Title: Categories to Tags Converter Author: briancolinger Published: 20 May, 2010 Last modified: 21 òktober, 2024 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/wpcat2tag-importer/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=547690) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/wpcat2tag-importer/assets/icon.svg?rev=2828579) # Categories to Tags Converter By [briancolinger](https://profiles.wordpress.org/briancolinger/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wpcat2tag-importer.0.6.3.zip) * [Details](https://pap-cw.wordpress.org/plugins/wpcat2tag-importer/#description) * [Reviews](https://pap-cw.wordpress.org/plugins/wpcat2tag-importer/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pap-cw.wordpress.org/plugins/wpcat2tag-importer/#installation) * [Development](https://pap-cw.wordpress.org/plugins/wpcat2tag-importer/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpcat2tag-importer/) ## Description Convert existing categories to tags or tags to categories, selectively. ## Installation 1. Upload the `wpcat2tag-importer` folder to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress 3. Go to the Tools -> Import screen, Click on Categories and Tags Converter ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5efc8bcbd8e2feb4c24df9471181f51b21728a9af41169e4b9457a97d02f4348? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[亲测，好用](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/%e4%ba%b2%e6%b5%8b%ef%bc%8c%e5%a5%bd%e7%94%a8-2/)󠁿 [wanzhong](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wanzhong/) 17 desèmber, 2021 双向转换都没有问题，最新版WP测试通过 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/9d78b385f07bff29ccf3096a024b8256b0a0717974ca185a45e1be5aec195617? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Powerful and Simple](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/powerful-and-simple-18/)󠁿 [compasschristine](https://profiles.wordpress.org/compasschristine/) 23 February, 2021 Perfect plug in. I had a list of words I did not want to manually add as post-tags. This plug in did it for me in about 1 sec. Just a quick copy paste, and -boom- all words are a tag. Thanks for making this! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1306c3a92eefeb9c8b54d1520c4723fa6db9d785cf8da6b15f02f130db488898? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Most Useful Tool For SEO](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/most-useful-tool-for-seo/)󠁿 [quickwebworks](https://profiles.wordpress.org/quickwebworks/) 13 March, 2018 Great Plugin to Correct Your Website XML Sitemap. So that site structure will be remain good. Even if you have Made some wrong Categories or Tags and Posted 100+ Articles in that don;t hesitate to use this plugin. Because the Transfer of articles from Category to Tags will take a long if you will not use. Categories to Tags Converter ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7fd0db6b7cc94854050dc68325a632244c35e2b497fede26f1b3631c79f5821e? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works fine, with PHP 7 too](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-fine-with-php-7-too/)󠁿 [Jordy Meow](https://profiles.wordpress.org/tigroumeow/) 24 February, 2018 Th plugin is old but still work perfectly. I have tried it on a modern install I have, with PHP7. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/fbeab975769fa2da2cd6b6a8823bb7f49162377778f8efc8ad95e96af4657135? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works like a charm](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-like-a-charm-1095/)󠁿 [Elzette Roelofse](https://profiles.wordpress.org/semblance_er/) 23 ougùstùs, 2017 Does what is says on the tin! (and helped me massively importing over 2000 posts from Blogger and getting them tagged) 🙂 ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/532ebce246200f1230aa37dd0d3280c103dbf49893fd3b2236ec0d6f240c717a? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Compatibilities issues](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/compatibilities-issues/)󠁿 [sologne](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sologne/) 03 sèptèmber, 2016 It is not php7 compatible. [ Read all 16 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpcat2tag-importer/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Categories to Tags Converter” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ briancolinger ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/briancolinger/) * [ WordPress.org ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wordpressdotorg/) “Categories to Tags Converter” has been translated into 45 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wpcat2tag-importer/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Categories to Tags Converter” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/wpcat2tag-importer) ### Interested in development? 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Ratings 4.3 out of 5 stars. * [ 12 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpcat2tag-importer/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 1 4-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpcat2tag-importer/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 1 3-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpcat2tag-importer/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpcat2tag-importer/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 2 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpcat2tag-importer/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpcat2tag-importer/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wpcat2tag-importer/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ briancolinger ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/briancolinger/) * [ WordPress.org ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/wordpressdotorg/) ## Support Got something to say? 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