Taxonomy Converter
by kristarella · Uncategorized
Copy or convert terms between taxonomies.
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
500+
≈580 estimated
Momentum
—
no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: “categories and tags converter”, “converter” and “copy” 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.
45 health vs 58 average across 25,763 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.3%
of downloads still active
At least 500 of 21.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,773 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Uncategorized plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
High removal-risk signals
63/100Maintenance 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 7+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 5.2.30, well behind 6.8.
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.
Under-optimized
Most to gain: Update recency
Updated 2656 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 5.2.30; the current branch is 6.8
4.2★ over 11 reviews, smoothed to 4.12★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 2656 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| categories and tags converter your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| converter your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| copy your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| duplicate your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| importer 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
- “categories and tags converter”, “converter” and “copy” 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 · 1,490 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 157 · 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
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
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
7.3y ago
latest release · v1.3 · 26 Jul 2019
1
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 87% 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 “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 2 months ago and a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, so the real count is still just under 600.
Install history since 1 May 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ christinaleans5.9y ago
Love this plugin, especially when importing blogs from other platforms to WordPress since categories are all imported as tags. Saves me so many hours. Thank you! Also, still works perfectly with 5.5.3 for me.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ jodzeee6.7y ago
It worked perfectly. I couldn’t find another to do this. WordPress has one, but it only converts default categories and tags, not taxonomies for other post types. In my case, I needed it for WooCommerce. After I used it, I read the support and saw it doesn’t work on php 7. Mine was set to 7.2.27 and I had no issues. I realized later that I had looked into another plugin called Term Management Tools. That might work if this one doesn’t. This topic was modified 6 years, 5 months ago by jodzeee.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Mikko Saari7.0y ago
For starters, the plugin has deprecated code and produces errors on PHP7. Looks like the code hasn’t really been touched all that much in many, many years. The biggest problem is that when the terms are converted, the term descriptions are removed.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Loreta Labarca7.2y ago
Thanks so much!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ chrisdunne11.0y ago
I used this to convert about 8 categories to tags. It errored and when I checked the categories had been deleted but the tags hadn’t been created.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kato12.0y ago
Locate it under Tools -> Import. Works very intuitively and quickly. Much more effective and easy-to-use than a similar tool I tried years ago. Bravo!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ SoccerGuy312.0y ago
Worked great! I was desperate and spent a half hour trying to figure out how to move some tags to categories! Always try google first! This plugin worked great!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ dubtempo12.2y ago
Please consider specifying that this plugin does not support taxonomy hierarchies in the plugin’s description.
Read on wp.org ↗
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
2 of 8 pass · checked 29 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "Copy or convert terms between taxonomies."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or 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 364 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "categories and tags converter", "importer" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-20 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-08-19 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-08-18 600+ → 500+ down after 20 days in tier
- 2026-07-29 500+ → 600+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-07-27 600+ → 500+ down after 2 days in tier
- 2026-07-25 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-24 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-23 500+ → 600+ up after 3 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).
- D Duplicate Menu 100K+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B
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Categories to Tags Converter 50K+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags C -
Post Cloner 1K+ installs · 4.3★ · 2 shared tags D -
PW WooCommerce Copy Coupon 1K+ installs · 4.4★ · 2 shared tags A -
FG PrestaShop to WooCommerce 800+ installs · 4.6★ · 2 shared tags A -
Seraphinite Post .DOCX Source 800+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags A
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