Term Duplicator
by Clifton Griffin · Uncategorized
Also makes 5 other plugins · 2.9K+ installs across the portfolio →
WordPress Term Duplicator allows you to copy or duplicate WordPress categories, tags, or taxonomy terms.
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Health
D 45/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Few reviews
Active installs
500+
≈550 estimated
Momentum
n/a
no downloads in the prior 30 days to compare with
Biggest opportunity: “copy categories”, “duplicate category” and “duplicate taxonomy term” 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 25,770 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →5.8%
of downloads still active
At least 500 of 8.6K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,778 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 10+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 4.7.39, well behind 7.1.
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 3750 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 4.7.39; the current branch is 7.1
4.2★ over 5 reviews, weighted for review count to 4.1★ and held back under 25 reviews
3 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 3750 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| copy categories your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| duplicate category your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| duplicate taxonomy term your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
0 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 3 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “copy categories”, “duplicate category” and “duplicate taxonomy term” 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 162 · peaks are release surges
Directory rank
wp.org popularity rank over time · lower is better
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
9.7y ago
latest release · v1.0.0 · 22 Feb 2017
1
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare 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.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “500+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 10 months ago; the previous band took 14 months to cross, which places it about 50% of the way through.
Install history since 2 Apr 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ jujole7.5y ago
This is a great plugin and it works with wordpress 5.2 !
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ monitor9.1y ago
Nothing on google helped. This was the only thing.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ zanozik9.9y ago
This plugin is merely making a copy of a category with different name and slug. While cloning should result in the same slug and a name (thus CLONE).
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sirsaleabd10.3y ago
Hello Developer, there is a need for this plugin, it solve the problem that no other developers have thought about. Please keep it up and keep upgrading.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jon Dennis11.6y ago
I love this plugin … finally, something smart and simple that duplicates any taxonomy term or category. Took me months to find this plugin; for the life of me I couldn’t work out that ‘term duplicator’ is what I should have been looking for … I kept searching for copy category, or clone category, maybe some extra text or keywords could be added to the plugin page ? … Not sure how many people need this plugin, but i did and it is a life saver, so thank you 🙂 One slight issue is that when you have clicked the link to duplicate your chosen category/term(s), you have to be careful not to use that admin page again as the instruction to duplicate the term (I presume) is still in the url address (as part of the query string) … This means that if you do do something else on the same page you end up with more and more duplicate copies of the same term. It took a while to work out what was going on. It would be good if this error could be fixed if the plugin is still supported, as it is almost perfect.
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.
This plugin’s searches fall outside the topics measured so far. See the topics measured so far.
Readme readiness
1 of 8 pass · checked 1 Nov 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "WordPress Term Duplicator allows you to copy or duplicate WordPress categories, tags, or taxonomy terms."
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for One audience phrase ("if you need"); 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 1 heading and 1 list; assistants quote headed sections and bullet lists, not paragraphs.
- ! Enough to quote 451 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 3 tags appear in the text ("copy categories", "duplicate category", "duplicate taxonomy term" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2025-12-31 600+ → 500+ down after 423 days in tier
- 2024-11-03 700+ → 600+ down after 204 days in tier
- 2024-04-13 800+ → 700+ down after 166 days in tier
- 2023-10-30 900+ → 800+ down after 225 days in tier
- 2023-03-19 1K+ → 900+ down after 262 days in tier
- 2022-06-30 600+ → 1K+ up after 1820 days in tier
- 2017-07-06 40+ → 600+ up
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