Auto Assign Post Category
by Kiran Patil · Uncategorized
A Few Feature Highlights Single tags can be mapped to multiple categories Useful for post authors to assign multiple categories automatically.
45 health vs 57 average across 9,474 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 5+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.6.17.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 2031 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,381 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
15
now · peak 72
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Downloads per 1k installs · 30d
Engagement proxy · release spikes are signal, a long slide is an aging base
Estimated active installs
wp.org reports only “20+”. The real number sits in this band.
Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.
Install history · since 2022-10-04 · 1,372 observations
Details
Growth timeline
Install-band crossings we have observed, and how long each band took to outgrow
- 2026-05-15 30+ → 20+ down after 6 days in band
- 2026-05-09 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-05-07 30+ → 20+ down after 9 days in band
- 2026-04-28 20+ → 30+ up after 2 days in band
- 2026-04-26 30+ → 20+ down after 80 days in band
- 2026-02-05 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
- 2026-02-04 30+ → 20+ down after 2 days in band
- 2026-02-02 20+ → 30+ up after 1 days in band
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach — closest match first
- C Create And Assign Categories For Pages 10K+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D
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Preserve Taxonomy Hierarchy 800+ installs · 4.1★ · 1 shared tag C -
Advanced Categories Widget 800+ installs · 4.3★ · 1 shared tag D - S Simple Author Widget 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
- D Daknetcorp Auto Tag Category 10+ installs · 4.0★ · 1 shared tag D
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