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

Advanced User Badge System is a secure and flexible badge management plugin for Sngine – The Ultimate PHP Social Network Platform.
It allows admins to create, manage, and assign custom badges to users, helping you build trust, credibility, and engagement across your community.

Badges are displayed next to usernames on profiles, posts, and comments, making user roles, verification status, and achievements instantly visible.

How It Helps
✔ Builds Trust & Transparency: Easily identify verified users, moderators, experts, and trusted members — reducing fake profiles and impersonation.

✔ Boosts User Engagement: Badges motivate users to stay active, contribute more, and feel recognized within the community.

✔ Improves Community Quality: Clear visual indicators help users understand who they’re interacting with, leading to better conversations.

✔ Fully Admin-Controlled: Only admins can create and assign badges — ensuring a secure and abuse-free system.

Key Benefits
Professional & trustworthy user identity system
Reduces spam and fake verification
Encourages long-term user participation
Admin-only control for maximum security
Lightweight, fast, and mobile-friendly
Seamless integration with Sngine UI

Features
Badge Management
Full badge CRUD (Create, Read, Update, Delete)
Activate / deactivate badges anytime
Assign multiple badges per user
Admin-only badge assignment

Customization
Custom badge name & description
Font Awesome icon support
Badge color customization
Tooltip descriptions on hover / tap

Badge Display
Badges appear next to usernames on:
User profile pages
Posts
Comments
Only active badges are displayed publicly.

User Experience
Clean & modern design
Mobile-friendly and responsive
Lightweight tooltips
Smooth UI integration

Developer Friendly
Follows existing Sngine code style & conventions
Easy installation
No core file modification
Ready to use after SQL setup & JS handlers