I’ve been looking for a Bulk Category plugin for wordpress for quite some time. I wanted something that allows me to either import a CSV or TXT file and the plugin will create all the categories (parents and children) based on the data format. Well, thanks to Lordtime we have Post Corrector by Lordtime. This plugin does exactly what I’ve been looking for!

You can simply download the plugin, unzip it and install it in your wordpress plugins. Once activated you can go to Manage -> Bulk Create Categories and you’ll see the box like below.

You then import your categories in the following format.

  • Computers
  • Computers/Monitor
  • Computers/Keyboard
  • Computers/Mouse
  • Desks
  • Desks/Large
  • Desks/Small

This creates all the necessary categories. In this case it would create two parent categories (Computers & Desk) and 5 child categories (Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, Large, Small).

Be warned that if you have lots of categories the plugin times out at 60 seconds. I recommend adding no more then 100 categories at a time otherwise you have to go and determine where it timed out.

Why did I want this plugin? For my PHPbay sites! I now have three tools that allow me to make a PHPbay site quickly, efficiently and very effectively. In a future post I’ll go about describing exactly how I make my phpbay sites.

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