Categories And Tags In WordPress
Anybody who uses wordpress, must have heard of or used, categories and tags. We will discuss categories and tags, in detail. We will also discuss, the difference between categories and tags.
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What Are Categories And How To Create Them?
Category is a default taxonomy in WordPress. In other words, it is the most common method of grouping the content, on your blog. You can use categories, to group your blog posts, in different sections. Categories helps audience, to determine the topics of your website so that they can navigate easily.
Consider my blog Convey Arena. My blog is primarily a technology blog, which has different topics like Technology, Internet, Blogging, Tutorials, How To, Softwares, Ebooks, Mobiles. I have converted all these topics into categories. So, in other words, each topic, in my blog is either a category or a sub category.
You can easily create or add categories in wordpress and you can do it with 2 different methods
Method 1:
- Log in to the Dashboard of you wordpress website
- Hover your mouse over the Posts section, you will get an extended list of items
- Click on Categories
- Fill in the Category Name, select Parent Category (if any), fill in the Category Description
- Click on Add New Category
Method 2:
- Go to the Document section on your post
- Type in Category Name & Select Parent Category
- Click on Add New Category
What Are Tags And How To Create Them?
Tags are also taxonomy in wordpress. They are similar to Categories and are used to group content, on your blog post. You can use Tags, to group your content, in a single post. Tags help the audience, to discover the topics of your post.
You can easily create or add tags in wordpress and you can do it with 2 different methods
Method 1:
- Log in to the Dashboard of you wordpress website
- Hover your mouse over the Posts section, you will get an extended list of items
- Click on Tags
- Fill in the Tag Name
- Fill in the Description
- Click on Add New Tag
Method 2 :
- Go to the Document section on your Post, and then Click on Tags.
- Type in Tag Name
- Hit Enter
Difference Between Categories And Tags
| Categories | Tags |
| They are generalized in nature | They are specific in nature |
| Usually used to group content for entire website | Usually used to group content for a single post |
Rohit Khadilkar
An enthusiastic and passionate blogger and the owner of website Convey Arena, which deals with the nuances of Blogging, WordPress, SEO and Affiliate Marketing.