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AITagsClaudestable · v0.23.30released Aug 22, 2026

Smart Tags for WordPress

Manage WordPress tags manually or with Claude API suggestions — always with manual approval.

Overview

Smart Tags for WordPress sends your post tags to the Claude API (Anthropic) in batches and asks it to spot near-duplicates, semantic overlaps, and low-usage tags that could be merged into a broader existing tag. Nothing is changed automatically: every suggestion is queued for review and only applied when you approve it. Alongside the AI analysis, a 'Manage Tags' tab covers manual, non-AI tag housekeeping: usage statistics, search, merge, and delete.

Key features

  • Batch analysis of all tags via the Claude API, with a live processing log, progress tracking, and a stop button.
  • Merge suggestions grouped by type: near-duplicates, semantic overlaps, low-usage tags.
  • Per-suggestion Approve/Reject/Restore, plus multi-select bulk actions on each suggestions table.
  • Rejected suggestions are kept, not discarded, and can be restored to pending at any time.
  • A 'Manage Tags' tab for non-AI housekeeping: usage histogram, searchable/sortable/paginated tag table, individual or bulk deletion, and a manual merge tool.
  • Unused tag detection (0 posts) with bulk delete and a tool to recount drifted tag counts.
  • Configurable AI model, batch size, and response language for Claude's suggestion text.
  • Git Updater compatible for updates straight from GitHub.
Quick install
1cd wp-content/plugins
2git clone https://github.com/gioxx/wp-smart-tags
3# Activate 'Smart Tags for WordPress' and enter your Anthropic API key under Tools > Smart Tags for WordPress: Settings
WordPress min6.0+
PHP compat7.4+

You can install this plugin manually over SSH — connect to your server and run these commands inside your wp-content/plugins directory:

SSH
1wget -O wp-smart-tags-0.23.3.zip "https://github.com/gioxx/wp-smart-tags/releases/download/v0.23.3/smart-tags-optimizer-0.23.3.zip"
2unzip wp-smart-tags-0.23.3.zip
3rm -rf wp-smart-tags/
4mv gioxx-wp-smart-tags-*/ wp-smart-tags/
5rm wp-smart-tags-0.23.3.zip

Alternatively, download the ZIP above and upload it from Plugins → Add New → Upload Plugin in your WordPress dashboard, or via FTP/SFTP.

Changelog
  • Fixed the "All tags" table staying empty after an Ajax action (bulk delete, or lock/hide with "Hide locked tags" on) removed every row on the current page: pagination and item counts went stale until a manual refresh or page change. Added reloadIfTableEmpty() in assets/admin.js, which auto-reloads the page once no wpto-tag-row-* row is left after a delete or lock-triggered hide.
  • WordPress.org Plugin Check cleanup ahead of the directory submission: bumped readme.txt's "Tested up to" to 7.1, dropped the Domain Path header (no /languages folder ships, and translations load automatically for WP.org-hosted plugins), tightened the nonce-verification phpcs:disable in class-wpto-admin-page.php's bulk-action dispatch to also cover the .Recommended sniff, fixed a mismatched phpcs:ignore sniff code in uninstall.php, and added a phpcs:disable/enable around the intentional meta_query usage in class-wpto-tag-stats-table.php::prepare_items().
  • Added the WordPress.org-required third-party-service disclosure ahead of directory submission: a "Third-party service" paragraph in readme.txt's Description explaining what's sent to the Anthropic Claude API, when, and linking to Anthropic's Privacy Policy and Terms of Service, plus a matching <p class="description"> note next to the Anthropic API Key field in class-wpto-settings.php's Settings page.
  • Corrected stale "included Italian translation" claims in readme.txt (feature list), README.md, and README.it.md — no .mo/.po files ship with the plugin anymore since 0.22.0; WordPress.org requires directory-submitted plugins to be translated via translate.wordpress.org instead of bundling translation files.

For the full version history, see CHANGELOG.md.

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