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This article will give you guidance on how to add a new category in your WordPress website. Categories are a fundamental part of structuring content within WordPress, allowing you to group related posts together and improve the overall navigation of your website. A well-organized category system helps visitors quickly find relevant content while also improving your site’s search engine visibility by creating a clear content hierarchy.
Properly managing categories ensures your website remains easy to browse, scalable as it grows, and aligned with best practices for usability and SEO. In this guide, you learn how to create a new category in WordPress, starting from your Hosted.com® dashboard, and also how to use categories effectively.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
How to Add a New Category in WordPress
1. Login to your Hosted.com® Client Portal using your account credentials.
2. From the dashboard, navigate to Manage Services and select your Web Hosting plan.
3. Click Manage next to the domain associated with your WordPress website.
4. Select Login to cPanel to access your hosting control panel.
5. Once inside cPanel, locate and open WordPress Manager or access your WordPress Dashboard directly via your domain (e.g. yourdomain.com/wp-admin).
6. Login to your WordPress Dashboard using your administrator username and password.
7. In the left-hand menu, hover over Posts and click Categories.
8. On Categories, locate Add New Category on the left-hand side.
9. Enter a name for your new category in the Name field.
10. Add a Slug, which is the URL-friendly version of the category name.
11. If you wish to create a subcategory, select a Parent Category from the dropdown menu.
12. Optionally, enter a Description for the category.
13. Click Add New Category to save your changes.
Additional Information
- Categories help organize your website content into logical groups, improving user experience and navigation.
- It is best practice to use a small number of broad categories rather than creating too many highly specific ones.
- Subcategories can be used to further structure your content under main topics.
- Some WordPress themes display category descriptions, making it beneficial to add clear and informative descriptions.
- Categories can be added to menus, sidebars, or widgets to improve site navigation.
- Creating a consistent naming structure for categories can enhance branding and SEO performance.
- It is recommended you back up your website before making significant structural changes.
Login to Hosted.com® Account
1. Go to the Hosted.com® website Account Login page.
2. Enter your Email and Password and click the Sign In button.
3. You will see the Hosted.com® Dashboard, displaying the Manage Account menu on the left and your Account Information, Account Overview and Open Support Tickets on the right.
Login to cPanel from your Hosted.com® Dashboard
4. Click on Manage Services to view the sub-dropdown menu and select the hosting package for the domain you want to work with – in our example we are using WordPress Hosting.
5. Click the Manage button to the right of the domain name you want to access.
6. The display will now show Product Information, Quick Manage, Resource Usage and Site Statistics for that domain name.
7. Under Product Information, scroll down to Control Panel, which will display cPanel to the right, and click on the Login button.
8. The cPanel Dashboard will now be display
