WordPress Tutorial – Managing Categories in WordPress
In this lesson we are going to learn how to Manage Categories in WordPress.
Categories are used for grouping post topics.
Creating Categories:
1. Login to your WordPress site using the administrator account.
2. Click Categories in the Post tab in your dashboard to go to the Category administration form.
3. Fill in the following:
- Title: Title of the post.
- Slug: a keyword that describes your category.
- Parent: Select a parent category for this category
- Description: Description of the category
4. Click Add new category button.
Updating of Categories:
1. Login to your WordPress site using the administrator account.
2. Click Categories in the Post tab in your dashboard to go to the Category administration form.
3. It will show you the list of categories you have. Select the category you want to edit and click Edit link.
4. You will proceed to the edit form. Here you can modify your category.
5. Click Update button.
Deleting of Categories:
1. Login to your WordPress site using the administrator account.
2. Click Categories in the Post tab in your dashboard to go to the Category administration form.
3. It will show you the list of categories you have. Select the category you want to delete and click Delete link.
4. Select Yes to delete the category.
5. Your post has been deleted.
