How to Assign Categories and Tags to Imported YouTube Videos

Importing videos as posts is only half the job. If every imported video lands with no category, no tag, and no place in your taxonomy, you still have to organize them by hand — which defeats the point of automating the import in the first place. On a large library, untagged content is content nobody can find.

The fix is to assign taxonomy at import time, so each video arrives already filed where it belongs.

That’s what taxonomy term assignment in WPBuoy Video Sync Pro does.

Why Imported Videos Need Taxonomy

Categories and tags drive your archives, your navigation, your related-content blocks, and on-site search. A video with no terms is invisible to all of them. When a sync rule assigns terms automatically, every import slots into the right archive and shows up in the right lists without a manual pass afterward.

How to Assign Terms with WPBuoy Video Sync

Step 1: Open the Sync Rule

Go to WPBuoy Video Sync → Channels and edit the sync rule for the channel whose imports you want to categorize.

Step 2: Choose a Taxonomy

In the rule, select the taxonomy you want to populate. WPBuoy Video Sync Pro supports standard categories and tags as well as any custom taxonomy registered on your destination post type.

Step 3: Select the Terms to Apply

Choose the term or terms the rule should assign. Every video imported by that rule receives those terms automatically as it is created.

Step 4: Sync

Run the rule, or let it run on its schedule. New posts come in already assigned to the taxonomy terms you set, so they are organized the instant they appear.

Custom Taxonomies, Too

If your video post type uses custom taxonomies — a “series,” “topic,” or “speaker” taxonomy, for example — Video Sync Pro can assign those terms on import the same way it handles categories and tags. That keeps a structured library structured from the first sync.

What You Get with Pro

Taxonomy assignment is a Pro feature. Video Sync Pro also adds unlimited channels, recurring schedules, import filters, metadata updates on existing posts, and display blocks and shortcodes.

File Videos as They Arrive

Organizing an imported library by hand does not scale. Assign categories, tags, and custom terms automatically on import with Video Sync Pro, or start with WPBuoy Video Sync free from WordPress.org.