Title: Category 2 Post Type
Author: erikdmitchell
Published: <strong>February 16, 2016</strong>
Last modified: March 29, 2016

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It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Category 2 Post Type

 By [erikdmitchell](https://profiles.wordpress.org/erikdmitchell/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/category-to-custom-post-type.0.1.5.zip)

 * [Details](https://wordpress.org/plugins/category-to-custom-post-type/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/plugins/category-to-custom-post-type/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/category-to-custom-post-type/#installation)
 * [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/category-to-custom-post-type/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-to-custom-post-type/)

## Description

Allows you to move categories to custom post types and/or taxonomies.

### Hooks and Filters

Coming soon…

## Installation

 1. Upload `category-to-custom-post-type` to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory
 2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
 3. Go to Tools > Cat 2 Post Type

## FAQ

None yet. Just ask.

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[Time saver!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/time-saver-128/)󠁿

 [vynnus](https://profiles.wordpress.org/vynnus/) September 3, 2016

Simple as it should be! It will move not only categories but tags and all posts 
to any custom post type you select. It saved hours of work. Thank you so much!!!

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### 󠀁[Worked perfectly](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/worked-perfectly-111/)󠁿

 [yoshimitsu1234](https://profiles.wordpress.org/yoshimitsu1234/) September 3, 2016

Did what is promised. Simple and effective plugin.

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### 󠀁[Simple and effective](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-and-effective-572/)󠁿

 [mitishi](https://profiles.wordpress.org/mitishi/) September 3, 2016

Exactly what i needed ! Thanks !

 [ Read all 3 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-to-custom-post-type/reviews/)

## Contributors & Developers

“Category 2 Post Type” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ erikdmitchell ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/erikdmitchell/)

[Translate “Category 2 Post Type” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/category-to-custom-post-type)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/category-to-custom-post-type/),
check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/category-to-custom-post-type/),
or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/category-to-custom-post-type/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/category-to-custom-post-type/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.1.5

 * Added support to move categories and/or their children.
 * Added support for taxonomies and to move posts between them.

#### 0.1.4

 * Stabilized for WordPress repo submission and release.

#### 0.1.3

 * Added a Match Custom Fields function (custom fields to metabox).
 * Removed taxonomy functions for now.
 * Primary goal currently is to map a post category to CPT.

#### 0.1.2

 * Added to git
 * Added bootstrap for admin page layout
 * Changed submit button to ‘Run Script’
 * Converted to class Cat2PostTypeTax
 * Reworked the admin messages system/functionality

#### 0.1.1

 * Minor tweaks and adjustments.

#### 0.1.0

 * Initial setup and build out.

## Meta

 *  Version **0.1.5**
 *  Last updated **10 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.0 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.4.34**
 * Tags
 * [category](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/category/)[custom post type](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/custom-post-type/)
   [post](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://wordpress.org/plugins/category-to-custom-post-type/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

 *  [  3 5-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-to-custom-post-type/reviews/?filter=5)
 *  [  0 4-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-to-custom-post-type/reviews/?filter=4)
 *  [  0 3-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-to-custom-post-type/reviews/?filter=3)
 *  [  0 2-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-to-custom-post-type/reviews/?filter=2)
 *  [  0 1-star reviews     ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-to-custom-post-type/reviews/?filter=1)

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## Contributors

 *   [ erikdmitchell ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/erikdmitchell/)

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/category-to-custom-post-type/)

## Donate

Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin?

 [ Donate to this plugin ](http://erikdmitchell@gmail.com)