I figured out this code to add the categories as well. Nothing fancy, but wanted to share. Perhaps you could add it in to your code. // Add catogories $categories = get_the_category( $post->ID ); if ( $categories ) { $status .= "\n\n"; foreach ( $categories as $category ) { $status .= '#' . preg_replace( '/\s/', '', $category->name ) . ' '; } } Thanks!