Categories to Tags Converter
Convert existing categories to tags or tags to categories, selectively.
4.3(16 reviews)
·50K+ active installs·Updated 1 year agoAs of April 2026, Categories to Tags Converter is a WordPress importer plugin with 50K+ active installations and a 4.3/5 rating from 16 reviews. It has been downloaded 1.8M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2010. Last updated 1 year ago — may have compatibility concerns. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: WordPress Importer.
4.3/516 reviews
50K+active installs
1.8M+total downloads
16 yearssince 2010
Overview
Convert existing categories to tags or tags to categories, selectively.
Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
亲测，好用
by wanzhong·4 years ago
双向转换都没有问题，最新版WP测试通过
Powerful and Simple
by compasschristine·5 years 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!
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by quickwebworks·8 years 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
Works fine, with PHP 7 too
by Jordy Meow·8 years ago
Th plugin is old but still work perfectly. I have tried it on a modern install I have, with PHP7.
Works like a charm
by Elzette Roelofse·8 years ago
Does what is says on the tin! (and helped me massively importing over 2000 posts from Blogger and getting them tagged) 🙂
Download Trends
Today: 191Yesterday: 225This week: 1KPeriod total: 101K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 6.7.5 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v0.6
84.3%
v0.5
15.7%
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Frequently Asked Questions
Changelog
0.6.3
- Testing the plugin up to WordPress 6.7
- Fix minor issue on reference assign
Contributors
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