WordPress Categories

WordPress Categories are used to organize your site’s information.   Categories describe a post in more general. You must assign at least one category to a post.

WordPress Categories Examples

• Twitter
• Facebook
• Google+
• LinkedIn

WordPress Categories Facts

• Categories can be used to group and display like post; Examples – http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/categories
• Make it easy for your users to browse your site
• Categories are meant to encompass a group of posts and identifies general topics
• Can become a table of contents for your site
• Describes what your blog is really about
• You can create sub-categories
• Post must be categorized
• You should rename the default category  “uncategorized”  to  “other”
• Categories can be displayed on the side bar using widgets
• General category information – http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories/

WordPress Tags

WordPress Tags are used to describe your post in detail. Tags are similar to categories in that they help to organize but, they also offer a way to describe specific details of your posts.

WordPress Tags Examples

• Tools
• How-to
• Case studies
• News

WordPress Tags Facts

• Category Example: Hawaii, Possible Tags: Cheap Eats, Budget Travel, etc.
• Describe specific details of your posts
• Tags are like the site’s index words
• Micro-categorize your content
• Tags are not hierarchical
• You are not required to add any tags
• Tags are not keywords
• Capital letters do not change a tag
• The use of tags is entirely optional
• General Tag Information – http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/tags/

WordPress Categories and Tags –  Quick Review Assignment:

If you were to create a resume blog for yourself:

1. Describe three categories you would create for you site
2. Identify two tags for each category
3. Leave your answer as a comment below.

Last updated 05/14/2016