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Optionally select a parent term to limit terms to switch. Typing term names will do a live search of terms with the name you are typing AND possess child terms.<\/p>\n\n<p>Plugin also has built-in support for <a href=\"http:\/\/wp-cli.org\/\">WP-CLI<\/a>. In the command line, type in <code>wp taxonomy-switcher<\/code> for instructions.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/WebDevStudios\/taxonomy-switcher\">Plugin is on GitHub<\/a>. Pull Requests and Forks welcome.<\/p>\n\n<h3>Notes<\/h3>\n\n<p>Please keep in mind, if parent isn't set, or you don't specify a comma-separated list of term ids to migrate, it will migrate <em>all<\/em> terms for that taxonomy to the new taxonomy.<\/p>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pluginize.com\/?utm_source=taxonomy-switcher&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=wporg\">Pluginize<\/a> was launched in 2016 by <a href=\"https:\/\/webdevstudios.com\/\">WebDevStudios<\/a> to promote, support, and house all of their <a href=\"https:\/\/pluginize.com\/shop\/?utm_source=taxonomy-switcher&amp;utm_medium=text&amp;utm_campaign=wporg\">WordPress products<\/a>. 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