by Shambhu Patnaik 4.8 (12 reviews)

Export Categories

Name: Export Categories
Rating: 4.8 (12 reviews)
Author: Shambhu Patnaik

export you wordpress categories only to another wordpress site

Export Categories ranks #6,762 among WordPress.org plugins with 1,000+ active installations, is #552 of 4,942 in the Utilities & Tools category, a 4.8/5 rating from 12 reviews, and was last updated Mar 26, 2019. Data from WordPress.org, refreshed twice daily — see methodology.

Tested up to WP 5.1 (Current: 7.1)

vtrunk Current Version vtrunk

Updated 7 years ago Last Update on 26 Mar, 2019

Refreshed 11 hours ago Last Refreshed on

#552 of 4,942 in Utilities & Tools Top 10% by installs Downloads -26.8% this week No update in over a year

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#6,762

+6 this week

Active Installs

1K+

-14.7%

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Downloads

24.4K

+1 today

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Rating

96%

Review 4.8 out of 5

4.8 (12 reviews)

Next Milestone 2K

Total Progress 4.8%

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Security History

Source: WPVulnerability

1 known vulnerability on record · 1 in the last 24 months · checked 1 month ago

Oct 4, 2025 UNPATCHED

Export Categories [export-categories] <= 1.0 (unfixed)

CVE-2025-62922 · No fix released

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Plugin Details

Version: trunk
Last Updated: Mar 26, 2019
Requires WP: 2.9+
Tested Up To: 5.1
PHP Version: N/A
Author: Shambhu Patnaik

Support & Rating

Rating: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8
Reviews: 12
Support Threads: 0
Resolved: 0%

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TL;DR

AI summary of the plugin's readme

This plugin is for WordPress site owners who want to move categories between sites without transferring content. It solves the problem of WordPress's default export tool bundling categories together with posts and pages by allowing category-only exports.