{"id":3718,"date":"2016-01-15T09:57:24","date_gmt":"2016-01-15T09:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2016\/01\/15\/set-category-tag-url-base\/"},"modified":"2021-10-28T08:15:23","modified_gmt":"2021-10-28T12:15:23","slug":"set-category-tag-url-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/set-category-tag-url-base\/","title":{"rendered":"How to set the Category or Tag URL base"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>You can set the <b>Category<\/b> or <b>Tags<\/b> URL base in the <b>Permalinks<\/b> menu under the <b>Optional<\/b> section. This means that you determine how the URL will look like for your <i>categories<\/i> or <i>tags<\/i>. By default, the tag base will use the words \u201ccategory\u201d and \u201ctags\u201d when the URL is created for your post category or tag.<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<p>When looking at a <b>Category<\/b>, the URL will default to something like this:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: red; font-size: medium;\">https:\/\/domain_name.com\/category<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Or, if you\u2019re looking at the URL for a default <b>tag<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: red; font-size: medium;\">https:\/\/domain_name.com\/tag<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"yt-5j9ppn9oOPw\">\n\t<a class=\"play-video-5j9ppn9oOPw\" style=\"position: relative; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; align-items: center; cursor: pointer;\"><br>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi_webp\/5j9ppn9oOPw\/maxresdefault.webp\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" alt=\"How to set the base URL for a Category or Tag in a WordPress post\" style=\"width: 100%; height: auto;\"><br>\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><br>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Changing how the Category or Tag URL will look<\/h2>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/logging-into-wordpress-dashboard\/\">Login to the WordPress Dashboard<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Click on <b>Settings<\/b>, then click on <b>Permalinks<\/b><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/wp-tags\/optional-url-settings.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 0px 15px 15px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/wp-tags\/optional-url-settings.png\" alt=\"Optional Section\" width=\"200\" align=\"right\"><\/a>Here you will see the Permalinks settings at the top the page. Scroll down until you see the Optional section.\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/wp-tags\/set-category-base.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" style=\"float: right; margin: 0px 0px 15px 15px;\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/wp-tags\/set-category-base.png\" alt=\"Set category base\" width=\"200\" align=\"right\"><\/a>Click on the Category Base field and type in the custom label you want to use for the Category URL. <i>Bear in mind that the URL is case-sensitive. Keep it lower case to make it simple.<\/i>\n<div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>Click on <b>Save Changes<\/b> to save the changes that you make.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can set the Category or Tags URL base in the Permalinks menu under the Optional section. This means that you determine how the URL will look like for your categories or tags. 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