This plugin lets you swap the auto-complete / search style interface for a checkbox list, without changing any underlying data.
It allows you to pick from a list of the existing tags, so that admin users do not need to remember each tag.
It can optionally allow new terms to be added directly from the post editing UI, while still letting you keep this disabled by default.
Features
- Replace the tags ui with a checkbox list
- No alteration to front end functionality, or the underlying data / terms
- Option to control the height of the taxonomy metabox, between default (200px max), full, and custom (px)
- Optional inline add control for new terms, enabled per taxonomy
- Optional link to the taxonomy edit screen via an "+ Add / Edit {taxonomy}" style link
- Optional per-taxonomy search box with Off, Always, and Min Terms modes
- Customization via filters
1.5.0 - 5th March 2026
- Feature - Add a suspect-term cleanup tool in Settings > Taxonomies to identify and remove likely erroneous numeric terms created by a previous bug
- Feature - Add
runthings_ttc_cleanup_capability and runthings_ttc_cleanup_taxonomies filters for cleanup tool permissions and scope overrides
- Fix - Prevent accidental creation of numeric term names in the classic integration path
1.4.0 - 22nd February 2026
- Feature - Add optional inline term creation controls in both Classic and Gutenberg editors
- Feature - Add optional taxonomy search panel with
Off, Always, and Min Terms display modes
- Improvement - Add
runthings_ttc_search_settings filter for per-taxonomy search behavior overrides
1.3.0 - 18th February 2026
- Feature - Add Gutenberg (block editor) support for taxonomy meta boxes instead of using compatibility mode
1.2.0 - 14th February 2026
- Improvement - Rename "Auto" height option to "Default" for clarity
- Improvement - Consistent minimum height applied to all taxonomy panels
- Fix - Fatal error when a taxonomy has been deleted after being configured in the plugin (thanks @mikenucleodigital)
- Fix - Plugin cleanup on uninstall now works correctly
1.1.1 - 7th February 2026
- Fix - Prevent duplicate taxonomy panels showing in the block editor when using built-in taxonomies like Tags (thanks @swinggraphics)
1.1.0 - 17th December 2025
- Bug fix - Admin options table was not displaying correctly on mobile devices
- Add fade transition to row actions
- Bump tested up to 6.9
1.0.1 - 25th June 2025
- Bump WordPress tested up to field to support 6.8 branch.
1.0.0 - 1st April 2025
- Initial release
- Works with custom and built-in taxonomies
- Control the height of the metabox
- Optionally include an add/edit link
- Filter
runthings_ttc_selected_taxonomies to short-circuit the override