{"id":17678,"date":"2012-04-11T08:29:32","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T08:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins-wp\/batch-category-import\/"},"modified":"2012-06-06T08:55:43","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T08:55:43","slug":"batch-category-import","status":"closed","type":"plugin","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.org\/plugins\/batch-category-import\/","author":9294549,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"version":"v1.0.1","stable_tag":"trunk","tested":"3.3.2","requires":"3.3.1","requires_php":"","requires_plugins":"","header_name":"Batch Category Import","header_author":"Guy Maliar","header_description":"","assets_banners_color":"","last_updated":"2012-06-06 08:55:43","external_support_url":"","external_repository_url":"","donate_link":"","header_plugin_uri":"","header_author_uri":"http:\/\/www.egstudio.biz\/","rating":4.8,"author_block_rating":0,"active_installs":200,"downloads":10040,"num_ratings":0,"support_threads":0,"support_threads_resolved":0,"author_block_count":0,"sections":["description","installation","faq","changelog"],"tags":[],"upgrade_notice":[],"ratings":{"1":0,"2":0,"3":0,"4":"1","5":"3"},"assets_icons":[],"assets_banners":[],"assets_blueprints":{},"all_blocks":[],"tagged_versions":["1.0","1.0.1"],"block_files":[],"assets_screenshots":[],"screenshots":[]},"plugin_section":[],"plugin_tags":[89,87],"plugin_category":[59],"plugin_contributors":[81545],"plugin_business_model":[],"class_list":["post-17678","plugin","type-plugin","status-closed","hentry","plugin_tags-category","plugin_tags-import","plugin_category-utilities-and-tools","plugin_contributors-guymaliar","plugin_committers-guymaliar"],"banners":[],"icons":{"svg":false,"icon":"https:\/\/s.w.org\/plugins\/geopattern-icon\/batch-category-import.svg","icon_2x":false,"generated":true},"screenshots":[],"raw_content":"<!--section=description-->\n<p>Based on the discontinued http:\/\/wordpress.org\/extend\/plugins\/category-import\/.\nAllows a fast way to create a large amount of categories with whatever slugs you'd like and nested categories as well!<\/p>\n\n<!--section=installation-->\n<p>This section describes how to install the plugin and get it working.<\/p>\n\n<ol>\n<li>Make a new directory inside <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/<\/code> named <code>batch-category-import<\/code><\/li>\n<li>Upload all files into <code>\/wp-content\/plugins\/batch-category-import\/<\/code> directory<\/li>\n<li>Login Wordpress administration panel.<\/li>\n<li>Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu.<\/li>\n<li>Go to Posts -&gt; 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