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Bulk Add Terms

by Sohan Zaman · Admin & Utilities

Also makes 3 other plugins · 1.3K+ installs across the portfolio →

A lightweight plugin to add thousands of taxonomy terms in one go.

⚠ Stale⚠ Likely abandoned
How scoring works →
44 Health · D
Maintenance 3/100
Rating quality 73/100
Support 70/100

44 health vs 54 average across 3,790 Admin & Utilities plugins

High removal-risk signals

63/100

Maintenance 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 8+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
  • Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.9.31, well behind 6.8.

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.

43 / 100

Under-optimized

Biggest win: Update recency

Update recency 0/100
WP compatibility 10/100
Rating quality 71/100
Listing tuning 100/100

To rank higher: Last updated 3025 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.

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Daily downloads

Since 2022-10-05 · 1,425 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive

+52% vs prior 30d
0Downloads · Aug 26

30-day downloads

Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges

88

now · peak 119

9030d downloads · Aug 26

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

Bulk Add Terms · #7714 you Bulk Term Generator · #5376 Taxonomy Tags to Che · #5971 Post Category Filter · #6132

Rating trend

Star average over time · dips mark rough releases

3.9Stars · Aug 26

Update activity

How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.

129per 1k installs · Aug 26

Release cadence

No release in a year
from wp.org release tags

How often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.

0

releases in the last 12 months

8.3y ago

latest release · v2.0.4

8

tagged releases on record

Recent releases

2.0.4 · 8.3y ago2.0.3 · 8.9y ago2.0.2 · 8.9y ago2.0.1 · 9.9y ago2.0 · 10.1y ago1.2 · 10.2y ago1.1 · 11.2y ago1.0 · 11.3y ago

What its installed base runs

via wordpress.org

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

v2.0 100%

Estimated active installs

The public count shows “700+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.

modeled estimate
700–800 ≈750

Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.

At the current install trend, crossing 800+ in roughly 70 days.

Install history · since 2016-08-12 · 1,426 observations

700Installs · Aug 26

Estimated value

What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.

Est. annual revenue

N/A

Est. acquisition value

N/A

No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.

Details

Version
2.0.4
Last updated
8.3y ago
Added
2015-05-27 · 11 yrs old
Requires WP
3.0.0
Tested up to
4.9.31
Requires PHP

Recent reviews

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  1. Dex
    4.2y ago

    it will be perfect if you realize the function of adding the thumbnail link in the next version. thanks

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  2. Sean
    4.6y ago

    Just install, go to the Add Bulk Terms page, start adding your new terms in bulk. Saved my time. Thanks!

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  3. tylben85
    6.5y ago

    I don’t understand the people saying this plugin doesn’t work. It’s works great.

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  4. Anonymous
    7.3y ago

    It’s a little confusing with the settings page in the main settings menu of WP and then a separate menu for the adding the terms. Also fails if one of the terms in your list already exists in the selected taxonomy.

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  5. Roman Krokhmalyuk
    7.5y ago

    Good plugin. Need add hook that will delete from DB table termmeta meta_keys = _ts_bulk_add_term if you disable the plugin or remove the plugin

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  6. acurran
    7.6y ago

    Worked well for me to bulk add custom terms

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  7. chrissmyth
    8.1y ago

    I’d looked everywhere for a simple plugin to bulk add a list of categories to a custom post type. I wasn’t sure because this plugin had some poor reviews, but it worked perfectly! Thanks

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  8. Moheimen
    8.8y ago

    works fine

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Behavioral tests

via WP Hive

Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3

Low memory footprint
Low page-speed impact
Runs on latest PHP + WP
No PHP errors
No JS errors
Activates cleanly
No resource errors
No external HTTP errors
Optimized database use
Frequently updated

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

  1. 2026-08-29 800+ → 700+ down after 61 days in tier
  2. 2026-06-29 700+ → 800+ up after 2 days in tier
  3. 2026-06-27 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
  4. 2026-06-26 700+ → 800+ up after 1 days in tier
  5. 2026-06-25 800+ → 700+ down after 2 days in tier
  6. 2026-06-23 700+ → 800+ up after 56 days in tier
  7. 2026-04-28 600+ → 700+ up after 9 days in tier
  8. 2026-04-19 700+ → 600+ down after 1 days in tier

Competes with

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Bulk Add Terms: 700+ active installs, 3.9★ (17 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-29. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/bulk-add-terms