Tag Grouping Plug-in Documentation

INTRODUCTION

A lot of WordPress bloggers use the same set of base tags for every post, or a large percentage of posts, since their blogs pertain to a specific audience. With each post they create, the addition of tags to the post must be repeated. With the Tag Grouping plug-in, you can now assign tags to groups and then assign groups of tags to posts. What may have taken multiple clicks before can be accomplished in one click. Also, if you come up with new, relevant tags you can add them to a group and all posts with these groups will be updated, as well.

In a nutshell:
- Assign multiple tags to a post with 1 selection.
- Add tags to previous posts by updating the groups of tags associated with the posts.
- Keep a list of base tags in one manageable location, for use later.

INSTALLATION

1. Download the plug-in.

2. Unzip contents into the ../wp-content/plugins

3. Activate the plugin by visitting the Admin page, clicking on Plugins, finding Tag Grouping in the list and clicking Activate.

– Note that any tables needed for Tag Grouping will be created the first time you Activate the plug-in.

USING THE PLUG-IN

Step 1: Create your Tags

Any blogger that has been using WordPress for awhile will know where to find the Tag creation section of WordPress. If not, you just need to go to Posts >> Post Tags. Add as many tags as you like.

Step 2: Create your Groups

From the left navigation bar (if you are using a default theme) expand the Group Tags menu and click on Create Group. This will launch a page that will allow you to define the name of your group and assign tags to the group. Once you have named the group and made any tag selections, click on the Create button.

Step 3: Create and Publish a new Post

Once you have created as many groups as you feel you need and assigned all of the appropriate tags to each group, you are ready to create posts and use the groups you defined. When adding a new post, your Tag Groups will be available on the bottom-right of the screen. In the Tag Groups box, select the group of tags you wish to assign to your post. When the post is saved, the selected Tag Groups are assigned to the post.

Step 4: Managing your Groups

So, you have been using groups for awhile and you have created new tags that you want to assign to a whole bunch of historical posts. No problem! Just visit the Group Tags menu item, select the group you wish to update and re-select all of the tags that you wish to assign. When you click the Update button, all the posts using the group will automatically update with the new tag selections.

Download Version 1.1 here.

Also, see what is coming for the next release.

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