WP Export Categories & Taxonomies
by Damian · Uncategorized
Also makes 5 other plugins · 33.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Export Categories, Tags and Taxonomies
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Health
D 52/100
Stale · Likely abandoned · Open vulnerability
Active installs
400+
≈470 estimated
Momentum
—
no download trend yet
Biggest opportunity: “categories”, “export categories” and “export tags” 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.
52 health vs 58 average across 25,766 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →1.7%
of downloads still active
At least 400 of 23.5K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Uncategorized plugin keeps 0.6%, across 17,776 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 12+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Compatibility drift. Tested only up to WordPress 3.9.40, 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 4513 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 3.9.40; the current branch is 6.8
4.8★ over 26 reviews, smoothed to 4.34★
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 4513 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 your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| export categories your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| export tags your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| export taxonomies your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| taxonomies 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”, “export categories” and “export tags” 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 153 · 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
12.4y ago
latest release · v1.0.3 · 25 Jun 2014
3
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 “400+”. 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 72% of the way through.
Install history since 14 Aug 2015
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ webaware2.1y ago
Once a website has been delivered, any new work in the database needs to be copied across from dev sites to staging and live sites somehow. WordPress has basic support for exporting / importing posts, but if you only want to bring taxonomies across, it has nothing. This handy plugin lets you do that. Nice job, and many thanks! It may not have been updated in a while, but still working very well on WordPress 6.6 in 2024. There are PHP deprecation warnings in PHP 8.3 (and likely 8.2) but they are only warnings. This topic was modified 1 year, 10 months ago by webaware.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kocsisjozsef5.3y ago
Had to export Woocommerce categories, this plugin was just the perfect tool. The export format can be used with the default WordPress importer, so there is no need to install anything on the importer side.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ahmednhussein5.7y ago
when I saw date 7 years ago, I was going to skip it but reviews encouraged me to try it. and really thanks it is working great and simple. Thanks a lot and for plugin creator also thanks for everyone wrote positive review. This topic was modified 5 years, 5 months ago by Ahmednhussein.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ milenfrom6.1y ago
Works as described
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Tahoe6.2y ago
Managed to import my product categories and tags in a few minutes.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Els Guns6.4y ago
Awesome, thanks! 👍
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Piyush Rana6.9y ago
This plugin works likes a charm , its showing out of updated but still works. Thanks author for this wonderful plugin.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ RealMag7777.1y ago
Plugin not updated for 5 years but still works
Read on wp.org ↗
Security history
via Wordfence Intelligence1 open vulnerability affects the current version (1.0.3). 0 of 1 disclosed are patched.
Vulnerability records provided by Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. License and terms.
CVE records: Copyright 1999-2026 The MITRE Corporation. CVE terms of use.
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
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 Short description is 38 characters, too short to say what the plugin does.
- ! Has a FAQ Only 1 question in the FAQ; 3 or more gives an assistant something to match.
- ! FAQ asks real questions 0 of 1 FAQ entries are headings, not questions ("undefined").
- ! 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 168 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ✓ Tags match the text 3 of 5 tags appear in the text; "export tags", "export taxonomies" do not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-07-22 500+ → 400+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-07-21 400+ → 500+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2026-07-19 500+ → 400+ down after 219 days in tier
- 2025-12-12 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-11 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-10 600+ → 500+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-09 500+ → 600+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2025-12-08 600+ → 500+ 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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- W WP REST API – Pure Taxonomies 400+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags D
- T Taxonomy Checklist Tree 400+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D
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Socius Marketing Page Taxonomy 300+ installs · 4.0★ · 2 shared tags D -
BulkPress – Export 300+ installs · 4.1★ · 2 shared tags B
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