WordPress Categories are the best way to organize your content on your WordPress website. However, for a beginner, the sound of adding categories can be a bit confusing. Don’t worry, we’ve got you covered!
WordPress allows its users to add categories within a few clicks. And it’s very straightforward for a beginner.
In today’s tutorial, I’ll cover how to add categories to WordPress website and teach you how to add subcategories and categories to your WordPress menu.
Without wasting your time, let’s get started!
How to Add Categories in WordPress
To create categories, you first need to log in to your WordPress website.
After coming to your WordPress admin area, you need to hover on Post and then click on Categories.
Then you’ll come to this page, you need to name your Categories. This field is required, so you need to provide a name such as YouTube, WordPress, Theme, Plugin anything you want.
After providing your Categories name, you need to provide your Slug. Slug means the categories URL. If you want to set the default URL as like your Categories name you can leave it as it is. Or you can also change it as you want.
You can also describe your Categories. This field is optional, but it’s helpful for SEO and organizing your content.
Once you’re done, click on the Add New Category button and your category will be added to your website.
How to Add Sub Categories in WordPress
Adding new subcategories is pretty similar to adding new categories.
Hover on Post and click on Categories from your WordPress admin area, and you’ll be redirected to the Categories page.
To add a subcategory, you also need to provide your categories name, and then slug (URL). After providing your subcategories name click on the Parent Category drop-down menu and select the category you want to make it as a subcategory of.
Click on Add New Category and your sub-category will be added.
How to Add Categories on WordPress Menu
To add categories to your WordPress menu first, you need to hover on Appearance and then click on Menus from your dashboard.
After coming to the menus page first, you need to choose the Menus where you need to add your category. You can select a primary menu or create a new one.
Then you need to click on the Categories from the “Add New Item” section. After clicking on the Categories, if you didn’t see any of them, then click on View All.
Check the boxes beside the categories you want to add and click on Add to Menu.
Now rearrange or drag & drop the menu items as you want. Click on Save Menu from the bottom and you’re done!
Congratulations, now you know how to add categories in WordPress and also add them to your menu for a more organized website.
Conclusion
Hope this tutorial will help you to add categories to your WordPress website.
By properly organizing your content into categories, you can make it easier for your audience to navigate and find the information they need.
By completing this article, you’ll learn how to add categories in WordPress, also create subcategories, and add them to the WordPress menu.
And lastly, what we say every time, if you’ve any questions related to this topic, feel free to ask us in the comment section. We’ll be happy to help you!
