Title: Mass categorize multiple posts?
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Mass categorize multiple posts?

 *  [mattbramanti](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattbramanti/)
 * (@mattbramanti)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mass-categorize-multiple-posts/)
 * I imported a whole bunch of Blogger posts (700+) and I want to categorize them
   all.
 * Ideally, I could display the title and categories for, say, 10 posts at a time,
   select multiple categories for each post, hit “update” and it would update all
   10 posts.
 * Is there a plugin out there to do this, or is there another way to do it without
   painstakingly editing each post? I would think this is a fairly common issue,
   and someone’s come up with a fix by now.

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mass-categorize-multiple-posts/#post-346467)
 * There used to be a batch-category script for WP 1.2!
    If I remember well, after
   several months somebody made it to work with 1.5. I have no idea whether it would
   work with 2.0.x or not.
 *  Thread Starter [mattbramanti](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mattbramanti/)
 * (@mattbramanti)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mass-categorize-multiple-posts/#post-346469)
 * Yeah, I tried that one, and it wasn’t really batch-capable. It was one step less
   than having to edit each post one at a time, but one tiny step.
 *  [vkaryl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vkaryl/)
 * (@vkaryl)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mass-categorize-multiple-posts/#post-346477)
 * If this were me, I’d back up the database (twice at least!) and then go dink 
   around in it…. maybe write an sql query to handle it…. if I knew which posts 
   to “batch”. If not, I’d still probably do it in the database, would take less
   time in the long run. Note please that I don’t have any 2.0 databases, so this
   sort of thing would maybe be problematic in 2.0.
 * [Disclaimer: I haven’t done this sort of thing myself. I think it could be done.
   However, if you do this without a backup, I’ll feel sorry for you but that’s 
   about it.]
 *  [bre](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bre/)
 * (@bre)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mass-categorize-multiple-posts/#post-346569)
 * I want the exact same thing! I’ve neglected my categories this past year and 
   now I’m looking for a fast way to sort them. I’m watching this thread with anticipation.
 *  [niziol](https://wordpress.org/support/users/niziol/)
 * (@niziol)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/mass-categorize-multiple-posts/#post-346578)
 * Sadly the batch categories plug-in does not work with 2.0+, due to the database
   changes I’ve read. I have taken a peak at the code, but not being a PHP master
   by the stretch of anyone’s imagination (not even my own), I never really dug 
   into it. I’m sure for someone (that’s a subtle hint for someone, maybe YOU, to
   volunteer) who is verses in the wp-query stuff, it would be a somewhat easy job.
 * My fingers are crossed and I’m prepared to hold my breath until someone fixes
   it, until I pass out…maybe! 🙂
 * Cheers,
    Michael.

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