WordPress Mass Update Post, Page, or Custom Post Type Taxonomies
September 11, 2014
wordpressI'm working on a massive WordPress migration project and after we defined taxonomies they needed to be changed or updated. I tried doing this with SQL but that turned into an Inner Join nightmare due to how taxonomies are related to posts in the database. This script also comes in handy if you want to run mass updates to add all posts to a new category. When you are dealing with thousands of pages doing this manually in the WordPress admin becomes tedious. So, you can drop these handy little scripts in your theme's functions.php file for one time updates. These work for posts, pages, custom post types along with categories, tags, and custom taxonomies.
Apply Category To All Posts
Swap All Pages From One Custom Taxonomy Category To Another
This is one of the main reasons I wrote this script. We had hundreds of miss-classified pages in our custom taxonomy and I wanted to swap everything categorized as "News Releases" to another category called "Featured". As mentioned above Hopefully this saves you some time. Let me know in the comments if you have any questions.
Active Projects
I'm always tinkering with new ideas and building interesting things. From AI-powered tools to micro-SaaS products, these are the projects currently keeping me up at night. Each one solves a specific problem I've encountered or explores an emerging technology I'm excited about.
🤖 PMPrompt
I recently launched PMPrompt, a curated collection of AI prompts for product managers. The goal is simple - help PMs save time and be more effective by leveraging AI in their daily workflow. Read more about this project in my blog post about building PMPrompt or try the AI-Powered PRD Generator.
📊 SurveySnaps
I recently launched SurveySnaps, a platform that makes collecting location-based feedback dead simple using QR codes. The goal is straightforward - help businesses gather real-time feedback from specific locations without the complexity of traditional survey tools. Read more about this project in my blog post about building SurveySnaps.
🏗️ JSONL Tools
I am working on a set of tools to help me work with JSONL. JSONL is a simple format for working with JSON data. I am working on a set of tools to help me work with JSONL data. I will use these tools to help me work with my own data as well as help me build my own APIs. One of the tools I am developing is a JSONL Validator to ensure the integrity and structure of JSONL data. Read more about this project in my blog post about building JSONL Tools.
🤖 Make Storytime
Personalized children's stories generated by AI. This is an app I am building with my kids.
📠 Fax Online
Yea, I know. But there is a long tail for everything and believe it or not there was an underserved market for people that need to send a fax online. Some people (like me!) just need to send a one time fax.
Read more about this micro Saas project in a blog post about building an online fax service.
🥑 Free URL Indexer
Free URL Indexer is a free tool to help you index your backlinks and get them into Google faster. It's a simple tool that I built to help me with my own SEO efforts and I decided to share it with the world. It's a free tool and I don't even ask for your email address. Just paste in your URL and click the button.
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