Title: Selective Reading
Author: mosseh
Published: <strong>July 1, 2012</strong>
Last modified: December 14, 2013

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Selective Reading

 By [mosseh](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mosseh/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/selective-reading.zip)

 * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/selective-reading/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/selective-reading/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/selective-reading/#installation)
 * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/selective-reading/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/selective-reading/)

## Description

For more information see http://www.amoss.me.uk/tag/selective-reading/

Features

 * Category widget is updated with show/hide links for each category.
 * Works for unregistered users (using cookies)
 * Works for hierarchical categories

TODO/Planned Features

 * AJAX Reload post list after change of selection (currently refreshes whole page)
 * Configuration for contents of show/hide etc.
 * Hide links when javascript is disabled (plugin depends on javascript)
 * Tooltip when first clicked hide or show
 * Strikethrough category name when hidden
 * Notify when can’t unhide child due to hidden parent
 * Clearer indication of hierarchical hiding when hierarchical display is disabled?
 * Better error checking
 * Autoformat code
 * Support for WP super cache – does not currently function for unregistered users
   with this plugin enabled

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * Categories widget with the plugin enabled

## Installation

 1. Copy the selective-reading folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

## FAQ

None

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

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

Contributors

 *   [ mosseh ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mosseh/)

[Translate “Selective Reading” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/selective-reading)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 0.3.1

 * Tested with WP 3.8

#### 0.3

 * Fixed problem with UTF-8 characters displaying incorrectly in category titles.

#### 0.2

 * Fixes minor issue with extraneous html and body tags being generated around categories
   widget

#### 0.1

 * Category widget is updated with show/hide links for each category
 * Works for unregistered users (using cookies)
 * Works for hierarchical categories

## Meta

 *  Version **0.3.1**
 *  Last updated **12 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.4 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.7.41**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/selective-reading/)
 * Tags
 * [categories](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/categories/)[exclude](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/exclude/)
   [hide](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/hide/)[visitor](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/visitor/)
   [visitors](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/visitors/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/selective-reading/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ mosseh ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mosseh/)

## Support

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