I have come across a lot of websites with uncategorized posts, which sometimes makes it difficult for readers to find what they are looking for in a pile of articles. I’ve been guilty of this myself – forgetting to file my posts under a specific category. But you live and you learn. WordPress will automatically file posts with an unspecified category into a default category called uncategorized.
When you have a variety of topics on your website, sorting your content under a specific category will make it easier for your users to find your posts. This is useful because the way you present yourself to your customers, says alot about your brand. Categorizing your content makes you look more engaged.
Below, I show you how to categorize your posts. I also show you how to rename the ‘uncategorized’ category in WordPress to something of your choice like miscellaneous or most recent until you find the right category for your topic.
Categorizing your Posts
- In your dashboard go to Posts, click on Add New
2. In the Edit Post section, type in your post title
- Scroll down on the page and on the right hand side in the Categories section, choose which category you want your post to belong. If you want, you can also file your post under multiple categories. In this instance, we’ll just choose one category.
4. Once you’ve added your content click publish and your published post will look a lot like this with the correct category listed.
Renaming your Categories
- In your dashboard go to Posts
2. Click on Categories and a new window will open up like this. Select uncategorized and click edit
3. In the Edit Category window you can then change the name to whatever you wish
4. In this example, I’ve chosen to go with Miscellaneous. I usually leave the slug to be the same as the category name. Once you’re done, click update.
5. That’s it! When you next view your categories, you will now see your new category name added.
You can always come back and rename the category to whatever you think is suitable depending on your niche or the type of content your post.
For additional support with WordPress feel free to get in touch and I’ll be happy to answer any questions.
