You can register or edit terms in bulk. Copy cells in the spreadsheet, all that remains is to paste to this plugin.
As of April 2026, Bulk Term Editor is a WordPress add plugin with 400 active installations and a 5/5 rating from 4 reviews. It has been downloaded 11K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Top alternative: Pages with category and tag.
How it works:
Click ‘Tools > Bulk Term Editor’.
Select a taxonomy.
If you selected a taxonomy which has terms, it will read those into the field.
Get your data ready.
Prepare your data by spreadsheet such as Excel.
If you selected a taxonomy which has terms at the step 2, it’s easy to copy that data into the spreadsheet.
Copy the cells.
You may copy all lines, but the more lines there are, the more times spends.
Copying the minimum necessary lines is the best, but safer to copy all lines.
Paste to this plugin.
Paste it into the ‘Term’ field of this plugin.
Execute.
Clicking the ‘Edit’ button executes it.
Entering a ‘*’ in beginning of line will delete.
Entering a ‘>New slug’ a…
| WordPress | 4.0+ requiredTested up to 6.5.8 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Plugin data sourced from WordPress.org. Analysis and metrics by PluginSift.