
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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
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- Version
- 1.2.1
- Last updated
- Aug 22, 2026
- First published
- Mar 13, 2018
- Requires WordPress
- 3.6
- Tested up to
- 7.1.3
- Requires PHP
- –
- 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 October 22, 2026.
Is WP Required Taxonomies still maintained?
Yes. The last release was on August 22, 2026 and it is tested up to WordPress 7.1.3.
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.