---
title: "How to Assign an Article to a Category in Joomla 3.1"
description: "After creating your new article category in Joomla 3.0, you can then assign articles to that category. This is a very simple process, and we'll show you just how to do this in today's tutorial. To..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/joomla/joomla-3/assign-article-to-category/
date: 2012-09-06
modified: 2021-11-19
author: "Brad Markle"
categories: ["Joomla", "Joomla 3"]
tags: ["Joomla v3"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to Assign an Article to a Category in Joomla 3.1

After [creating your new article category](/support/edu/joomla/joomla-3/new-article-category/) in Joomla 3.0, you can then assign articles to that category. This is a very simple process, and we’ll show you just how to do this in today’s tutorial.

**To move an Article to a different Category in Joomla 3.0:**

1. [Log into your Joomla 3.0 admin dashboard](/support/edu/joomla/joomla-3/how-to-log-in-to-administrative-dashboard/)
2. In the top menu, click **Content** and then click **Article Manager**
3. In your list of articles, **click on the article title** that you want to change the category of
4. [![choose-a-new-article-category](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/edu_joomla-3_writing-new-articles_choose-a-new-article-category.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/edu_joomla-3_writing-new-articles_choose-a-new-article-category.gif) Next to the *Title* value, you’ll find the **Category** setting. Use the drop down menu next to *category* to select a new category, and then click the **Save** button in the top left of the page. [![new-category-article-is-showing](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/edu_joomla-3_writing-new-articles_new-category-article-is-showing.gif)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/edu_joomla-3_writing-new-articles_new-category-article-is-showing.gif) In our testing, we changed the category for our *Test Article 1* article from *Uncategorised* to **Test Articles**. You can see in the screenshot to the right how the new category shows when viewing the article.