Multiple Category Selection Widget for WordPress Plugin Directory
By zackdesign
Multiple Category Selection Widget is a WordPress app, with a 2.9 average rating from 14 reviews, as of Aug 31, 2026.
Multiple Category Selection Widget is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by zackdesign. With a rating of 2.9★ from 14 reviews.
AppRanks verdict
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Multiple Category Selection Widget is a mixed-rating WordPress app with a limited review volume. Category data on the canonical marketplace listing is currently incomplete, so AppRanks falls back to platform-wide rather than category-relative comparison for this listing. 14 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +Published by zackdesign — established developer track record
Cons
- −Average rating below 4.0 (2.9★) — read recent low-star reviews before committing
- −Limited review base (14) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How Multiple Category Selection Widget works
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Turn your WordPress post categories into a search powerhouse! This plugin gives you a set of dropdown menus based on parent categories and their sub-categories. Users select one sub-category per parent, and the plugin filters posts matching the selected combination.
Available as:
Gutenberg Block — “Multi-Category Filter” in the block inserter (new in v4)
Classic Widget — “Multi-Category Selection” in Appearance > Widgets
Shortcode — [mcsw] on any page or post
Features:
AND / OR category filtering — find posts matching ALL or ANY selected categories
AJAX chained drilldown — selecting a parent dynamically loads its children
Pretty permalink URLs (/categories/3,5/search_type/and/order/title/)
Ordering by title or default
Configurable blank search behavior
Exclude specific categories
Lightweight — no jQuery, no external dependencies
Pagination support
Display form above results on category pages (optional)
Sample use case:
Real estate — set up parent categories like “Bedrooms”, “Bathrooms”, “Price Range” with sub-categories beneath them. Users filter listings by selecting from each dropdown.
Upgrading from v3.x:
PHP sessions have been removed entirely — the URL now carries all state, which means better compatibility with caching plugins, load balancers, and modern hosting
jQuery has been replaced with vanilla JavaScript
CSS classes have changed from wpmcsw/wpmm to BEM-style mcsw-* classes — update any custom CSS
The old select-chain.js in the plugin root has been replaced by js/select-chain.js
Competitors & alternatives
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Frequently asked questions
What is Multiple Category Selection Widget?
Multiple Category Selection Widget is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 2.9-star rating from 14 merchant reviews, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on the refresh cadence published in our methodology. AppRanks tracks its category position, review-velocity trend, and the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by zackdesign.