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Taxonomy Tags to Checkboxes

Convert taxonomy tags to checkboxes in the WordPress admin area.
Rating
5/5
Version
1.1.0
Active installations
50
Last updated
Dec 17, 2025
Taxonomy Tags to Checkboxes

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 doesn’t allow new tags to be created on the fly, which keeps the tags list under control, although you can optionally enable an add / edit link.

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 auto, full height, and custom (px)
  • Show a link to the taxonomy edit screen via an “+ Add / Edit {taxononomy}” link
  • Customization via filters

Filters

runthings_ttc_selected_taxonomies

This filter allows developers to modify the array of taxonomies selected for the custom checkbox interface.

For detailed documentation and examples, see the full documentation on GitHub.

Parameters:

  1. $selected_taxonomies (array): An array of taxonomy slugs. Unset an entry to disable the checkbox list override.

License

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, see http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.html.

Icon – Check Box List by unlimicon from Noun Project, https://thenounproject.com/browse/icons/term/check-box-list/ (CC BY 3.0)

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