{"id":293,"date":"2020-05-27T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-27T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2011\/11\/09\/understanding-categories-tags-wordpress\/"},"modified":"2021-10-28T10:09:19","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T14:09:19","slug":"understanding-categories-tags-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/understanding-categories-tags-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding WordPress Categories and Tags"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"730\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WordPressCategories_Tags.png\" class=\"optimized-lcp-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" fetchpriority=\"high\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WordPressCategories_Tags.png 730w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WordPressCategories_Tags-300x164.png 300w\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/blog\/business\/\" target=\"_blank\">Blogging<\/a> is an important part of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/business\/how-to-get-your-business-online-quickly\/\" target=\"_blank\">building your online presence<\/a>. However, in addition to your actual blog content, the structure of your blog is equally important. Through the use of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress <\/a>categories and tags, you can organize your blog to optimize your end-user experience and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/website\/seo\/seo-getting-started-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\">SEO <\/a>efforts. But are WordPress categories and tags?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Continuing reading to learn:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"#WordPress-Categories\">What are WordPress Categories?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#WordPress-Tags\">What are WordPress Tags?<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"alert alert-info\">Enjoy fast, secure hosting for your WordPress website with our optimized <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/wordpress-hosting\" target=\"_blank\">WordPress Hosting<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><div class=\"yt-2ESd-l8SyZc\">\n\t<a class=\"play-video-2ESd-l8SyZc\" style=\"position: relative; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center; cursor: pointer;\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/2ESd-l8SyZc\/maxresdefault.webp\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" alt=\"How To Use Categories in WordPress\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\">\n\t\t<span class=\"fa fa-imh-play-circle imh-ds-icon play-circle\" style=\"position: absolute; display:block; font-size:150px; color: #c52228; opacity:0;\"><\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"WordPress-Categories\">WordPress Categories<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress categories are broad groupings created to organize your blog content on your website. They help both end-users and search engines easily navigate your website, determine the purpose of your website, and find the information they need.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress categories are also hierarchical \u2014 allowing you to create subcategories and tertiary subcategories to further organize your website content. For example, you can have a parent category titled <em>Plants, <\/em>a subcategory titled <em>Indoor Plants, <\/em>and then a tertiary subcategory titled <em>Low-Light Plants. <\/em>End-users who land on your site can then use the three distinct categories to review content in <em>Plants, Indoor Plants, <\/em>and <em>Low-Light Plants. <\/em>Under <em>Plants, <\/em>they will see content for all three categories, but under <em>Low-Light Plants, <\/em>\u00a0they will only see content labeled <em>Plants&gt;Indoor Plants&gt;Low-Light Plants. <\/em>This is the same if they only want to view content under <em>Indoor Plants.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s best practice to map out your website blog structure and content before you being adding content \u2014 at least your main parent categories. Of course, you can always update and change categories as your website grows, but massive restructuring can confuse your end-users and affect your SEO efforts.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/wordpress-how-to-create-categories\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">create and manage <\/a>your categories by navigating to <strong>Posts &gt; Categories<\/strong> in your WordPress Dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WordPress_Categories.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"443\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WordPress_Categories-1024x443.png\" alt=\"Adding WordPress category\" class=\"wp-image-56122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WordPress_Categories-1024x443.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WordPress_Categories-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WordPress_Categories-768x333.png 768w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WordPress_Categories-1536x665.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WordPress_Categories.png 1681w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"WordPress-Tags\">WordPress Tags<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><div class=\"yt-2RY6mqjE5cY\">\n\t<a class=\"play-video-2RY6mqjE5cY\" style=\"position: relative; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center; cursor: pointer;\">\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/2RY6mqjE5cY\/maxresdefault.webp\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" alt=\"How to use tags in WordPress\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\">\n\t\t<span class=\"fa fa-imh-play-circle imh-ds-icon play-circle\" style=\"position: absolute; display:block; font-size:150px; color: #c52228; opacity:0;\"><\/span>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress tags add a more dynamic layer of organization to your blog content if needed. They can be used to label your content similar to the way eCommerce stores may add additional search keywords to their products for search filtering, as you can add multiple tags to one post.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Continuing with the example above, if you want additional organization for the tertiary subcategory <em>Low-Light Plants<\/em>, you can add <em>easy, intermediate, and advanced <\/em>to indicate the difficulty level of the plant. Or, perhaps, <em>pet-friendly<\/em> and <em>non-pet-friendly<\/em>, or <em>moderate watering<\/em> and<em> frequent watering<\/em>, etc.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tag creation, unlike categories \u2014 which should be broad and simple, can be complex and never-ending. Add tags that you know will be easy for your end-users to follow but try not to overdo it. You know your content and audience the best, so when planning your tags, think about what would make the most sense for your needs.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tags can be created by navigating to <strong>Posts &gt;Tags<\/strong> in your WordPress Dashboard or by adding them when the post is created.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WordPress_Tags.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"448\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WordPress_Tags-1024x448.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"56123\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WordPress_Tags.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/understanding-categories-tags-wordpress\/attachment\/wordpress_tags\/\" class=\"wp-image-56123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WordPress_Tags-1024x448.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WordPress_Tags-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WordPress_Tags-768x336.png 768w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WordPress_Tags-1536x673.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WordPress_Tags.png 1660w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WordPress_Tags_Post.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"509\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WordPress_Tags_Post-1024x509.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"56124\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WordPress_Tags_Post.png\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/understanding-categories-tags-wordpress\/attachment\/wordpress_tags_post\/\" class=\"wp-image-56124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WordPress_Tags_Post-1024x509.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WordPress_Tags_Post-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WordPress_Tags_Post-768x382.png 768w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WordPress_Tags_Post-1536x763.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/WordPress_Tags_Post.png 1674w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 1360px) 876px, (min-width: 960px) calc(61.58vw + 51px), calc(100vw - 80px)\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WordPress Education Channel<\/a> for more tips and tricks for building your WordPress website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blogging is an important part of building your online presence. 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