Bulk Term Generator – Import multiple tags, categories, and taxonomies easily
by Nate Allen · Content & Feeds
Streamline taxonomy management in WordPress with Bulk Term Generator, your free tool for easy, bulk term importing.
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Health
C 55/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
1K+
≈1.7K estimated
Momentum
+64%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “add multiple”, “categories” and “import” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
55 health vs 64 average across 1,193 Content & Feeds plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.6%
of downloads still active
At least 1K of 18K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Content & Feeds plugin keeps 0.8%, across 864 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Content & Feeds plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
Removal-risk signals
28/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Not actively maintained. No update in about 2 years.
Details
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.
Room to improve
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 914 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.5.14; the current branch is 6.8
5.0★ over 17 reviews, smoothed to 4.33★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 914 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
Not enough tracked days yet to call a direction. Momentum needs at least three keywords measured a week or more apart.
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| add multiple your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| categories your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| import your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| tags your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| terms your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 5 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “add multiple”, “categories” and “import” aren't earning a slot. You list them, but you're not in the first 24 results for those searches. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
Daily downloads
Since 5 Oct 2022 · 1,488 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 622 · peaks are release surges
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
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
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.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow 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
2.5y ago
latest release · v1.4.0 · 26 Apr 2024
12
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 96% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “1K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 3 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 73% of the way through.
Install history since 1 Jun 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ euchapelice1.8y ago
simply put, straightforward and great time-saver. the name of the plugin says it all.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ chillmen2.1y ago
Excellent plugin, the plugin have all the tools you need to add quickly a list of terms to your taxonomies.Well done and thank you for this plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ 2schaa2.2y ago
I had more than 3000 categories to add and this plugin just made it so much easier. Work of hours/days done in minutes. Thanks for the great plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ psssst2.2y ago
This saved me a lot of manual work. Highly recommended. Thanks Nate.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Sarah Schopick2.4y ago
This is the fastest and most intuitive way to create terms. If you already have spreadsheets with your terms, you can easily copy and paste the CSV values as long as the columns are in the right order: Term, Slug, Description. One term per line. With other plugins, there is a bit of a learning curve (such as with ACF or Pods). If you need more advanced functionality, you need one of those plugins. Pods has a similar bulk term generator within a given pod field, but it’s not as user friendly or easy to access. You can even bulk create terms as a children of a parent term. Custom Post Type UI is a good companion plugin for this if you want an easy way to create custom taxonomies. There’s essentially no learning curve and they do exactly what they are supposed to, nothing more. The two of these plugins are user-friendly, easy to use, and fast to work with. I have tried several plugins, and this one seems irreplaceable. I haven’t found anything comparable.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Emmanuel Kuebutornye2.4y ago
Saved me a lot of time of manual entry. thanks to the devs This topic was modified 2 years, 1 month ago by Emmanuel Kuebutornye.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Vasja2.5y ago
The plugin works great. It adds bulk adding features to the taxonomy terms configuration that I was not able to find anywhere else except for potentially with some paid plugins. It is easy to use, and it saves a lot of time configuring those post tags, product attributes, categories…
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Youssef Ait Daoud3.2y ago
Works Perfectly
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 1.4.0 Tested with WordPress 6.5.2 Improved coding standards Added a blank option to parent select field (hat tip to @EarthmanWeb) Refactored get_terms usage to align with updated WordPress standards 1.4.0
- — Version 1.3.3 Shortened the plugin name in the admin Tested with WordPress 6.4.1 Added blueprint to enable plugin directory’s preview button 1.3.3
- — Version 1.3.2 Fixed comma escaping only escapes first comma Updated the FAQ 1.3.2
- — Version 1.3.1 Tested with PHP 8.1.9 Tested with WordPress 6.2 Updated the About section Updated readme.txt 1.3.1
- — Version 1.3.0 Added link to ‘Add terms in bulk’ to the default taxonomy edit screen 1.3.0
- — Version 1.2.0 Added ability to escape commas 1.2.0
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.5.2
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 130 languages, 0 at 90% or more
Plus 106 more locales with partial translations.
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Not measured yet for this plugin’s topics. Its tracked searches are not among the measured topics. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
3 of 8 pass · checked 27 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ! Says what it does Short description names no action; say what the plugin does for the site.
- ✓ Has a FAQ 7 questions in the FAQ.
- ✓ FAQ asks real questions 7 of 7 read like questions a user would type.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("for developers"); say who the plugin is for and what they use it for.
- ! Names what it works with Names no plugin, service or platform it works with.
- ! Headings and lists 0 headings and 0 lists; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ✓ Enough to quote 2,098 characters of description.
- ! Tags match the text Only 2 of 5 tags appear in the text ("add multiple", "categories", "tags" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-26 2K+ → 1K+ down after 239 days in tier
- 2025-11-29 1K+ → 2K+ up after 448 days in tier
- 2024-09-07 900+ → 1K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2024-09-06 1K+ → 900+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2024-09-05 900+ → 1K+ up after 31 days in tier
- 2024-08-05 800+ → 900+ up after 34 days in tier
- 2024-07-02 700+ → 800+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2024-06-29 800+ → 700+ down after 1 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
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Bulk Add Terms 800+ installs · 3.9★ · 3 shared tags D -
JSM Show Term Metadata 800+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Media Library Assistant 70K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A - P Post Tags and Categories for Pages 20K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B
- V Visual Term Description Editor 10K+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags C
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Essential Widgets 10K+ installs · 3.8★ · 2 shared tags B
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