Categories are an essential aspect of a WordPress site that organizes the posts in a structured manner and makes navigation easier. In this article, you will learn how to add categories in WordPress easily. We also discuss how to add a category section in WordPress.
You can add categories and subcategories to your website conveniently using in-built features of WordPress. You can add a category and subcategories to any WordPress post in a minimal effort by following our guide.
Remember, adding categories in WordPress is not mandatory, and you can leave them as default. But adding a category to a post helps readers easily navigate to similar posts using the category. Also, proper categorization of your articles improves SEO performance and user engagement.
The category is an essential entity of a website that categorizes your content and makes your website meaningful. Sometimes a user only looks for a specific category content in a particular website, and if you had created categories, then it is easy for users to navigate. Also, see our detailed guide on how to add title tags in WordPress.
Categories can be understood with the following example; let’s talk about the universal favorite movie “The Avengers” (Here, Avengers is synonymous with the website). In which category (genre) does Avengers fall? Obviously, you say “Science-fiction,” So Sci-fi is a category for avengers.
But at the same time, Avengers also falls under the “Action” genre, which is actually a subcategory for Avengers. In the same way, a website category works where the category defines the type of article. So now, let’s move to the original question of how to add categories in WordPress?
If following the right techniques and guidance, it is pretty easy to add categories in WordPress in a few clicks. You can add a category to a post by opening the post in the WordPress editor and without editing the post. In the proceeding sections, I will discuss both ways to add a category and subcategory in WordPress.
You can easily add categories while writing and editing a post.
This method is rather easier than the previous one and completed in fewer clicks.
In many instances, the category section or category tab does not appear on the site, especially if you just created a new WordPress site or due to the theme that you are using. Also, read how to find out which WordPress theme a site using.
Till now, we have learned how to add categories in WordPress, but sometimes we also need to add a subcategory when we working on a broader niche. You can add a subcategory to the website similarly as you added a category.
Here, I will discuss only one method to add subcategories and another method you can perform your own. Don’t worry; it’s super easy! All the steps are almost the same as discussed above; if you face issues, we will discuss them in the comment section.
That’s it. Your created category will now become the subcategory of the selected parent category. Same steps you can follow to add subcategories without editing the post method.
These are the easy and quick methods of how to add categories in WordPress in a few steps. You don’t need to install any plugins or software for the categorization of your posts and pages, as this can be easily done with WordPress’s in-built features.
In this article, we learn what is a category and why this is important to WordPress (or any) site. We also learn how to add categories in WordPress using two simple methods; with editing posts and without editing posts. You can use any of the methods which are convenient for you.
Also, add a subcategory in your posts or site as it is useful when your site starts growing and you cover the broader niche in a single site. I hope you like this post, and do not forget to ping me through comments if you have any related queries.
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