Those who frequent this site may have noticed that I did a little cleanup in the categories list. I had some difficulty searching for a tool to merge categories. Entering “Wordpress merge category” did not give me the results I was looking for, and for a while I contemplated writing my own. Halfway through studying how to do this I decided to give it one more shot and luckily landed on this website, containing the Extended Categories Manager plugin for WordPress. I was saved.

Extended Categories Manager plugin for WordPress

Installing went without a snitch. Dropped the file into the plugins folder and I was ready to go. I only needed the Merge Categories feature, so I did not fiddle with the “Quick Edit Category” area. I assume this allows you to rename and change the alias of a category.

If you’re looking a tool to merge categories in WordPress, this tool is all you’ll ever need.

Click here to go to the plugin homepage.