Matthew Muro

<p><em>Multi-Column Taxonomy List</em> is a plugin that allows you to list your categories, tags, or custom taxonomies into multiple columns.</p>
<p>This plugin is great to use on custom archives index pages to display all categories, tags, and custom taxonomies on a single page. You can also turn the list into links to the RSS feeds for your taxonomies.</p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<h4>Shortcode attributes</h4>
<p>You can implement a new list by adding the shortcode <code>[mctl]</code> to the content of a page.  By default, it will output the categories into three columns with a heading of Categories.  You can customize the output using attributes in the following format: <code>[mctl taxonomy='post_tag' title='Tags']</code></p>
<ul>
<li><strong>taxonomy</strong>: The taxonomy to retrieve terms from
<ul>
<li>Valid values: <code>category</code>, <code>post_tag</code>, <code>custom_taxonomy_name</code></li>
<li>Multiple values not allowed</li>
<li>Default: <code>category</code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>title</strong>: Sets the title of the list
<ul>
<li>Valid values: any string</li>
<li>Default: <code>Categories</code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>title_container</strong>: HTML element to wrap the title in
<ul>
<li>Valid values: any HTML element</li>
<li>Recommended values: <code>h1</code>, <code>h2</code>, <code>h3</code>, <code>h4</code>, <code>h5</code>, <code>h6</code>, <code>p</code></li>
<li>Default: <code>h3</code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>columns</strong>: Sets the number of columns to use
<ul>
<li>Valid values: any integer</li>
<li>Default: <code>3</code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>orderby</strong>: Sort terms by name, unique ID, slug, or the count of posts in that term
<ul>
<li>Valid values: <code>name</code>, <code>id</code>, <code>slug</code>, <code>count</code></li>
<li>Default: <code>name</code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>order</strong>: Sort order for the terms (either ascending or descending)
<ul>
<li>Valid values: <code>ASC</code>, <code>DESC</code></li>
<li>Default: <code>ASC</code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>alpha_grouping</strong>: Output the first letter of each alphabetical grouping
<ul>
<li>Valid values: <code>0</code>, <code>1</code></li>
<li>Default: <code>0</code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>show_count</strong>: Toggles the display of the current count of posts in each term. <code>0</code> is false/off and <code>1</code> is true/on
<ul>
<li>Valid values: <code>0</code>, <code>1</code></li>
<li>Default: <code>0</code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>exclude</strong>: Exclude one or more terms from the results.
<ul>
<li>Valid values: unique IDs, separated by commas. (ex: <code>exclude='12,13,22'</code>)</li>
<li>Default: no default</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>parent</strong>: Get direct children of this term
<ul>
<li>Valid values: any integer</li>
<li>Multiple values not allowed</li>
<li>Default: no default</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>child_of</strong>: Get all descendents of this term
<ul>
<li>Valid values: any integer</li>
<li>Multiple values not allowed</li>
<li>Default: <code>0</code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>rss</strong>: Turns the list into links to RSS feed of term. <code>0</code> is false/off and <code>1</code> is true/on
<ul>
<li>Valid values: <code>0</code>, <code>1</code></li>
<li>Default: <code>0</code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>rss_image</strong>: Use a custom image RSS image icon when <code>rss</code> is on.
<ul>
<li>Valid values: full URL to image</li>
<li>Default: <code>/wp-includes/images/rss.png</code></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>number</strong>: Max number of terms to display
<ul>
<li>Valid values: any integer</li>
<li>Default: display all terms</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>like</strong>: Return terms that begin with this value
<ul>
<li>Valid values: any string</li>
<li>Default: no default</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><strong>search</strong>: Return terms that contain the ‘search’ string
<ul>
<li>Valid values: any string</li>
<li>Default: no default</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
<h4>Template tag</h4>
<p>Alternatively, you can implement a new list by adding the the template tag <code><?php multi_column_tax_list(); ?></code> anywhere in the code of your theme. Just like the shortcode, by default it will output the categories into three columns with a heading of Categories.  You can customize the output using a string of parameters in the following format: <code><?php multi_column_tax_list( 'taxonomy=post_tag&title=Tags' ); ?></code></p>
<p>Refer to the above attributes for customizations.</p>


Multi-Column Taxonomy List

List your categories, tags, or custom taxonomies into multiple, customizable, columns.

scribu

theMikeD

<p><em>Please note this plugin requires at least PHP 7.1.</em></p>
<p>If you need to reorganize your tags and categories, this plugin will make it easier for you. It adds three new options to the Bulk Actions dropdown on term management pages:</p>
<ul>
<li>Merge – combine two or more terms into one</li>
<li>Set Parent – set the parent for one or more terms (for hierarchical taxonomies)</li>
<li>Change Taxonomy – convert terms from one taxonomy to another</li>
</ul>
<p>It works with tags, categories and <a href="https://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Taxonomies" rel="nofollow ugc">custom taxonomies</a>.</p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<ol>
<li>Go to the taxonomy page containing terms you want to modify. For example, for categories go to <code>WP-Admin <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Posts <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Categories</code>.</li>
<li>Select the terms you want to reorganize</li>
<li>Find the Bulk Actions dropdown, and select the task you’d like done.</li>
<li>Disco.</li>
</ol>
<h3>WPML</h3>
<p><a href="https://wpml.org" rel="nofollow ugc">WPML</a>-translated terms are partially supported. Currently only the “Change Taxonomy” task is WPML-aware. If a term with translations is moved to a new taxonomy, its translations are moved as well, and the translation relationships are preserved.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Currently only the “Change Taxonomy” task is WPML-aware</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Work on the WPML component was sponsored by the <a href="https://www.rainforest-alliance.org/" rel="nofollow ugc">Rainforest Alliance</a>.</p>
<h3>Support</h3>
<p>Limited support is handled in the forum created for this purpose (see the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/term-management-tools/" rel="ugc">support</a> tab on wp.org).</p>
<p>Find a problem? Fixes can be submitted on <a href="https://github.com/theMikeD/wp-term-management-tools" rel="nofollow ugc">Github</a>.</p>
<h3>Upgrading from a previous version</h3>
<p>Use the upgrade link in the Dashboard (Dashboard <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Updates) to upgrade this plugin.</p>
<h3>Notes</h3>
<p>Initial version of this plugin was by <a href="http://scribu.net/" rel="nofollow ugc">scribu</a>, with contributions from others. See full code history on <a href="https://github.com/theMikeD/wp-term-management-tools" rel="nofollow ugc">Github</a>.</p>


Term Management Tools

Excellent work! It saved me hours from having to write a bunch of SQL scripts!

Very Helpful

Allows you to merge terms, move terms between taxonomies, and set term parents, individually or in bulk. WPML is supported when changing taxonomies.

Multi-Column Taxonomy List vs Term Management Tools