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Setting up categories and tags

What are Categories

It is predefined taxonomy in WordPress. Used to group the content and sort them into different sections of the post. It provides a way in which the related posts grouped together. The easy way to tell the reader that what the post is related to. The content that is published on the website can divide their websites into different sections using categories.

Way to use categories in WordPress

The category is created on the website while writing or after writing the posts. In the post editor screen, there is the category section from which you can easily add new categories related to the post. You can also find the existing categories by writing in the checking box next to add new category box.
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Way to edit categories in WordPress

It can be edited from the category screen. You can take the mouse to the edit option in categories. Here you can add, edit and delete the categories as your needs can fulfill.

What are the tags

It is an HTML tag which contains the information for search engines about the website. Users can add tags in the WordPress posts along with the categories. Tags are smaller in scope and it covers the specific targets. They are like keywords used for the posts in the WordPress.

Way to use tags in WordPress

Tags are created on the website while writing or after writing the posts. In the post editor screen, there is the tags section from where you can add the new tags related to the posts. You can easily add the tags in the posts from the tag section and you can also edit, add and delete the tags which you want to do.

Understanding title and content areas

What is the title of WordPress

The title is the name or tagline of the posts or the pages you can add to the WordPress website. It can define the name of the post for which the user can easily understand that what the post relate for. The main heading of any blog or the post in a page. It is also the name of any content written in site.

What is the Content Area

The content region on a site is referred to as the content area of the WordPress. It contains the different type of content like text, images, audio, and video. The content area is the area where you can have added and formatted the content of your pages and posts for your blogs.

Configuring the publish area

Things in the Publish area
  • Preview Changes
  • Status
  • Visibility
  • Revisions
  • Published on
  • Preview Changes:
    It is on the sidebar of the page of WordPress where you can add posts to the website. By clicking on the preview changes it will show you the current changes you can do on your website. The preview page shows the published page to the user.

Status

Post on the WordPress can have one of the numbers of statuses like published, draft and pending. It can show the user that in what status his post is in either it is published or in draft mode. If it is in a draft mood it means that you are still writing the post. If it is in pending review mood it means that the post is not published the admin set the pending review on the behalf of some issues and ask the editor to check again his post.

Visibility

WordPress allows you to control the visibility of the pages and posts. All the pages and posts are visible by default. You can change the visibility of your posts and pages either you can set it to public or private or you want to set the password on the post to show the specific person by giving him the password of the post.

Revisions

It shows that how many time a post can be edited and reviewed by the user. The System stores a data of each saved draft that is saved previously. It allows you to see what changes were made in each revision by moving the slider.

Published on

In WordPress, this section shows the time and exact date of the post that when the post or article is published. It can show the date, month name and year and also show the time of the publication.

Setting the featured image in WordPress

What is featured image

It represents the content and mood of the page and posts. Posts and pages have a single featured image which can enhance the presentation of your site. featured image is also known as a thumbnail. It can show the individual posts and pages.

Way to add the featured image

If you want to add featured image on any post, then simply click on “Set featured image” link inside the featured image meta box. This will open the WordPress media uploader. Then go to the upload file and choose the image from the gallery of your system.

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