Title: Smart Categories
Author: robpannell
Published: <strong>June 16, 2015</strong>
Last modified: July 6, 2015

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
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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# Smart Categories

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

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/smart-categories.zip)

 * [Details](https://xho.wordpress.org/plugins/smart-categories/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://xho.wordpress.org/plugins/smart-categories/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://xho.wordpress.org/plugins/smart-categories/#installation)
 * [Development](https://xho.wordpress.org/plugins/smart-categories/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smart-categories/)

## Description

From the plugin admin screen you can create rules by specifying a key word or phrase
along with an existing
 WordPress category. Th plugin then scans post titles for
the key, and adds the specified categories as appropriate. By default the plugin
will automatically check newly created posts when a page is loaded, however this
can be set to manual via a button in the admin screen.

I can’t guarantee any support, but if you use the support forum I will do my best
to help you with any issues.
 Feel free to suggest improvements too.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * The plugin admin screen

## Installation

 1. In the wordpress ‘Plugins’ menu, click ‘Add New’.
 2. Click ‘Upload Plugin’, then ‘Choose file’ and browse to the zip file this readme
    was contained in.
 3. Click ‘Install Now’.
 4. Activate the plugin when prompted, or through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Smart Categories” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

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

[Translate “Smart Categories” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/smart-categories)

### Interested in development?

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

## Changelog

#### 1.0.3

Fixed bug – Auto sort on page load now works correctly

#### 1.0.2

Tweaked admin page text.

#### 1.0.1

Fixed bug – Admin screen not showing

#### 1.0

Plugin Launched!

## Meta

 *  Version **1.0.3**
 *  Last updated **11 years ago**
 *  Active installations **10+**
 *  WordPress version ** 4.2.2 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **4.2.39**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/smart-categories/)
 * Tags
 * [categories](https://xho.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/categories/)[posts](https://xho.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/posts/)
   [taxonomy](https://xho.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/taxonomy/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://xho.wordpress.org/plugins/smart-categories/advanced/)

## Ratings

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## Contributors

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

## Support

Got something to say? Need help?

 [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/smart-categories/)