Categories to Tags Converter
by briancolinger · Uncategorized
Also makes 10 other plugins · 100.2K+ installs across the portfolio →
Convert existing categories to tags or tags to categories, selectively.
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Health
C 55/100
Stale · Likely abandoned
Active installs
50K+
≈55K estimated
Momentum
+1%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: “importer” isn't earning a slot. You list it, but you're not in the first 24 results for that search. WordPress.org counts only your first five tags, so free the slot for a search you can win.
55 health vs 58 average across 25,763 Uncategorized plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →2.7%
of downloads still active
At least 50K of 1.8M 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.
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 742 days ago, past the ~180 days where wp.org starts discounting
Tested up to WordPress 6.7.11; the current branch is 6.8
4.3★ over 16 reviews, smoothed to 4.15★ and held back under 25 reviews
2 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Last updated 742 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 | #3 | #6 | down 1 |
| importer your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
1 search this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days. 1 of its tags isn't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- “importer” isn't earning a slot. You list it, but you're not in the first 24 results for that search. 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 49.5K · 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
2.0y ago
latest release · v0.6.3 · 21 Oct 2024
5
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 85% 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 “50K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 9 months ago; the previous band took 19 months to cross, which places it about 51% of the way through.
Install history since 1 Jan 2022
Reviewer account pattern
from wp.org reviewer profiles7 of the last 11 four- and five-star reviews came from accounts created within a month of posting the review.
Registering a wp.org account just to leave a review is common and often entirely legitimate. The share here is unusually high for the sample, so it's worth keeping in mind while reading the reviews.
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ wanzhong4.9y ago
双向转换都没有问题，最新版WP测试通过
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ compasschristine5.7y ago
Perfect plug in. I had a list of words I did not want to manually add as post-tags. This plug in did it for me in about 1 sec. Just a quick copy paste, and -boom- all words are a tag. Thanks for making this!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ quickwebworks8.6y ago
Great Plugin to Correct Your Website XML Sitemap. So that site structure will be remain good. Even if you have Made some wrong Categories or Tags and Posted 100+ Articles in that don;t hesitate to use this plugin. Because the Transfer of articles from Category to Tags will take a long if you will not use. Categories to Tags Converter
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Jordy Meow8.7y ago
Th plugin is old but still work perfectly. I have tried it on a modern install I have, with PHP7.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Elzette Roelofse9.2y ago
Does what is says on the tin! (and helped me massively importing over 2000 posts from Blogger and getting them tagged) 🙂
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ sologne10.2y ago
It is not php7 compatible.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gmknockout10.2y ago
I like this plugin. Very fast to convert from TAG to CATEGORY and CATEGORY to TAG. Recommended!!!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ gmknockout10.2y ago
I like this plugin. Very fast to convert from TAG to CATEGORY and CATEGORY to TAG. Recommended!!!
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 0.6.3 Testing the plugin up to WordPress 6.7 Fix minor issue on reference assign 0.6.3
- — Version 0.6.2 Testing the plugin up to WordPress 6.4.2 Update link references from http to https. 0.6.2
- — Version 0.6.1 Testing the plugin up to WordPress 6.2 0.6.1
- — Version 0.6 Add support for WordPress 6.1 0.6
- — Version 0.5 Fix issue where WordPress could not load the importer 0.5
- — Version 0.4 Fixes #WP13460 0.4
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 90 languages, 29 at 90% or more
Plus 66 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
1 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 "Convert existing categories to tags or tags to categories, selectively."
- ! 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 71 characters of description; under 1,000 there is little to quote.
- ! Tags match the text Only 0 of 2 tags appear in the text ("categories and tags converter", "importer" missing).
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-01-28 60K+ → 50K+ down after 565 days in tier
- 2024-07-12 70K+ → 60K+ down after 772 days in tier
- 2022-06-01 80K+ → 70K+ down after 1415 days in tier
- 2018-07-17 70K+ → 80K+ up after 351 days in tier
- 2017-07-31 60K+ → 70K+ up
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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