Title: Bulk Move Author: Sudar Muthu Published: Xwejisun 28, 2009 Last modified: Alunsun 28, 2024 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/bulk-move/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=1760818) This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**. It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when used with more recent versions of WordPress. ![](https://ps.w.org/bulk-move/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1760818) # Bulk Move By [Sudar Muthu](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sudar/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/bulk-move.1.3.0.zip) * [Details](https://fon.wordpress.org/plugins/bulk-move/#description) * [Reviews](https://fon.wordpress.org/plugins/bulk-move/#reviews) * [Installation](https://fon.wordpress.org/plugins/bulk-move/#installation) * [Development](https://fon.wordpress.org/plugins/bulk-move/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bulk-move/) ## Description Bulk Move Plugin allows you to move posts in bulk from one category, tag or custom taxonomy to another. This Plugin also allows you to disassociate posts from a certain category, tag or custom taxonomy. If you looking for deleting posts or users in Bulk, instead of just moving them, then use [Bulk Delete Plugin](http://bulkwp.com) instead. ### Features The following modules are available in the Bulk Move plugin. #### Move posts from one category to another This module allows you to move posts from one category to another or disassociate posts from a specific category. #### Move posts from one tag to another This module allows you to move posts from one tag to another or disassociate posts from a specific tag. #### Move posts from category to tag This module allows you to move posts from one category to another tag. #### Move posts by custom taxonomy This module allows you to move posts from one custom taxonomy to another. This module supports custom post types as well. ### Development The development of the Plugin happens over at [github](https://github.com/sudar/bulk-move). If you want to contribute to the Plugin, fork the [project at github](https://github.com/sudar/bulk-move) and send me a pull request. If you are not familiar with either git or Github then refer to this [guide to see how fork and send pull request](http://sudarmuthu.com/blog/contributing-to-project-hosted-in-github). If you are looking for ideas, then you can start with one of the following TODO items 🙂 ### TODO * Bulk Move pages to posts * Bulk Move users from one role to another ### Support * If you have found a bug/issue or have a feature request, then post them in [github issues](https://github.com/sudar/bulk-move/issues) * If you have a question about usage or need help to troubleshoot, then post in WordPress forums or leave a comment in [Plugins’s home page](http://sudarmuthu.com/wordpress/bulk-move) * If you like the Plugin, then kindly leave a review/feedback at [WordPress repo page](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bulk-move/reviews/#new-post). This will help more people to discover the plugin. * If anything else, then contact me in [twitter](http://twitter.com/sudarmuthu). ### Translation * Brazilian Portuguese (Thanks Marcelo of Criacao de Sites em Ribeirao Preto) * Turkish Portuguese (Thanks Bahadir Yildiz) * Spanish (Thanks Brian Flores of InMotion Hosting) * Bulgarian (Thanks Nikolay Nikolov of Skype Fan Blog) * Hindi (Thanks Love Chandel) * Lithuanian (Thanks Vincent G) ### Readme Generator This Readme file was generated using [wp-readme](http://sudarmuthu.com/wordpress/wp-readme), which generates readme files for WordPress Plugins. ## Screenshots * [[ * This screenshot shows the Tools menu through which you can access the Bulk Move page. * [[ * This screenshot shows the Bulk Move Page. You can access the various Bulk Move modules here. * [[ * This screenshot shows the screen options where you can show or hide various Bulk Move Modules. * [[ * The ‘Bulk Move by Category’ module allows you to bulk move posts from one tag to another. * [[ * The ‘Bulk Move by Tag’ module allows you to bulk move posts from one tag to another. * [[ * The ‘Bulk Move Category by Tag’ module allows you to bulk move posts from one tag to another category. * [[ * The ‘Bulk Move Custom Taxonomy’ module allows you to bulk move posts from one custom taxonomy to another custom taxonomy. * [[ * In case you are facing issues and have to give us information about your server, then you can copy the information from the Debug Information module. ## Installation The simplest way to install the plugin is to use the built-in automatic plugin installer. Go to plugins -> Add New and then enter the name of the plugin to automatically install it. If for some reason the above method doesn’t work then you can download the plugin as a zip file, extract it and then use your favorite FTP client and then upload the contents of the zip file to the wp-content/plugins/ directory of your WordPress installation and then activate the Plugin from Plugins page. ## FAQ ### Instead of moving posts to another category, tag or taxonomy can I just disassociate the post from a category, tag or custom taxonomy? Yes, it’s possible to just disassociate the post from a category, tag or custom taxonomy. Just choose Remove Category/Tag/Term option in the right side dropdown. ### Can I move posts from a category to tag? Yes. Use the ‘Bulk Move Category by Tag’ module to move posts from a category to a tag. ### Does Bulk Move supports custom taxonomies? Yes. Use the ‘Bulk Move Custom Taxonomies’ module. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/eb99c03c4b413ec1b2698030c2d383969da6047b37e0761ab29a84f1f7ea8079? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Good job](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-job-1861/)󠁿 [Vania](https://profiles.wordpress.org/twvania/) Xwejisun 28, 2025 Thanks..)) ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/b4becb9bace56ece3f497ed3399f0f21aa562a93be6cd591125f6c4669d4776d? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Fantastic, you saved me!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fantastic-you-saved-me/)󠁿 [ukrainaevents](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ukrainaevents/) Lidosun 12, 2022 It’s fantastic, I had to move 30,000 records among 300 categories …. You saved me, God bless you ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/6d67b47d8a19b0c96b237b97773d83582fbf9d074eb1529d4dc084c8a9a656ae? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Works great with WP 5.8.3](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/works-great-with-wp-5-8-3/)󠁿 [alexio](https://profiles.wordpress.org/alexio/) Alunsun 20, 2022 Easy, done the category transfer without any problems. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7c2f5a543ff26cdae7d1198e9e4839d0ef703bac70027ddd352684df3919a1dd? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Highly Recommendable](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/highly-recommendable-5/)󠁿 [Günter Duba](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vienna22/) woosun 9, 2021 THank you for this! I cleaned up my Kategories in 5 Minutes and everything works and nothing is lost. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/5bd2842bff88d6220a7c23f3f56a381a33922862e0f8c34498e5d5ac82e06a56? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Don’t work with latest version](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dont-work-with-latest-version/)󠁿 [onedaythreeautumns](https://profiles.wordpress.org/onedaythreeautumns/) zosun 28, 2021 Even if I check the ‘keep all remaining tags’ it removes them. The same goes for categories. It doesn’t move it, rather removes one tag to another… ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/373e820e1fb62dc15cca35461f372e4b7dfba2e3ab320b0e0dbb3e5570797b77? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Not working](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/not-working-3209/)󠁿 [jdev](https://profiles.wordpress.org/jdev/) Lidosun 9, 2020 Post is still removed from the category its in… [ Read all 47 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bulk-move/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Bulk Move” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ Sudar Muthu ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sudar/) “Bulk Move” has been translated into 7 locales. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/bulk-move/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Bulk Move” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/bulk-move) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/bulk-move/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/bulk-move/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/bulk-move/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/bulk-move/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### v1.3 (2014-08-17) (Dev time: 0.5 hours) * Tweak: Fixed a warning in meta box implementation #### v1.2.1 (2014-06-05) (Dev time: 0.5 hours) * Tweak: Indent sub categories in the category dropdown. (Issue #10) #### v1.2 (2014-04-21) (Dev time: 6 hours) * Add: Add the ability to specify the PHP script timeout. Thanks https://github. com/grantnorwood * Add: Add uninstall.php file to remove option when plugin is removed. Thanks https:// github.com/grantnorwood * Fix: Clean whitespace in HTML attributes. Thanks https://github.com/grantnorwood * Add: Add the ability to move categories by tag. Thanks https://github.com/grantnorwood * Tweak: Change the capability to `edit_others_posts`. (issue #7) * Tweak: Make Bulk_Move class as a singleton * Add: Add WordPress version to debug information. (issue #6) #### v1.1.1 (2014-02-12) (Dev time: 0.5 hours) * Add: Add German translation * Fix: Fix link to Bulk Delete plugin #### v1.1 (2013-12-19) (Dev time: 3 hours) * Fix: Change the content displayed in sidebar * Tweak: Remove `screen_icon` which is not used in WordPress 3.8 * New: Add support moving posts by tags #### v1.0 (2013-10-13) (Dev time: 3 hours) * Revamped GUI #### v0.9 (2012-07-10) (Dev time: 0.5 hour) * Added Hindi translations * Added Lithuanian translations #### v0.8 (2012-01-13) * Added Bulgarian translations #### v0.7 (2011-12-16) * Removed spaces from first line which was starting the output #### v0.6 (2011-11-19) * Added Spanish translation #### v0.5 (2011-08-25) * Fixed a warning and added Turkish translation #### v0.4 (2011-02-08) * Added Brazilian Portuguese translation #### v0.3 (2010-11-28) * Fixes for blank screen issue. Thanks Carlos #### v0.2 (2009-05-08) * Second version #### v0.1 (2009-02-04) * First version ## Meta * Version **1.3.0** * Last updated **2 years ago** * Active installations **10,000+** * WordPress version ** 3.8 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.4.8** * PHP version ** 5.2 or higher ** * Languages * [Chinese (Taiwan)](https://tw.wordpress.org/plugins/bulk-move/), [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/bulk-move/), [Japanese](https://ja.wordpress.org/plugins/bulk-move/), [Persian](https://fa.wordpress.org/plugins/bulk-move/), [Russian](https://ru.wordpress.org/plugins/bulk-move/), [Spanish (Mexico)](https://es-mx.wordpress.org/plugins/bulk-move/), [Spanish (Spain)](https://es.wordpress.org/plugins/bulk-move/), and [Spanish (Venezuela)](https://ve.wordpress.org/plugins/bulk-move/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/bulk-move) * Tags * [bulk](https://fon.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/bulk/)[category](https://fon.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/category/) [mass](https://fon.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/mass/)[move](https://fon.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/move/) [post](https://fon.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post/) * [Advanced View](https://fon.wordpress.org/plugins/bulk-move/advanced/) ## Ratings 4.5 out of 5 stars. * [ 39 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bulk-move/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 2 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bulk-move/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bulk-move/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 1 2-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bulk-move/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 5 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bulk-move/reviews/?filter=1) [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bulk-move/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bulk-move/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ Sudar Muthu ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sudar/) ## Support Got something to say? 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