{"id":36728,"date":"2025-01-24T11:23:19","date_gmt":"2025-01-24T05:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/?p=36728"},"modified":"2025-03-17T15:20:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T09:50:21","slug":"how-to-create-category-in-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/how-to-create-category-in-post\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Create Category in post"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step &#8211; 1 Log In to Your WordPress Dashboard: <\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Go to your website and log in with your admin credentials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36709 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-57.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"693\" height=\"494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-57.png 693w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-57-300x214.png 300w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-57-600x428.png 600w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-57-70x50.png 70w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step &#8211; 2 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Navigate to Posts: <\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On the left-hand menu, click on &#8220;Posts.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36721 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/post-new.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1228\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/post-new.png 1228w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/post-new-300x96.png 300w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/post-new-1024x328.png 1024w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/post-new-768x246.png 768w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/post-new-600x192.png 600w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/post-new-156x50.png 156w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1228px) 100vw, 1228px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step &#8211; 3 Select Categories:<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: var(--edumall-color-text); font-family: var(--edumall-typography-body-font-family); font-size: var(--edumall-typography-body-font-size); letter-spacing: var(--edumall-typography-body-letter-spacing);\"> Under the &#8220;Posts&#8221; menu, you\u2019ll see an option for &#8220;Categories.&#8221; Click on it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36716 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/categories.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1254\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/categories.png 1254w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/categories-300x134.png 300w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/categories-1024x458.png 1024w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/categories-768x344.png 768w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/categories-600x268.png 600w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/categories-112x50.png 112w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1254px) 100vw, 1254px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step &#8211; 4 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add a New Category:<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Name:<\/strong> Enter the name of your new category in the &#8220;Name&#8221; field.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Slug:<\/strong> This is the URL-friendly version of the name. It\u2019s optional but can help with SEO.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Parent Category:<\/strong> If you want to create a subcategory, you can select a parent category from the dropdown menu.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Description:<\/strong> You can add a description for the category, which may help with SEO and user understanding (this is optional).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36729 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-61.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1231\" height=\"545\" srcset=\"https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-61.png 1231w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-61-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-61-1024x453.png 1024w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-61-768x340.png 768w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-61-600x266.png 600w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-61-113x50.png 113w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1231px) 100vw, 1231px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step &#8211; 5 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Click &#8220;Add New Category&#8221;:<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you\u2019ve filled out the necessary information, click the &#8220;Add New Category&#8221; button.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36730 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-62.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1235\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-62.png 1235w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-62-300x41.png 300w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-62-1024x139.png 1024w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-62-768x104.png 768w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-62-600x82.png 600w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-62-220x30.png 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1235px) 100vw, 1235px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step &#8211; 6 Assign Categories to Posts: <\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"color: var(--edumall-color-text); font-family: var(--edumall-typography-body-font-family); font-size: var(--edumall-typography-body-font-size); letter-spacing: var(--edumall-typography-body-letter-spacing);\">When creating or editing a post, you can assign it to one or more categories by checking the boxes next to the categories you want to use in the &#8220;Categories&#8221; section on the right side of the post editor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36731 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-63.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1072\" height=\"534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-63.png 1072w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-63-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-63-1024x510.png 1024w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-63-768x383.png 768w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-63-600x299.png 600w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Screenshot-63-100x50.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1072px) 100vw, 1072px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Step &#8211; 7 <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Save or Publish Your Post:<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> After assigning categories, make sure to save or publish your post.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-36714 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Publish-Your-Post.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1366\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Publish-Your-Post.png 1366w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Publish-Your-Post-300x71.png 300w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Publish-Your-Post-1024x244.png 1024w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Publish-Your-Post-768x183.png 768w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Publish-Your-Post-600x143.png 600w, https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Publish-Your-Post-210x50.png 210w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1366px) 100vw, 1366px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>That\u2019s it! You\u2019ve successfully created a category in WordPress.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Step &#8211; 1 Log In to Your WordPress Dashboard: Go to your website and log in with your admin credentials. Step &#8211; 2 Navigate to Posts: On the left-hand menu, click on &#8220;Posts.&#8221; Step &#8211; 3 Select Categories: Under the &#8220;Posts&#8221; menu, you\u2019ll see an option for &#8220;Categories.&#8221; Click on it. Step &#8211; 4 Add a New Category: Name: Enter the name of your new category in the &#8220;Name&#8221; field. Slug: This is the URL-friendly version of the name. It\u2019s optional but can help with SEO. Parent Category: If you want to create a subcategory, you can select a parent category from the dropdown menu. Description: You can add a description for the category, which may help with SEO and user understanding (this is optional). Step &#8211; 5 Click &#8220;Add New Category&#8221;: Once you\u2019ve filled out the necessary information, click the &#8220;Add New Category&#8221; button. Step &#8211; 6 Assign Categories to Posts: When creating or editing a post, you can assign it to one or more categories by checking the boxes next to the categories you want to use in the &#8220;Categories&#8221; section on the right side of the post editor. Step &#8211; 7 Save or Publish Your Post: After assigning categories, make sure to save or publish your post. That\u2019s it! You\u2019ve successfully created a category in WordPress.\u00a0 &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":213,"featured_media":37113,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_glsr_average":0,"_glsr_ranking":0,"_glsr_reviews":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[714,715],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tutorials","category-wordpress"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/213"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36728"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36883,"href":"https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36728\/revisions\/36883"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37113"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/janityadav.com\/olddj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}