Assign Missing Categories
Assigns the default category to all posts that have no category after you've converted your categories to tags.
Maintenance 22/1004034d since update
Active installs
20
Downloads
5,215
Reviews
8
Age
17.1y
Tagscategories
Plugin info
Total downloads: 5,215
Active installs: 20
Total reviews: 8
Average rating: 5
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 2
Last updated: 12/15/2014 (4034 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 11/21/2008 (17 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 2.3
Tested up to WordPress version: 4.1.42
Minimum PHP version: f
Maintenance & Compatibility
Maintenance score
Possibly abandoned • Last updated 4034 days ago • 8 reviews
22/100
Is Assign Missing Categories abandoned?
Possibly abandoned (last update 4034 days ago).
Compatibility
Requires WordPress: 2.3
Tested up to: 4.1.42
Requires PHP: f
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Description
If you have converted categories to tags and are now left with a lot of posts that have no category assigned (that show up with ‘Uncategorized,’ unlinked, as the category under Posts), you can use this plugin to assign the default category to all those posts at once.
Installation
- Upload the files to the
/wp-content/plugins/directory - Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
- Go to Posts → Assign Missing Categories
Frequently Asked Questions
No FAQ available
Review feed
vaskarjewel
Works great, thanks!
Thanks for this great plugin! Easy to use and powerful.
andrearufo
Still works
Simple but effective. Still works on my last version Wordpress. It's not sofisticate and do his job. Obviously you must know what you are doing.
Screenshots
No screenshots available
Changelog
1.2
- stop using deprecated junk
- clean the term cache after assigning posts
- localized strings (July 29, 2011)
1.1
- user capability check (August 3, 2009)
1.0
- first release (November 17, 2008)