[Plugin: Doc's Auto-tags] Category insted of tags

Hi, I asked the same question about using categories too: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-docs-auto-tags-error-message-on-settings-page-after-install?replies=3

But didn’t hear back so I guess the author didn’t have time. I think that’d be great (and I love this auto tag plugin! It’s so useful)

I don’t know anything about plugin development but I’m going to be brave and open up the files to see if I can figure out how to create a categories version. I will let you know if I come up with anything useful.

Hi John, many thanks for responding.

If you could add the functionality of being able to auto add categories in the same way as tags that would be fantastic, would that be a simple task?

I have tried to look at the source code of the plugin to see what would be needed but I am out of my depth!

I am using the plugin for a rescue animal rehoming website where we aggregate posts from another source (our forum) and am going to request the posters add codes such as #beagle #age3 #male in to their posts that will correspond to the auto tag/category, then people can do a more in-depth search on the WordPress site.

I would like to use categories for info such as the breed so that I can separate that from age, gender etc.

Custom taxonomies would be interesting from a WordPress fan point of view, but is not necessary for my current project if it’s a lot of work to implement.

I’m happy to send a small donation ($10 or something?) towards development if your time is limited as this plugin would really help me out, although I am working pro-bono for a non-profit organisation so if you are happy to provide it for free that would be great too.

Thanks again for your time 🙂 Much appreciated.