Builder Template Categories - for WordPress Page Builders

Contributors: daveshine, deckerweb, wpautobahn, toolbarextras
Donate link: https://www.paypal.me/deckerweb
Tags: elementor, page builder, templates, gutenberg, blocks, oceanwp, astra, generatepress, genesis, categories, template, deckerweb
Requires at least: 4.7
Tested up to: 5.2
Requires PHP: 5.6
Stable tag: 1.7.0
License: GPL-2.0-or-later
License URI: https://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-2.0

Organize your Page Builder Templates in the WordPress Admin. Better overview, don't get lost. Time saver. With extended plugin & theme support.

Description

Organize your Page Builder Templates in the WordPress Admin. Time saver, especially for bigger projects. Get a better and faster overview, don't get lost. Filter templates with your categories. With extended plugin & theme support.

original video link by plugin developer David Decker

Out of the box the plugin includes integrations for a lot of awesome Page Builders, Themes and Plugins. If any supported integration is installed & active, the "Builder Template Categories" plugin just applies its additions. The plugin is really lightweight and simple. Just activate and you're done - and can use the categorization.

♥️ What the Plugin does?

Better organize your templates if you have many of them
Better overview for admins and site builders
Filtering in the overview table of a post type (typical WordPress overview) via Dropdown Filter, or Link filter in the row of a post type's post
For WordPress 5.0+ with Block Editor (Gutenberg): make the Reusable Blocks visible in Admin and organize them - yeah, finally! Your growing collection of reusable blocks needs some organization - this plugin here makes it possible! ;-)
Only for admins, within the admin - a great helper tool
No frontend, no scripts, no styles - nothing! :-)
Lightweight, efficient
Developer friendly: clean code, inline documentation, lots of filters available

🚀 Typical Use Case of this Plugin

You are building a big site with lots of different templates across various template libraries of different plugins. Now the "Builder Template Categories" plugin helps you organize those templates better and more efficiently. For example you have a template category "Landing Pages". This category is now visible in Elementor's "My Templates", as well as in the Theme "GeneratePress" and its "Elements" Module, as well as in "PopBox for Elementor" plugin and also in "Pods" plugin's "Templates".

So in every one of those libraries you can now filter and list all parts of templates for this specific post type that belong to your "Landing Pages" category.

Please note: The categories are global but when filtering only those items are listed that are connected to the specific post type. See the FAQ for more info on that

🎉 Supported Page Builders

Elementor Page Builder Plugin (free version is sufficient) - My Templates (for Pages, Sections, and with Elementor Pro even more template types)
Brizy Page Builder Plugin (free version is sufficient) - Templates (for Pages, Sections etc.)
Oxygen Builder Plugin (Pro) - Templates (for Pages, Layouts, Sections, Theme Builder elements...) -- Note: also the old Oxygen Visual Site Builder 1.x is supported
Oxygen User Elements Library (for Blocks, Layouts, Sections, Theme Builder elements...) -- Note: only if enabled in Oxygen v2.3 alpha 1 or higher
Visual Composer Website Builder (the new one, 2018) - Global Templates / Header, Footer, Sidebars Templates
WPBakery Page Builder (the old 'Visual Composer') Plugin with its Templatera template plugin - Templates (for Pages, Layouts, etc.)
Cornerstone Page Builder via the "Cornerstone Global Blocks" Plugin (free) - Global Blocks (for Content)
BoldGrid Post and Page Builder Plugin (free) - Blocks (Templates)
Themify Builder Plugin (Premium version) - Layouts (for Layout Parts, Pages, Sections etc.)
Avada Fusion Builder Plugin in the Avada Theme (Premium) - Library (for Templates, Pages, Layouts, Columns, Rows)
Beaver Builder Plugin (Pro) - Templates (for Templates, Pages, Layouts, Rows etc.) - also including Beaver Themer support
Divi Builder as Plugin version/ as Divi Theme version/ as Extra Theme version (all Pro) - Library (for Templates etc.) - Category Templates (for Layouts, Templates etc.)
Gutenberg / Block Editor of WordPress 5.0+ - Blocks (for Reusable Blocks - the new core feature)

🎨 Supported Themes

Astra Theme with Astra Pro Add-On Plugin - Custom Layouts (for Layouts, Headers, Footers, Hooks)
GeneratePress Theme with "GP Premium" Add-On Plugin - Elements (for Layouts, Headers, Hooks)
OceanWP Theme with "Ocean Extra" free Plugin - My Library (for Layouts, Hooks etc.)
Kava Pro Theme/ CrocoBlock Service with JetThemeCore Plugin - My Library (for Layouts, Pages, Headers, Footers, Single, Archive)
Genesis Framework with Genesis Child Themes -- via Blox Lite and Blox (Pro) Plugins - Global Content Blocks (Sections, Hooks)
Page Builder Framework with WPBF Premium Add-On Plugin - Custom Section (for Sections, Layouts, Hooks etc.)
Customify with Customify Pro Add-On Plugin - Hooks (for Layouts, Sections, Hooks etc.)
Suki with Suki Pro Add-On Plugin - Custom Blocks (for Layouts, Sections, Hooks etc.)
Neve with Neve Pro Add-On Plugin - Custom Layouts (for Layouts, Sections, Hooks etc.)
Woostify with Woostify Pro Add-On Plugin - Header Footer Builder (for Elementor theming areas - Headers/ Footers)
Avada Theme with Avada Fusion Builder - Library (for Templates, Pages, Layouts, Columns, Rows)
Divi Theme with Divi Builder - Library (for Templates etc.)
Extra Theme with Divi Builder - Library (for Templates etc.) - Category Templates (for Layouts, Templates etc.)

🚀 Supported Plugins

see Page Builder Plugins above :-)
see Gutenberg-specific Plugins below :-)
AnyWhere Elementor Plugin (both, free & Pro version) - AE Global Templates (for Layouts, Content, Pages etc.)
Kava Pro Theme/ CrocoBlock Service with JetThemeCore Plugin - My Library (for Layouts, Pages, Headers, Footers, Single, Archive)
JetEngine for Elementor Plugin - Listings (Templates) - Forms (JetEngine Appointment Forms etc.)
JetWooBuilder for Elementor Plugin - Product Templates (for WooCommerce Products)
Blox Lite and Blox (Pro) Plugins, both for Genesis Framework - Global Content Blocks (for Sections, Hooks)
Oxygen Builder Plugin (Pro) - Templates (for Pages, Layouts, Sections, Theme Builder elements...) - User Elements Library (Elements, Blocks, Content)
Header Footer for Elementor Plugin - Header & Footer Templates (for Elementor theming areas)
DHWC Elementor Plugin - Product Templates (for WooCommerce Products)
Kadence WooCommerce Elementor Plugin - Product Templates (for WooCommerce Products)
PopBoxes for Elementor Plugin - Popups (Templates) (for Popups, Lightboxes)
StylePress for Elementor Plugin - Styles (Templates) (for Theme Templates)
Templementor Plugin - Templates (for Elementor content)
Thrive Lightboxes Plugin - Lightboxes (Templates) (for Lightboxes, Popups)
Popup Maker Plugin - Popups (Templates) (for Popups, Lightboxes)
Pods Plugin - Templates (for Post Types, Taxonomies, Fields, etc.) -- Note: the "Templates" Component needs to be enabled in Pods' settings!
WP Show Posts Plugin - Listings (Templates) (for Post Listings)
JetSmartFilters Plugin - Filters (Templates for Filter Controls, Listings etc.)
JetPopup Plugin - Popups (for Popups)
CartFlows Plugin - Flows (for WooCommerce Checkout & Thank You Pages)
Cherry PopUps Plugin - Popups (for Popups)
Themify Popup Plugin - Popups (for Popups)
Meta Box Post Types Add-On Plugin - Post Types (for Post Type registrations)
Meta Box Taxonomy Add-On Plugin - Taxonomies (for Taxonomy registrations)
Content Blocks (Custom Post Widget) Plugin - Blocks (for Content)
Reusable Content & Text Blocks (by Loomisoft) Plugin - Blocks (for Content)
Dev Content Blocks Plugin - Blocks (for Content)
Reusable Text Blocks Plugin - Blocks (for Content, Text)
Widget Content Blocks Plugin - Blocks (for Widgets, Content)
Reusable Content Blocks Plugin - Blocks (for Content, Text, etc.)
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) Plugin (both, free & Pro version) - Field Groups (for Custom Fields, Options)
Custom Field Suite Plugin - Field Groups (for Custom Fields, Options)
CMB2 Admin Extension Plugin - Field Groups (for Custom Fields, Options)
Meta Box Builder and Meta Box All-In-One (AIO) Plugins (both Premium) - Field Groups (for Custom Fields, Options)
Custom Template for LifterLMS Plugin - Templates (for Courses etc.)
Custom Template for LearnDash Plugin - Templates (for Courses etc.)
Opal Widgets for Elementor Plugin - Templates (for Headers, Footers)
Epic News Elements Plugin - Templates (for Posts/ Singular, Archives)
Smart Footer System Plugin - Templates (for Footers)
Master Popups Plugin - Popups (for Popups)
Easy Content Templates Plugin - Templates (for Content)
Simple Content Templates Plugin - Templates (for Content)
Custom Page Templates Plugin - Templates (for Pages, Post Types) / Post Types (for Post Type registrations) / Taxonomies (for Taxonomy registrations)
Beaver Themer Plugin (Pro) - Themer Layouts (for Templates)
Give Donations Plugin - Donation Forms (for Forms)
HappyForms Plugin (free & Pro version) - Forms
Reusable Layouts for SiteOrigin Plugin - Layouts (for Templates etc.)
Lightweight Sidebar Manager Plugin - Sidebars (for Sidebars, Widget Areas)
Reusable Blocks - Elementor, Beaver Builder, WYSIWYG Plugin - Templates (for Sections, Sidebars, etc.)
HT Script (Insert Headers and Footers Code) Plugin - Scripts (for Custom Code)
ToolKit for Elementor Plugin (Pro) - My Templates (for Elementor Templates)
Elements Kit Plugin (free & Pro version) - My Templates (for Elementor Templates)
Flo Forms Plugin - Forms (for Contact Forms etc.)
Woody Snippets Plugin - Snippets (for Code Snippets, Ad Snippets etc.)
Boxzilla Plugin (free & Pro version) - Boxes (for Popups, Boxes, Sections etc.)
Holler Boxes Plugin - Boxes (for Popups, Boxes, Sections etc.)

📦 Supported Gutenberg-specific Plugins (Block Editor)

Lazy Blocks Plugin - Blocks (Templates for Gutenberg Blocks)
Block Lab Plugin - Blocks (Templates & Fields for Gutenberg Blocks)
Advanced Custom Blocks Plugin - Blocks (Templates & Fields for Gutenberg Blocks)
Blocks Layouts Plugin - Layouts (Layouts for Gutenberg Blocks)
Square Happiness: Placeholder Block Plugin - Blocks (Placeholders/ Templates for Gutenberg Blocks)
Gutenberg Templates (Block Templates) Plugin - Templates (Templates for Gutenberg Blocks)
Block Areas Plugin - Areas (Templates for Theme/Block Areas)

👍 Recommended Time Saver

Try Toolbar Extras my other plugin for Site Builders and admins: Building sites with Elementor? Your work will get easier & faster with Toolbar Extras. With extended plugin & theme support baked right in. Of course, "Builder Template Categories" is integrated as well :)

Plugin Page here on WordPress.org
Plugin's own website toolbarextras.com
In your WordPress admin dashboard search for toolbar extras in the plugin installer ;-)

ℹ️ Important: Required/ Recommended for plugin usage

Required: User has role Administrator (needed capability edit_theme_options)
Required: User is logged in (of course)

🌎 Translations

English (United States) - en_US = default, always included
German (informal, default) - de_DE - always included
German (formal) - de_DE_formal - always included
French - fr_FR - by the community, thanks to Bruno Tritsch
.pot file (builder-template-categories.pot) for translators is always included in the plugin's 'languages' folder :)

👍 Be a Contributor

If you want to translate, go to the Translation Portal at translate.wordpress.org.

You can also contribute code-wise via our Builder Template Categories GitHub Repository - and see where you can help.

📝 Documentation and Support

If you have any more questions, visit our support on the Plugin's Forum.

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Installation

Minimum Requirements

WordPress version 4.7 or higher
PHP version 5.6.20 or higher
MySQL version 5.0 or higher
Administrator user with capability edit_theme_options

We Recommend Your Host Supports at least:

PHP version 7.2 or higher
MySQL version 5.6 or higher / OR MariaDB 10.1 or higher
HTTPS support

Installation

Install using the WordPress built-in Plugin installer (via Plugins > Add New - search for builder template categories), or extract the ZIP file and drop the contents in the wp-content/plugins/ directory of your WordPress installation.
Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress.
Go to your already active plugin or theme which has the template library and you'll see the additional template category as a new submenu item (for example: "Template Categories").
Now enjoy organizing your templates, get better overview and save time ;-)

Frequently Asked Questions

How to apply template categories in bulk?

Applying template categories to more than one template at once is easily possible: just use the built-in "Bulk Actions" from WordPress Core, which are available for any post type.

Go to the post type of your templates, for example "Elementor My Templates"
On top of the so-called overview table (Post List Table) look for Bulk Actions
In the table check (select) any template you want to add a category to
In the Bulk Actions drop-down menu, select the "Edit" action and then click the Apply button next to the drop-down --> NOTE: v1.1.0 of our plugin tweaks the label to this Edit, add Category etc. to make the whole thing more clear! :-)
Then assign any category you want to the selected templates
Don't forget to click the "Save" button once you're done

original video link by plugin developer David Decker

Why is the taxonomy "global" and applied to more than one post type?

The answer is simple: Our taxonomy is only for organizing purposes if you have to manage many, many templates. It is easy to just enter 2 or more different categories if you use more than one of the supported integrations (and therefore have our taxonomy applied to more than one post type).

It would add a lot of bloat to register a "organizing taxonomy" for every supported post type of an integration. This really makes absolutely no sense in my opinion. Of course, you are free to tweak the behavior of the plugin with the built-in filters or WordPress Core functions, filters, actions and classes. Plus, you can at any time easily register any custom taxonomy yourself.

This plugin here is a "quick and easy" solution: install, activate, organize with categories. Done.

The category counter displays wrong number?

The counter works fine, really. The "issue" you're seeing is most likely that: you have more than one of the supported integrations active. Therefore the categories are global and applied to each of the integrations. But the terms count for the categories remains also global.

Example:

Example Category: "Landing Pages"
for "Landing Pages" - Count in "Elementor My Templates": 5
for "Landing Pages" - Count in "Astra Custom Layouts": 10

The term counter in the taxonomy list table will always display: 15. This is the global term count.

Continuing the example: When filtering in "Elementor My Templates" for "Landing Pages" you will get 5 results. Which is fully correct. These are the 5 results that are connected to this post type. The same filter in "Astra Custom Layouts" will bring 10, of course, as only these 10 terms are connected to this Layouts Post Type. And so on...! :)

Why is the Administrator Role recommended?

This plugin only works and makes sense for Administrator users just because the post types it integrates with are mostly only accessable for administrators. The target user group of this plugin are site builders, admins, developers who want to organize their admin area better, plus their website projects.

To customize the capability to make the taxonomy appear in the Admin Dashboard you can use a filter:

add_filter( 'btc/filter/capability/submenu', 'btc_custom_capability_submenu' );
/**
 * Plugin: Builder Template Categories - Custom capability.
 *
 * @return string String ID of new capability.
 */
function btc_custom_capability_submenu() {

	return 'edit_posts';

}  // end function

(This code snippet as a GitHub Gist)

Is Elementor required for this plugin?

Elementor (free) is not required. But once it is installed and active the integration gets loaded, meaning, the taxonomy for categorizing Elementor templates appears (My Templates Library). This will make organizing templates a breeze ;-)

I totally recommend Elementor - so, with it active, this plugin here will make the perfect sense!

Is Elementor Pro required for this plugin?

Absolutely not. For the Elementor integration the free version of Elementor is enough as it already adds the template library ("My Templates").

However, I strongly recommend Elementor Pro as it is so useful for Non-Coder Designers site builders.

Where are the other popular Page Builders?

All the others already have template categories by default, or, on the other hand, cannot be supported with a post type taxonomy.

Thrive Architect: has category feature already built-in
SiteOrigin Page Builder: library built-in, but it is currently impossible to extend it with this taxonomy... - only possible via third-party plugin "Reusable Layouts for SiteOrigin" (free, by Echelon) which we already integrated with since our plugin version 1.6.0

Update:

Brizy Page Builder added template feature in their version 1.0.25 - we added integration with our plugin version 1.0.1
Visual Composer Website Builder for Headers, Footers, Sidebars, Global Templates - we added integration with our plugin version 1.4.0
Avada Fusion Builder in Avada Theme - we added integration with our plugin version 1.4.0
Beaver Builder & Beaver Themer - we added integration with our plugin version 1.6.0
Divi Builder (plugin version, Divi Theme, Extra Theme) - we added integration with our plugin version 1.6.0

Will other Themes be supported?

Yes, absolutely. – Once I discover another theme (or via an add-on plugin) which adds a template library but has no categories for organizing I consider adding an integration. Of course, you can also make me aware of other themes and plugins with such libraries.

Will other third-party Plugins be supported?

Yes, absolutely. - Once I discover another plugin which adds a template library but has no categories for organizing I consider adding an integration. Of course, you can also make me aware of other themes and plugins with such libraries.

Does this Plugin work with Gutenberg / WordPress 5.0+ / Block Editor?

Yes, of course! - The plugin is fully compatible with Gutenberg Block Editor which is (becoming) WordPress 5.0+. It even supports the "Reusable Blocks" feature and adds our template category for that. This means, you can now categorize your reusable blocks and edit them from a dedicated screen!

Beyond that, there is already integration with some Gutenberg-specific plugins built-in. More integrations might follow over time.

Does this Plugin work with Classic Editor and even ClassicPress?

Yes, this plugin works with the Classic Editor plugin perfectly fine.

I will try my best to also have my plugin work perfectly in ClassicPress, the fork of WordPress without Gutenberg. It should already be fully compatible but I will follow all events closely to adjust compat if needed.

Will this Plugin slow down my site?

Absolutely not. The plugin will only do its stuff for logged-in Administrator users. It does nothing for visitors of your site. Plugin loads its stuff only when needed and if supported theme/ plugin is active. Plugin was built to be as lightweight as possible.

Does the Plugin work with Multisite?

Yes, it works fine in Multisite, you could even activate it Network-wide. However, the taxonomy is only added on a per site basis (if the supported integrations are active). Therefore it makes the most sense to activate the plugin on a per site basis.

Do I need to have any of the integrations installed?

Technically not. However, without the integrations this plugin doesn't make any sense. So you want to have at least one of the integrations installed and activated.

Or, you can also register your own custom integration (see snippets below) if you do not want or need the built-in integrations.

Note: One exception is the new Block Editor since WordPress 5.0+. The Block Editor has a feature called "Reusable Blocks" and this is already natively integrated with our plugin, "Builder Template Categories". So, once you have Gutenberg or WordPress 5.0+ active you already have one native integration active by default ;-).

Do I still need this plugin since Elementor has its own Category now?

Good question. If you used our plugin, Builder Template Categories, before it's recommended to use it still to not lose your data and for consistency, of course. You absolutely can run both taxonomies side by side. This plugin always plays nice with others! ;-)

And, Builder Template Categories, has a big advantage over Elementor's own taxonomy: our taxonomy is global! This means, it is used by other integrations at the same time - if those are active side by side with Elementor. This "effect" just makes our plugin way more smart and usable.

That is especially useful if you work with Elementor, PLUS one of these:

GeneratePress Elements (GP Premium)
Astra Custom Layouts (Astra Pro)
OceanWP Library
Page Builder Framework Sections (WPBF Premium)
Genesis Blox plugin (free or Pro)
One of the Jet Plugins by Zemez Jet (JetWooBuilder, JetThemeCore, JetListing, JetPopop, JetSmartFilters)
AnyWhere Elementor plugin (free or Pro)
Templementor

If you ask me: In such a case Builder Template Categories has way more power and makes just more sense, also if you're working with a team.

Note: Shortly I will also provide ways to disable Elementor's taxonomy if you want.

Can I extend or customize the plugin?

Yes, of course. There are numerous filters built-in, plus the default filters for taxonomies from WordPress Core apply.

If you want to add support for your own custom library, just declare the following register statement via our filter:

add_filter( 'btc/filter/integrations/all', 'btc_register_custom_integration' );
/**
 * Plugin: Builder Template Categories - Register custom integration.
 *
 * @param  array $integrations Holds array of all registered integrations.
 * @return array Tweaked array of registered integrations.
 */
function btc_register_custom_integration( array $integrations ) {

	$post_type = 'your-post-type';

	$submenu_hook = 'your-custom-settings-page';	// as in: your-site.domain/wp-admin/admin.php?page=your-custom-settings-page;
	// or alternative: $submenu_hook = 'edit.php?post_type=' . $post_type;

	$template_label = 'template';	// or: library, layout, element, popup, lightbox, block, listing, post-type, field, box, bar, hook, filter, section, flow, snippet

	$integrations[ 'your-custom-handle-lowercase' ] = array(
		'label'          => __( 'My Custom Templates', 'your-textdomain' ),
		'submenu_hook'   => $submenu_hook,
		'post_type'      => $post_type,
		'template_label' => $template_label,
		'admin_url'      => 'edit.php?post_type=' . $post_type,
	);

	return $integrations;

}  // end function

(This code snippet as a GitHub Gist)

Best practice is to wrap the whole code above in a conditional to check if the theme/ plugin/ post type is active before applying anything from our "Builder Template Categories" stuff.

More info on Translations?

English - default, always included
German (de_DE): Deutsch - immer dabei! :-)
For custom and update-safe language files please upload them to /wp-content/languages/builder-template-categories/ (just create this folder) - This enables you to use fully custom translations that won't be overridden on plugin updates. Also, complete custom English wording is possible with that as well, just use a language file like builder-template-categories-en_US.mo/.po to achieve that (for creating one see the following tools).

Easy WordPress.org plugin translation platform with GlotPress platform: Translate "Builder Template Categories"...

Note: All my plugins are internationalized/ translateable by default. This is very important for all users worldwide. So please contribute your language to the plugin to make it even more useful. For translating and validating I recommend the awesome "Poedit Editor", which works fine on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Some Statistics?

As of version 1.5.0 of the plugin the following was achieved:

1 Taxonomy
65 Integrations overall
1 Core Integration (Gutenberg Block Editor)
9 Theme Integrations
10 Page Builder Integrations
46 Plugin Integrations
Up to 76 different post types (of integrations) supported
16 generic template content types, plus 1 plugin-specific template content type

Screenshots

1. Template Categories for Elementor "My Templates" - Filtering for templates: 1) Dropdown of template categories, 2) Links to template categories

2. List of Template Categories - plus help info about all current active integrations

3. Edit a template category: 1) Title is the most important item; 2) Description field ist useful for internal notes or for your team of designers/ site builders etc.

4. Template categories for "Astra Custom Layouts" - Astra Theme via Astra Pro plugin

5. Template categories for "GeneratePress Elements" - GP Premium plugin (v1.7+)

6. Template categories for "OceanWP My Library" - Ocean Extra plugin

7. Edit a template - and set the template category (Example of an Elementor template)

8. Post type Bulk Actions: add template category to selected templates in one action step

9. Plugins page - list of all plugins - "Builder Template Categories" with link to taxonomy listing table

10. Reusable Blocks support in Block Editor (Gutenberg) in WordPress 5.0+ - post type list table (overview)

11. Editing a Reusable Block - adding the "Builder Template Categories" taxonomy via the new Block Editor JavaScript-based meta box

Changelog

🎉 1.7.0 - 2019-09-23

New: Extended integration with plugin JetEngine (Premium, by Zemez Jet/ CrocoBlock) for Form Categories
New: Added integration with plugin ToolKit for Elementor (Premium, by ToolKit for Elementor)
New: Added integration with theme Woostify - Header & Footers via Woostify Pro Add-On plugin (Premium, by BoostifyThemes)
New: Added integration with plugin Woody Snippets (formerly: Insert PHP) (free, by Webcraftic)
New: Added integration with plugin ElementsKit Lite/Pro (free/Premium, by wpmet)
New: Added integration with plugin Flo Forms (free, by Flothemes)
New: Added integration with plugin Boxzilla (free, by ibericode)
New: Added integration with plugin Holler Box (free, by Scott Bolinger)
New: Added integration with theme Neve - Neve Custom Layouts via Neve Pro Add-On plugin (Premium, by ThemeIsle)
New: Added new template content types "URL/ URLs" and "Redirect/ Redirects"
Tweak: Updated bundled library DDWlib Plugin Installer Recommendations to latest version (v1.5.0) - better performance due to the use of transients
Tweak: Minor code improvements
Tweak: Updated .pot file plus all German translations (formal, informal) and language packs

🎉 1.6.0 - 2019-08-16

New: Added integration with plugin GiveWP Donations (free, by GiveWP/ Impress.org, LLC)
New: Added integration with plugin Lightweight Sidebar Manager (free, by Brainstorm Force)
New: Added integration with plugin Reusable Layouts for SiteOrigin (free, by Echelon)
New: Added integration with plugin Reusable Blocks - Elementor, Beaver Builder, WYSIWYG (free, by WebEmpire)
New: Added integration with plugin Block Areas (free, by The WP Rig Contributors)
New: Added integration with plugin HT Script (Insert Headers and Footers Code) (free, by HasThemes)
New: Added integration with plugin HappyForms (free) and HappyForms Pro (Premium) (both by The Theme Foundry)
New: Added integration with plugin Beaver Builder (Premium, by The Beaver Builder Team) -- the pro version
New: Added integration with plugin Beaver Themer (Premium, by The Beaver Builder Team)
New: Added integration with plugin Divi Builder (Premium, by Elegant Themes)
New: Added integration with theme Divi (Premium, by Elegant Themes)
New: Added integration with theme Extra (Premium, by Elegant Themes)
New: Added new template content types "Sidebar/ Sidebars", "Area/ Areas", "Form/ Forms" and "Script/ Scripts"
Tweak: Corrected some labels for their singular/plural form
Tweak: Updated bundled library DDWlib Plugin Installer Recommendations to latest version (v1.4.1) - feature updates
Tweak: Minor code improvements
Tweak: Updated .pot file plus all German translations (formal, informal) and language packs

⚡ 1.5.1 - 2019-05-03

New: Successfully tested with WordPress 5.2
New: Successfully tested with ClassicPress 1.0.1
New: Integrated with WordPress 5.2+ new Site Health feature: Builder Template Categories now has an extra section on the Debug Info tab - this is especially helpful for support requests
Tweak: Refined integration and compatibility with Toolbar Extras v1.4.3 or higher, regarding the Block Editor support
Tweak: Refined recommended Gutenberg-specific plugins for "Plugin Installer Recommendations" library
Tweak: Updated bundled library DDWlib Plugin Installer Recommendations to latest version (v1.4.0) - feature updates
Tweak: Updated .pot file plus all German translations (formal, informal) and language packs

🎉 1.5.0 - 2019-03-28

New: Added integration with theme Page Builder Framework - Custom Sections via WPBF Premium Add-On plugin (Premium, by David Vongries & MapSteps)
New: Added integration with theme Suki - Custom Blocks via Suki Pro Add-On plugin (Premium, by SukiWP/ David Rozando)
New: Added integration with theme Customify - Customify Hooks via Customify Pro Add-On plugin (Premium, by WPCustomify/ PressMaximum)
New: Added integration with plugin CartFlows (free, by CartFlows Inc.)
New: Added additional integration with plugin Oxygen Builder - Oxygen User Elements Library (if enabled via Library settings in Oxygen v2.3 alpha 1 or higher)
New: Successfully tested with WordPress 5.1.1
Tweak: Updated bundled library DDWlib Plugin Installer Recommendations to latest version (v1.3.0) - feature updates
Tweak: Minor code improvements
Tweak: Updated .pot file plus all German translations (formal, informal) and language packs
Tweak: Enhanced and improved Readme.txt file here

⚡ 1.4.3 - 2019-01-21

New: Additional checks for Block Editor (Gutenberg) integration if one of the popular disabling plugins has disabled it completely (in that case the integration won't be loaded at all!)
New: Overhauled Elementor integration to be also fully compatible with Elementor 2.4.0 or higher (while still being compatible with older Elementor versions)
New: Make predefined category terms also available for Elementor built-in "Categories" taxonomy (only for Elementor v2.4.0+)
New: Added new template content types "Flow/ Flows" and "Snippet/ Snippets"
New: Join my newsletter for DECKERWEB WordPress Plugins - insider info, plus tutorials and more useful stuff
Tweak: Updated .pot file plus all German translations (formal, informal) and language packs
Tweak: Enhanced and improved Readme.txt file here - also added new FAQ entry

⚡ 1.4.2 - 2018-12-14

Tweak: Moved admin CSS into proper stylesheet, and enqueue it - this fixes issues users have reported

⚡ 1.4.1 - 2018-12-13

New: Successfully tested with WordPress 5.0.x major release version
New: Added new template content type "Section/ Sections"
Tweak: Make sure our help tab is restricted to our own taxonomy only
Tweak: Updated bundled library DDWlib Plugin Installer Recommendations to latest version (v1.2.1) - CSS fixes
Tweak: Updated .pot file plus all German translations (formal, informal) and language packs
Tweak: Enhanced and improved Readme.txt file here

🎉 1.4.0 - 2018-11-21

New: Integration with plugin Epic News Elements (Premium, by Jegtheme) - an Add-On for Elementor, Block Editor (Gutenberg) and WPBakery Page Builder (old Visual Composer)
New: Integration with plugin Master Popups (Premium, by CodexHelp)
New: Integration with plugin Block Lab (free, by Block Lab) -- for WordPress Block Editor, also known as "Gutenberg"
New: Integration with plugin Gutenberg Templates (Block Templates) (free, by Konstantinos Galanakis) -- for WordPress Block Editor, also known as "Gutenberg"
New: Integration with plugin Visual Composer Website Builder (free/Premium, by The Visual Composer Team) -- Note: this is the new plugin version from 2018, not the old one (now renamed), "WPBakery Page Builder"
New: Integration with Page Builder plugin Avada Fusion Builder in Avada Theme (Premium, by ThemeFusion)
New: Integration with plugin Smart Footer System (Premium, by Meta Plugin) - compatible with Elementor, Gutenberg, Genesis, Beaver Builder etc.
New: Integration with plugin Easy Content Templates (free, by Japa Alekhin Llemos)
New: Integration with plugin Simple Content Templates (free, by Clifton Griffin)
New: Integration with plugin Custom Page Templates (Premium, by Pavlo Reva)
New: Added integration with "Elementor Finder" - interactive search since Elementor v2.3.0+
Tweak: For some integrations (manually) added taxonomy column to the post type list table (overview table) where the automatic adding didn't work (because of customized post types...)
Tweak: Set proper 'parent file' / 'subemenu file' relations for all integrations - therefore our taxonomy is now highlighted correctly as submenu in the Admin
Tweak: Updated .pot file plus all German translations (formal, informal) and language packs
Tweak: Enhanced and improved Readme.txt file here

🎉 1.3.0 - 2018-10-30

New: Integration with plugin Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) (free & Pro, by Elliot Condon)
New: Integration with plugin Custom Field Suite (free, by Matt Gibbs)
New: Integration with Add-On plugin CMB2 Admin Extension (free, by twoelevenjay) --> Note: This is the UI plugin for the CMB2 library plugin!
New: Integration with Add-On plugins Meta Box Builder and Meta Box All-In-One (AIO) (both Premium, by Meta Box) --> Note: This is the UI plugin for the Meta Box (fields) plugin!
New: Integration with plugin Custom Template for LifterLMS (free, by Brainstorm Force)
New: Integration with plugin Custom Template for LearnDash (free, by Brainstorm Force)
New: Integration with plugin Opal Widgets for Elementor (free, by WpOpal) - for Header and Footer templates
New: Integration with plugin Reusable Content Blocks (free, by Safeer)
New: Integration with plugin JetSmartFilters (Premium, by Zemez Jet/ CrocoBlock)
New: Added new template content type "Filter/ Filters"
New: Added 2 new screenshots to show Reusable Block support in Block Editor (Gutenberg)
New: Successfully tested with WordPress 5.0 Beta 1
New: Video of plugin walkthrough and live demo
Tweak: Updated bundled library DDWlib Plugin Installer Recommendations to latest version (v1.2.0) - which brings enhanced CSS styles, including for the "Dark Mode" plugin
Tweak: Updated .pot file plus all German translations (formal, informal) and language packs
Tweak: Enhanced and improved Readme.txt file here - also added some new FAQ entries

🎉 1.2.0 - 2018-10-12

The Gutenberg Block Editor Support Release ;-)
New: Integration with "Gutenberg plugin" / (upcoming) WordPress Version 5.0+: Block categories for new default wp_block post type, plus admin enhancements - this lets you manage the "reusable blocks" feature better
New: Integration with plugin Lazy Blocks (free, by nK) -- for WordPress Block Editor, also known as "Gutenberg"
New: Integration with plugin Advanced Custom Blocks (free, by Rheinard Korf, Luke Carbis, Rob Stinson) -- for WordPress Block Editor, also known as "Gutenberg"
New: Integration with plugin Blocks Layouts (free, by Jordy Meow) -- for WordPress Block Editor, also known as "Gutenberg"
New: Integration with plugin Square Happiness: Placeholder Block (free, by Square Happiness) -- for WordPress Block Editor, also known as "Gutenberg"
New: Integration with plugin StylePress for Elementor (free, by David Baker (dtbaker))
New: Integration with plugin Content Blocks (Custom Post Widget) (free, by Johan van der Wijk)
New: Integration with plugin Reusable Content & Text Blocks (free, by Loomisoft)
New: Integration with plugin Dev Content Blocks (free, by Allon Sacks)
New: Integration with plugin Text Blocks (free, by Hal Gatewood)
New: Integration with plugin Widget Content Blocks (free, by Danny van Kooten)
New: Added new template content types "Field/ Fields", "Box/ Boxes", "Bar/ Bars" and "Hook/ Hooks"
New: If Fields, Box, Bar or Hook template related integrations are active before plugin installation/activation add predefined terms for "Fields", "Boxes", "Bars" and "Hooks" appropriately
New: Facebook Info Page for my WordPress plugins, this one included :)
Tweak: Code, plus code documentation improvements and tweaks
Tweak: Improved special "translators" comments in code
Tweak: Updated .pot file plus all German translations (formal, informal) and language packs
Tweak: Enhanced and improved Readme.txt file here

🎉 1.1.0 - 2018-09-30

New: Category labels now fit to the content type (post type) of the integration - popup integrations are now labelled as "Popup Categories", and the same for other types like Blocks, Layouts, Elements etc.
New: Integration with Page Builder plugin Themify Builder (Premium, by Themify) - note: this applies only to the premium version of this plugin
New: Integration with plugin JetPopup (free, by Zemez Jet/ CrocoBlock)
New: Integration with plugin Cherry PopUps (free, by Zemez)
New: Integration with plugin Templementor (free, by Lcweb)
New: Integration with plugin Kadence WooCommerce Elementor (free, by Kadence Themes) - for single product templates
New: Integration with plugin Kadence WooCommerce Elementor Pro (Premium, by Kadence Themes) - for product archive templates and checkout templates
New: Integration with plugin Themify Popup (free, by Themify)
New: Integration with Add-On plugins Meta Box Post Types and Meta Box Taxonomy (both free, by Meta Box)
New: If WooCommerce template related integrations are active before plugin installation/activation add predefined "Products" term
New: If Popup/Modal template related integrations are active before plugin installation/activation add predefined "Popups" term
New: In post type list tables for bulk actions the "Edit" label was tweaked to "Edit, add Category etc." to make it more clear for users that template categories (of this plugin) can be added as well in bulk mode
New: Added help tab with additional info - appearing on the plugin's taxonomy page as well as all edit screens from post types of any active integration
New: Added a new screenshot to show Bulk Actions - to add template category to more than one template in one action
New: Created special Facebook Group for user community support for all plugins from me (David Decker - DECKERWEB), this one here included! ;-) - please join at facebook!
Tweak: Partly refactored the WPBakery Page Builder integration - now by default the Grid Builder Templates are integrated, and optionally, if the Templatera templates are active (premium Add-On), these as well -- that way, all makes more sense
Tweak: Smaller code and inline documentation tweaks, plus improvements
Tweak: Updated bundled library DDWlib Plugin Installer Recommendations to latest version (v1.1.0) - which brings smaller additions and enhancements, like CSS styles to the upload areas and plugin cards, plus plugin version number on plugin cards
Tweak: Updated .pot file plus all German translations (formal, informal) and language packs
Tweak: Enhanced and improved Readme.txt file here - also added new FAQ entry

⚡ 1.0.1 - 2018-08-30

New: Integration with Brizy Templates for Brizy Page Builder - template feature was released in their free version v1.0.25
New: Added plugin update message also to Plugins page (overview table)
New: French translations by the community
Tweak: Added plugins recommendations library by deckerweb to improve the plugin installer tips (old filter function got removed)
Tweak: Updated .pot file plus all German translations (formal, informal) and language packs
Tweak: Enhanced, improved and corrected Readme.txt file here - also tweaked FAQ entry

🎉 1.0.0 - 2018-08-20

Official plugin launch on WordPress.org. Everything's new!
New: Including integration for 15 Plugins: Elementor, AnyWhere Elementor, Header Footer for Elementor, Popup Maker, PopBox for Elementor, Thrive Lightboxes, Oxygen Builder (2.0+), Pods, JetEngine for Elementor, JetWooBuilder for Elementor, DHWC Elementor (WooCommerce Templates), WP Show Posts, BoldGrid Post and Page Builder, WPBakery Page Builder (Visual Composer), Global Blocks for Cornerstone
New: Including integration for 5 Themes: OceanWP, GeneratePress, Astra, Kava Pro (CrocoBlock), Genesis (Blox)
New: Includes a composer.json file in the plugin's root folder - this is great for developers using Composer

⚡ 0.9.1 - 2018-08-17

New: Added Code Snippets as GitHub Gists
New: Added short and easy "documentation" as Wiki in official GitHub repository for the plugin
New: Added integration "WPBakery Page Builder" (the old Visual Composer), via its "Templatera" Add-On plugin

⚡ 0.9.0 - 2018-08-16

New: Beta release of the plugin on its public GitHub repository

Upgrade Notice

1.7.0

Feature Release with 9 new integrations. - Update highly recommended! :-)

1.6.0

Feature Release with 13 new integrations. - Update highly recommended! :-)

1.5.1

Now with WordPress 5.2 Site Health integration. Plus few internal improvements. - Update highly recommended!

1.5.0

Feature Release with 5 new integrations. - Update highly recommended! :-)

1.4.3

New template content types. Elementor 2.4.0 compatibility. - Update highly recommended! :-)

1.4.2

New template content type; admin CSS fixes; internal library update; smaller tweaks. - Update recommended! :-)

1.4.1

New template content type; internal library update; smaller tweaks. - Update recommended! :-)

1.4.0

Feature release with 10 new integrations added. Plus integration with new "Elementor Finder" feature (interactive search). Also proper highlighting of our taxonomy in submenus in Admin, among other tweaks & improvements. – Update highly recommended!

1.3.0

Feature release with 10 new integrations added. Enhanced Gutenberg / Block Editor support for (upcoming) WordPress 5.0. Plus smaller tweaks and improvements overall. – Update highly recommended!

1.2.0

Feature release with 11 new integrations added. Gutenberg / Block Editor support for (upcoming) WordPress 5.0. Plus smaller tweaks and improvements overall. – Update highly recommended!

1.1.0

Feature release with 9 new integrations added. Also major improvements to category labels, now fitting to the integrated content/post type. Plus smaller tweaks and improvements overall. – Update highly recommended!

1.0.1

Added integration for Brizy Page Builder. Further tweaks and improvements. Update recommended.

1.0.0

Official plugin launch. Everything's new!

0.9.1

Additions for GitHub.com repo.

0.9.0

Beta plugin release on GitHub.com

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Additional Info

Idea Behind / Philosophy: Just a little lightweight plugin for all the Non-Coder site builders out there using plugins or themes with template libraries and wanting to categorize these templates. Just making their daily work and life just a little easier.

Last but not least

Special Thanks go out to my family for allowing me to do such spare time projects (aka free plugins) and supporting me in every possible way!

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Builder Template Categories - for WordPress Page Builders

Description

♥️ What the Plugin does?

🚀 Typical Use Case of this Plugin

🎉 Supported Page Builders

🎨 Supported Themes

🚀 Supported Plugins

📦 Supported Gutenberg-specific Plugins (Block Editor)

👍 Recommended Time Saver

ℹ️ Important: Required/ Recommended for plugin usage

🌎 Translations

👍 Be a Contributor

📝 Documentation and Support

⚡ Liked Builder Template Categories?

☕ This Plugin ...

Installation

Minimum Requirements

We Recommend Your Host Supports at least:

Installation

Frequently Asked Questions

How to apply template categories in bulk?

Why is the taxonomy "global" and applied to more than one post type?

The category counter displays wrong number?

Why is the Administrator Role recommended?

Is Elementor required for this plugin?

Is Elementor Pro required for this plugin?

Where are the other popular Page Builders?

Will other Themes be supported?

Will other third-party Plugins be supported?

Does this Plugin work with Gutenberg / WordPress 5.0+ / Block Editor?

Does this Plugin work with Classic Editor and even ClassicPress?

Will this Plugin slow down my site?

Does the Plugin work with Multisite?

Do I need to have any of the integrations installed?

Do I still need this plugin since Elementor has its own Category now?

Can I extend or customize the plugin?

More info on Translations?

Some Statistics?

Screenshots

1. Template Categories for Elementor "My Templates" - Filtering for templates: 1) Dropdown of template categories, 2) Links to template categories

2. List of Template Categories - plus help info about all current active integrations

3. Edit a template category: 1) Title is the most important item; 2) Description field ist useful for internal notes or for your team of designers/ site builders etc.

4. Template categories for "Astra Custom Layouts" - Astra Theme via Astra Pro plugin

5. Template categories for "GeneratePress Elements" - GP Premium plugin (v1.7+)

6. Template categories for "OceanWP My Library" - Ocean Extra plugin

7. Edit a template - and set the template category (Example of an Elementor template)

8. Post type Bulk Actions: add template category to selected templates in one action step

9. Plugins page - list of all plugins - "Builder Template Categories" with link to taxonomy listing table

10. Reusable Blocks support in Block Editor (Gutenberg) in WordPress 5.0+ - post type list table (overview)

11. Editing a Reusable Block - adding the "Builder Template Categories" taxonomy via the new Block Editor JavaScript-based meta box

Changelog

🎉 1.7.0 - 2019-09-23

🎉 1.6.0 - 2019-08-16

⚡ 1.5.1 - 2019-05-03

🎉 1.5.0 - 2019-03-28

⚡ 1.4.3 - 2019-01-21

⚡ 1.4.2 - 2018-12-14

⚡ 1.4.1 - 2018-12-13

🎉 1.4.0 - 2018-11-21

🎉 1.3.0 - 2018-10-30

🎉 1.2.0 - 2018-10-12

🎉 1.1.0 - 2018-09-30

⚡ 1.0.1 - 2018-08-30

🎉 1.0.0 - 2018-08-20

⚡ 0.9.1 - 2018-08-17

⚡ 0.9.0 - 2018-08-16

Upgrade Notice

1.7.0

1.6.0

1.5.1

1.5.0

1.4.3

1.4.2

1.4.1