WordPress: Create Post, Page, Category or Tag

This tutorial will help to understand the process of creating a post, page, category or tags to organize the content in WordPress effectively.

Table of Contents

• Create a post (or a page)
• Add category or tags
  • How to create a subcategory?
• Add category or tag to a post

Create a post (or a page)

1. Login to your WordPress Dashboard.
2. Go to Posts (or Pages) > Add New.
3. Give it a title and add your content.
4. Publish it (or save it as a Draft, if you’re not done).

For more help on how to create a post/page, create categories in the editor & choose/upload a featured image, see the video below.

Add category or tags

1. Go to Posts > Categories.
2. Type a name and click on “Add New Category“.

Follow the same instructions to create a tag, but go to Posts > Tags.

How to create a subcategory?

Go to Posts > Categories > select the main category from the Parent Category drop-down and click on the “Add New Category” button.

Here’s a short video on how to create a category & a subcategory:

Add category or tag to a post

To add a category or a tag to a new post:

1. Go to Posts > Add New.
2. Click on the Categories or Tags panels from the right column.
3. Create a new category/add a new tag.

Or, if you prefer a faster method of adding a category or a tag to an existing post:

1. Go to Posts.
2. Hover over the post title you want to edit > click on Quick Edit.
3. Select a category from the list/add a tag to the box.
4. Click on the Update button.

Note: you can also quick edit multiple posts – just select the checkbox for the desired posts and click on “Bulk actions” > “Edit” > hit the “Apply” button. You can include specific Categories and Tags for the posts you selected in the available boxes. Don’t forget to click “Update” to save the changes.