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timkelty/craft-simplecategories
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Categories fieldtype as simple inputs (checkboxes, radios, dropdowns).

1.1.6(6y ago)10381PHP

Since Jun 22Pushed 6y ago2 watchersCompare

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Simple Categories plugin for Craft CMS
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[](#simple-categories-plugin-for-craft-cms)

Categories fieldtype as simple inputs (checkboxes, radio buttons, dropdowns).

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

To install Simple Categories, follow these steps:

1. Download & unzip the file and place the `simplecategories` directory into your `craft/plugins` directory
2. -OR- do a `git clone https://github.com/timkelty/craft-simplecategories.git` directly into your `craft/plugins` folder. You can then update it with `git pull`
3. -OR- install with Composer via `composer require timkelty/craft-simplecategories`
4. Install plugin in the Craft Control Panel under Settings > Plugins
5. The plugin folder should be named `simplecategories` for Craft to see it. GitHub recently started appending `-master` (the branch name) to the name of the folder for zip file downloads.

Simple Categories works on Craft 2.4.x and Craft 2.5.x.

Brought to you by [Tim Kelty](http://fusionary.com/)

Caveats
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[](#caveats)

"Limit" validation gets a little weird when using categories with multiple levels. When you select nested category, you're also selecting its parent, so with a limit of 1 you wouldn't be able to select anything from a nested level.

###  Health Score

32

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LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity69

Established project with proven stability

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~133 days

Recently: every ~265 days

Total

9

Last Release

2545d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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