Using freebase, this plugin will auto describe tags and categories.
As of April 2026, Auto Describe Taxonomies is a WordPress tag plugin with 10 active installations and a 0/5 rating0. It has been downloaded 3.4K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0.1+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2012. Last updated 13 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Pages with category and tag.
This plugin will auto-describe your post tags or your wordpress categories using freebase.
All you have to do after enabling it is to watch it work!
If you dont see any tag description or category description in your frontend tag/category pages, make sure your wordpress theme is displaying them!
*With no word from Dan Fratean since February, I have decided to clone his script and fix it. Having added some sanity checks and a missing array expansion, the plugin now works. Near as I can tell, he was working on an upgrade when something “happened” and he suddenly dropped development. I’d hate to imagine what it was. So this is version 1.0.4.
*If you have Dan Frateans Auto Describe Tags, I suggest uninstalling it prior to installing Auto Describe Taxonomies as it will d…
| WordPress | 3.0.1+ requiredTested up to 3.4.2 |
| PHP | false+ required |
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