Title: Formategory
Author: Christopher Finke
Published: <strong>22 Deireadh Fómhair, 2012</strong>
Last modified: 20 Deireadh Fómhair, 2026

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# Formategory

 By [Christopher Finke](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cfinke/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/formategory.3.3.zip)

 * [Details](https://ga.wordpress.org/plugins/formategory/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://ga.wordpress.org/plugins/formategory/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://ga.wordpress.org/plugins/formategory/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/formategory/)

## Description

Formategory allows you to customize posts based on their categories. Just define
a template for a category, and all of the posts in that category will be displayed
according to the template.

Use the buttons in the top-right meta box to insert placeholders for the post’s 
content; {{ the_content }} will be replaced by the post’s content, and {{ the_title}}
will be replaced by the post’s title. Select some categories for the template, and
after you save it, any posts in those categories will be instantly templated.

The “Category Templates” page in your dashboard allows you to manage your templates
just like you manage your posts and pages.

## Screenshots

[⌊The Formategory template management screen.⌉⌊The Formategory template management
screen.⌉[

The Formategory template management screen.

[⌊An example Formategory template.⌉⌊An example Formategory template.⌉[

An example Formategory template.

[⌊A post customized by Formategory.⌉⌊A post customized by Formategory.⌉[

A post customized by Formategory.

## Reviews

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 [comemo](https://profiles.wordpress.org/comemo/) 8 Feabhra, 2017

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## Contributors & Developers

“Formategory” is open source software. The following people have contributed to 
this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Christopher Finke ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cfinke/)

[Translate “Formategory” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/formategory)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/formategory/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/formategory/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/formategory/) by
[RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/formategory/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 3.3

_Release Date – 19 October 2026_

 * Added support for {{ the_date }} placeholder
 * Formategory no longer runs on post excerpts.
 * Fixed a bug that could have left some category templates in the database after
   uninstalling Formategory.

#### 3.2

_Release Date – 1 April 2025_

 * Fixed a bug preventing Formategory from working on a home page with a single 
   post.
 * Fixed a bug preventing linebreaks in templates from being rendered properly.

## Meta

 *  Version **3.3**
 *  Last updated **1 seachtain amháin ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.9 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.1.3**
 *  PHP version ** 5.3 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/formategory/)
 * Tags
 * [category](https://ga.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/category/)[customization](https://ga.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/customization/)
   [template](https://ga.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/template/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://ga.wordpress.org/plugins/formategory/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Christopher Finke ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/cfinke/)

## Support

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