{"id":846,"date":"2021-06-12T12:49:42","date_gmt":"2021-06-12T12:49:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/?p=846"},"modified":"2025-11-08T09:07:23","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T09:07:23","slug":"inline-edit-category-tag-in-wordpress-bulk-posts-editing-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/inline-edit-category-tag-in-wordpress-bulk-posts-editing-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"How to inline edit WordPress category \/ tag in WPBULKiT &#8211; Bulk Edit WordPress Posts \/ Pages Plugin?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Inline edit WordPress category \/ tag is a simple and useful way for changing the category&nbsp;or tag of each WordPress post directly from the post table.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can Inline edit WordPress category \/ tag of each post by following 3 simple steps in <a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/plugins\/wordpress-bulk-posts-editing\/?utm_source=docs&amp;utm_content=inline-edit-category-tag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WPBULKiT &#8211; Bulk Edit WordPress Posts \/ Pages Plugin<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Step 1: Add WordPress category \/ tag column to the post table&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To add category\/ tag column to the post table, you need to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Go to <strong>WordPress Dashboard > iThemeland > WPBULKiT<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on&nbsp; \u201c<strong>Column Profile<\/strong>\u201d button to open columns form.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mark \u201c<strong>Categories<\/strong>\u201d and&nbsp; \u201c<strong>Tags<\/strong>\u201d under taxonomies field in that form.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on \u201c<strong>Apply to Table<\/strong>\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/add-custom-columns.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1500\" height=\"837\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/add-custom-columns.png\" alt=\"Add custom columns to WordPress Bulk post editing plugin\" class=\"wp-image-1778\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Step 2: Search and find custom post&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can change the category\/tag of one WordPress post by inline edit, it is a good idea to find the custom post by using <strong>Quick search<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/use-quick-search-in-wordpress-bulk-posts-editing-plugin\/?utm_source=docs&amp;utm_content=inline-edit-category-tag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to use quick search in WPBULKiT \u2013 Bulk Edit WordPress Posts \/ Pages Plugin?<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>For example you can find the post with ID number: <strong>1611 <\/strong>as below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Type 1316 in the text box of \u201c<strong>Quick Search<\/strong>\u201d field.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select \u201c<strong>ID<\/strong>\u201d from the next Combo box.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on &#8220;<strong>Filter<\/strong>&#8221; icon.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/search-and-find-custom-posts.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1698\" height=\"379\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/search-and-find-custom-posts.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/search-and-find-custom-posts.png 1698w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/search-and-find-custom-posts-1536x343.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1698px) 100vw, 1698px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now you can Inline edit post category \/ tag of this post by clicking on the related columns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Step 3: Inline edit WordPress post category \/ tag&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As soon as you click on one of the category or tag columns a new pop up will appear including a list of categories or tags you have already saved in the WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this page, the below actions are provided:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/select-new-categories-and-tags.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1698\" height=\"836\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/select-new-categories-and-tags.png\" alt=\"Select new categories in WordPress Bulk post editing plugin\" class=\"wp-image-1780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/select-new-categories-and-tags.png 1698w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/select-new-categories-and-tags-1536x756.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1698px) 100vw, 1698px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Select new WordPress categories \/ tags <\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/result-of-edited-posts.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1699\" height=\"838\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/result-of-edited-posts.png\" alt=\"Result of assigning categories\" class=\"wp-image-1781\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/result-of-edited-posts.png 1699w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/result-of-edited-posts-1536x758.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1699px) 100vw, 1699px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, we assigned \u201c<strong>Food<\/strong>\u201d and \u201c<strong>Travel<\/strong>\u201d to the post category:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Search among the categories \/ tags by typing some letters in the textbox&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/search-by-text-box.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1698\" height=\"834\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/search-by-text-box.png\" alt=\"Search categories in WordPress Bulk post editing plugin\" class=\"wp-image-1782\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/search-by-text-box.png 1698w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/search-by-text-box-1536x754.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1698px) 100vw, 1698px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, we typ \u201c<strong>s<\/strong>\u201d letter and tag list will be filter according to the names including s as shown below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, we marked \u201c<strong>Breakfast<\/strong>\u201d, \u201c<strong>Sport<\/strong>\u201d and \u201c<strong>Summer<\/strong>\u201d and assigned them to the post tag by clicking on&nbsp; \u201c<strong>Apply Changes<\/strong>\u201d:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/result-of-edited-posts2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1697\" height=\"837\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/result-of-edited-posts2.png\" alt=\"result of inline edit category \/ tag\" class=\"wp-image-1783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/result-of-edited-posts2.png 1697w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/result-of-edited-posts2-1536x758.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1697px) 100vw, 1697px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Add new category \/ tag in WordPress<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need to add a new category&nbsp; \/ tag to the list, it is simply possible by clicking on \u201c<strong>Add New<\/strong>\u201d button and filling some field in the new form appeared such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Name<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Slug<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Parent<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Description&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, we create \u201cPhone&#8221; category As you can see below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/add-new-post-taxonomy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1698\" height=\"836\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/add-new-post-taxonomy.png\" alt=\"Add new category directly from taxonomy popup in WordPress bulk posts editing plugin\" class=\"wp-image-1784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/add-new-post-taxonomy.png 1698w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/add-new-post-taxonomy-1536x756.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1698px) 100vw, 1698px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>if you click on &#8220;<strong>Create<\/strong>&#8221; button, the new category \/ tag will add to the list:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/added-category.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1698\" height=\"837\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/added-category.png\" alt=\"Added category to WordPress Bulk post editing plugin directly\" class=\"wp-image-1785\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/added-category.png 1698w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/added-category-1536x757.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1698px) 100vw, 1698px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>So, you can mark it to assigning to the post category \/ tag:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we did for the selected post:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/result-of-edited-posts3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1697\" height=\"838\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/result-of-edited-posts3.png\" alt=\"Result of inline edit category \/ tag\" class=\"wp-image-1786\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/result-of-edited-posts3.png 1697w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/result-of-edited-posts3-1536x758.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1697px) 100vw, 1697px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By opening the category\/ tag page of WordPress, you can see the new category has been added there automatically:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/03\/18-category-page-of-wordpress.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1662\" height=\"881\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/03\/18-category-page-of-wordpress.jpg\" alt=\"Category page of wordpress\" class=\"wp-image-859\" style=\"width:1247px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/03\/18-category-page-of-wordpress.jpg 1662w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/03\/18-category-page-of-wordpress-1536x814.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1662px) 100vw, 1662px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As it is obvious, if you add any category \/ tag to the WordPress, it will be added to the category\/ tag list of our plugin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, we added \u201c<strong>Education<\/strong>\u201d as a new category in the WordPress:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/03\/18-add-new-category-from-wordpress.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1668\" height=\"898\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/03\/18-add-new-category-from-wordpress.jpg\" alt=\"Add new category in wordpress\" class=\"wp-image-858\" style=\"width:1251px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/03\/18-add-new-category-from-wordpress.jpg 1668w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/03\/18-add-new-category-from-wordpress-1536x827.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1668px) 100vw, 1668px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/03\/18-result-of-adding-category.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1649\" height=\"938\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/03\/18-result-of-adding-category.jpg\" alt=\"Result of adding category in wordpress\" class=\"wp-image-857\" style=\"width:1237px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/03\/18-result-of-adding-category.jpg 1649w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/03\/18-result-of-adding-category-1536x874.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1649px) 100vw, 1649px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When we came back to our plugin and clicked on category column, \u201cEducation\u201d was there as a new category and we could assign it to our post:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/select-new-categories-and-tags-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1699\" height=\"839\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/select-new-categories-and-tags-1.png\" alt=\"category list in WordPress Bulk post editing plugin\" class=\"wp-image-1787\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/select-new-categories-and-tags-1.png 1699w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/04\/select-new-categories-and-tags-1-1536x759.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1699px) 100vw, 1699px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inline edit WordPress category \/ tag is a simple and 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