Polylang Category Creator
This plugin allows to create categories for Posts, Woocommerce Products, or other taxonomies. In the admin page, it detects your Polylang languages and builds a form to create the category for each language in the same…
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- Small user base (60+ active installs)
- Very few reviews so far
- No update in 8 years
- Only tested up to WordPress 4.9 (latest is 7.1)
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Daily downloads
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Rankings
Where Polylang Category Creator stands todayWordPress.org search rankings
Live position in the plugin search, top 100| Keyword | Position |
|---|---|
| bulk | >100 |
| multiple categories | >100 |
| polylang | >100 |
| taxonomy | >100 |
| woocommerce | >100 |
Version adoption
Share of active sites per release.
Rating breakdown
★★★★★★★★★★ 5 from 1 reviews
About Polylang Category Creator
From the official readme · v1.5Description
This plugin allows to create categories for Posts, Woocommerce Products, or other taxonomies.
In the admin page, it detects your Polylang languages and builds a form to create the category for each language in the same page, creating all at same time.
If having trouble post the issue on support section.
Available Fields
- Taxonomy (dropdown select)
- Parent Category (dropdown select)
- Category Name
- Category Slug
- Category description
Languages
- English
- Spanish
- Catalan(New)
Installation
- Upload this plugin to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
- Activate the plugin through the Plugins menu in WordPress.
- Go to Multilang-Cat section to create categories for all languages.
Changelog
1.5
- Added Catalan language
- Edited some interface
- Corrected some language translations
1.4
- Removed update system
- Added Nonce field for form
- Added validating for form:
** set CATEGORY NAME (2 to 26 length)
** set CATEGORY SLUG (0 to 26 length)
** set CATEGORY DESCRIPTION (0 to 40 length) - Added sanitize for NAME, SLUG, DESCRIPTION
- Added check taxonomy_exists() for Taxonomy selected
- Changed the translations to esc_html_e()
1.3
- Added a temporary update system through GitHub, hope get in wordpress directory and use default wordpress system 🙂
1.2
- Changed the Taxonomy picker and Parent Category
- Added some protection when creating category to filter the fields values
- Parent Category is now applying to translations
1.1
- Filtered only taxonomies that are translated
- Removed the requirement of filling slug and description
- Changed text to textarea the description field
1.0
- Initial release
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FAQ
Polylang Category Creator: quick answers
Straight answers, pulled from live WordPress.org data.
Live data from WordPress.org · checked Oct 11, 2026
Is Polylang Category Creator free?
Yes. Polylang Category Creator is free to download and use from the official WordPress.org plugin directory.
Is Polylang Category Creator safe to use in 2026?
Polylang Category Creator shows warning signs in 2026 — compare the alternatives below before installing. It runs on 60+ sites, is rated 5/5 and was last updated 9 years ago, and scores 32/100 on our health check.
How many websites use Polylang Category Creator?
Polylang Category Creator is active on 60+ WordPress websites and has been downloaded 4,000 times since it launched in October 2016. It was downloaded 78 times in the last 30 days.
Does Polylang Category Creator work with WordPress 7.1?
Polylang Category Creator is officially tested up to WordPress 4.9.34, while the latest release is 7.1.3. It may still work, but try it on a staging site first.
When was Polylang Category Creator last updated?
The latest version, 1.5, was released on December 6, 2017 (9 years ago).
Who makes Polylang Category Creator?
Polylang Category Creator is developed and maintained by merk_cat.
What are the best alternatives to Polylang Category Creator?
The most popular alternatives to Polylang Category Creator are Manage (100K+ installs), WP Bulk Delete (90K+ installs) and Bulk Delete (30K+ installs).
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