{"id":5022,"date":"2019-07-07T14:26:27","date_gmt":"2019-07-07T14:26:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.24x7wpsupport.com\/blog\/?p=5022"},"modified":"2021-08-10T13:52:03","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T13:52:03","slug":"how-to-add-categories-in-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.24x7wpsupport.com\/blog\/how-to-add-categories-in-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Add Categories In WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last updated on August 10th, 2021 at 01:52 pm<\/p>

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]WordPress is one of the leading content management platforms that give users the ease to design and develop a website. It is not just that people use it because it is free to use and\/or easy. Factually, WordPress offers plenty of features that account for its worldwide popularity.<\/p>\n

The simplicity offered by WordPress extends from adding plugins to customizing dashboards and segmenting posts. While there are many other ways to create a website and add posts, the feature of adding categories as integrated by WordPress is something that helps entrepreneurs create connected posts.<\/p>\n

Now, what does this mean?<\/p>\n

Imagine that you are about to create a blog that talks about full-stack development. You will start with a brief and then create separate pieces on each of the technology involved, both front end and back end.<\/p>\n

What WordPress does is gives you the ease to categorize posts and articles in the form of a hierarchy. You can create a parent post and then categorize others as the child posts to sort the content and give it a meaningful structure.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Why Do You Need Categories” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]It might sound that categories are the same as that of tags but in reality, the two have different meanings. Tags are a way to specify what all elements do the article cover or the touchpoints of the blog.<\/p>\n

Categories, on the other hand, are an exceptional way to sort the blog, segment posts based on their kind and design the article structure in a much more organized way.<\/p>\n

A perfect example here would be that of a travel website. You start with drafting a blog on North India and the additional posts about Kashmir, Srinagar, Punjab, categorizing them as the child post of Parent North India.<\/p>\n

This gives your website a structured and semantic view, making it easy for the readers to trace places based on their geographical boundaries.<\/p>\n

One thing to note here us that, bloggers are free to segment their posts based on their analogy. One that has been filed as the child category need not be filed again as the parent. That’s the beauty of WordPress<\/a> rendered when creating or adding categories to a WordPress website.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”Who Needs To Categorize Posts” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]I am text block. Click edit button to change this text. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Ut elit tellus, luctus nec ullamcorper mattis, pulvinar dapibus leo.<\/p>\n

Wondering whether you should go ahead and add categories within the WordPress website?
\nLet’s see if you are among the :<\/p>\n

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  1. Ones that create websites with interlinked posts, in a manner that creates a hierarchy.<\/li>\n
  2. One that seeks to give their website a semantic view.<\/li>\n
  3. Marketers seeking to drag traffic and optimize website content<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So, picture clear? Let’s see how to add categories within the WordPress website without affecting the existing structure of the website.[\/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”How can do it myself without impacting websites?” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n