Mandatory Post Categories System Plugin for Sngine

Mandatory Post Categories System for Sngine is a powerful plugin that brings blog-style category organization to your Sngine-based website.

With this plugin, users must select a category before publishing a post, ensuring that all content is properly structured from the start. Categories are fully controlled by the admin, giving you complete authority over how posts are organized, moderated, and displayed.

This plugin is ideal for communities, help platforms, forums, Q&A websites, and discussion networks that need clean content structure and better discoverability.

Why You Need This Plugin

Default Sngine posts are unstructured, which can lead to:

• Mixed and confusing content
• Difficult moderation
• Poor content discovery
• Low-quality discussions

This plugin solves these problems by enforcing mandatory categorization, just like a professional blog or forum system.

🔑 Key Features
✔ Mandatory Category Selection

Users cannot publish a post without selecting a category.
This ensures that every post belongs to a clear topic area.

If a category is not selected, the system displays a validation message and prevents posting.

✔ Admin-Controlled Categories

Only admins can manage post categories.

From the admin panel, you can:

• Create new categories
• Edit category names
• Enable or disable categories
• Delete categories when no longer needed

Users cannot create, edit, or delete categories, keeping your platform structured and controlled.

✔ Unlimited Categories

There is no limit to the number of categories you can create.
You can organize posts based on your niche, such as:

• Career
• Business
• Education
• Health
• Technology
• Personal

✔ One Category Per Post (Clean Structure)

Each post can belong to only one category, ensuring:

• Focused discussions
• Clean feeds
• Easy moderation

✔ User Restriction After Posting

Once a post is published:

• ❌ Users cannot change the post category

This prevents misuse and keeps content consistent.

✔ Admin Override for Existing Posts

Admins have full moderation control and can:

• Change the category of any existing post

This is useful when:

• Users select the wrong category
• Content needs re-organization
• Moderation adjustments are required

✔ Category-Wise Post Pages

Each category has its own dedicated page where all related posts are displayed together.

Example:

• /category/career
• /category/business

This helps users quickly find content related to a specific topic.

✔ Category Label on Posts

Every post clearly displays its category label, making it easy to understand the post topic at a glance.

🎯 Perfect For

• Community websites
• Q&A platforms
• Help & support networks
• Educational forums
• Business discussion platforms
• Niche social networks built on Sngine

Changelog: v2.0

• Fully compatible with Sngine 4.3
• Updated plugin management path from /admincp/plugins to /admincp/helptor to prevent conflicts with plugins from other authors
• Introduced auto-update functionality for easier and more efficient plugin updates

Changelog: v2.3

• Add admin only category