[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #29871: Select post category without select parent category

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#29871: Select post category without select parent category
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 Reporter:  pavelthq           |       Owner:
     Type:  defect (bug)       |      Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal             |   Milestone:
Component:  Posts, Post Types  |     Version:  trunk
 Severity:  normal             |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                     |     Focuses:
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Comment (by Bonesnap):

 I agree that this behaviour is both confusing and unintuitive. A project I
 have created recently for a client relies heavily on a parent/sub category
 structure. Several of the subcategories have the same name ("Other" for
 example), so it can be quite confusing. The client actually contacted us
 thinking there was a bug and they had ruined their categories on some of
 their posts. I'm glad I saw this ticket because I told them it was
 WordPress behaviour and I'd have to look into it. I was considering making
 a ticket but saw this one this morning.

 The plugin that's linked says it's compatible up to 3.7.1... can anyone
 confirm that it works for 4.0?

 It does strike me as odd that this was the consensus for expected
 behaviour regarding this, but I guess that's what the community wanted,
 though seeing the number of duplicate tickets is compelling.

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