Categories and tags on Wordpress Create categories for your posts to be filed under by going to Manage / Categories / Add new on the Wordpress dashboard: Just type in the category name and click ‘add category’ (categories could be anything from places – China, Australia, Leeds – to topics – accommodation, transport, music,

Categories and tags on Wordpress Go back and categorise previous posts by going to Manage / Posts and clicking on the title of the post: Now scroll down past the post text until you reach the Categories box, click on whichever categories you want that post to come under, and don’t forget to save changes:

Categories and tags on Wordpress Don’t forget to do the same for new posts you write, and if a new post needs a new category, you can add one there and then:

Categories and tags on Wordpress When you write your posts, also don’t forget to add tags (in the box above categories, below the post text): Just type them in, separated by commas, and click on ‘Add’ (as always, don’t forget to ‘Save’). Tags can be more specific than categories, further summarising the content in your post i.e. ‘STA Travel, dogs, Hotel Pierre, Paris, Gerard Depardieu