---
title: "How to Create a New Category in Joomla 3.5"
description: "Creating new Categories in Joomla 3.5 allows you to better group your articles together. This can help visitors to your site find related articles, or more easily identify the section they are..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/edu/joomla/joomla-3/create-category-3/
date: 2016-02-05
modified: 2021-11-19
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["Joomla", "Joomla 3"]
tags: ["Joomla v3", "Joomla v3.5"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# How to Create a New Category in Joomla 3.5

Creating new **Categories** in **Joomla 3.5** allows you to better group your articles together. This can help visitors to your site find related articles, or more easily identify the section they are visiting. In this tutorial we will show you how to create a new category in Joomla 3.5. You can then choose this category when creating new Articles, or assign existing articles to the new Category.

## Creating a Category in Joomla 3.5

1. [Login to your Joomla 3.5 Admin Dashboard](/support/edu/joomla/how-to-log-in-to-administrative-dashboard/).
2. Click **Content**, then **Categories** in the navigation menu. [![Creating Category](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/joomla_35_create-new-category_content-categories-joomla.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/joomla_35_create-new-category_content-categories-joomla.png)
3. Click the **New** button. [![Making new Category](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/joomla_35_create-new-category_creating-new-category.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/joomla_35_create-new-category_creating-new-category.png)
4. Enter your **Subject**, Alias (if you do not want it auto-generated), and fill in the **Body** of the *Category* page.
5. If you want this category to be within another category, choose the **category** from the *Parent* field.
6. I recommend clicking the **Publishing** tab, and filling in the *Meta Description*, and *Meta Ketwords*.
7. Click the **Save & Close** button to create the new Category. You will then see a message stating “*Category successfully saved*,” and you will see your new Category listed. [![Category created successfully](https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/joomla_35_create-new-category_category-successfully-saved.png)](/support/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/joomla_35_create-new-category_category-successfully-saved.png)

Congratulations, now you know how to **Create** a new **Category** in **Joomla 3.5**!