To add categories (and tags) to pages, I just add this to my functions.php and so far (to my knowledge) not conflicted with anything on some quite plugin-heavy sites ??
// Add categories and tags to pages
function add_taxonomies_to_pages() {
register_taxonomy_for_object_type( 'post_tag', 'page' );
register_taxonomy_for_object_type( 'category', 'page' );
}
add_action( 'init', 'add_taxonomies_to_pages' );
if ( ! is_admin() ) {
add_action( 'pre_get_posts', 'category_and_tag_archives' );
}
function category_and_tag_archives( $wp_query ) {
$my_post_array = array('post','page');
if ( $wp_query->get( 'category_name' ) || $wp_query->get( 'cat' ) )
$wp_query->set( 'post_type', $my_post_array );
if ( $wp_query->get( 'tag' ) )
$wp_query->set( 'post_type', $my_post_array );
}
(On occasion I’ve found this really helpful in combo with LCP, which is why I’m posting here, though somewhat marginal relevance to this plugin.)
Hope that’s helpful.