If you forget to assign a category to a post or a link, WordPress automatically assigns them to a default category. Here’s how to control those defaults.
You have WP 2.7, 2.8, or 2.9
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Change the default categories for posts or links
You have WP 2.7, 2.8, or 2.9
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View the most-used categories
If you’ve got a lot of post or link categories, there’s a hand way to view the most-used categories first, saving you a lot of repetitive scrolling and searching.
You have WP 2.7, 2.8, or 2.9
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Adding categories to existing posts
If you want to add more categories to an existing post, there are a couple of ways you can do it.
You have WP 2.7, 2.8, or 2.9
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Assigning a group of posts to a category
Using the Bulk Actions feature you can assign hundreds of posts to a category with the click of a button.
You have WP 2.7, 2.8, or 2.9
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Changing category names
After setting up a category for your posts, you may change your mind and want a new name for that category. Here are a couple of ways to do that.
You have WP 2.6
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Categories – Adding New
Want to create a new category or sub-category for your blog? Here’s now in WordPress 2.6. Also some tips on how to choose your categories.
You have WP 2.7, 2.8, or 2.9
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Why is my post listed as uncategorized?
If you’ve created a post and it shows up as “uncategorized,” here’s what’s happened and what to do about it.
You have WP 2.7, 2.8, or 2.9
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The hierarchy of post categories
Post categories in WordPress can have sub-categories, which in turn can have their own sub-categories, and so on. This hierarchical relationship has many uses – it also means that you don’t have to check off parent categories, because all children, grand-children, etc. are automatically included in the parent.
You have WP 2.7, 2.8, or 2.9
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Deleting categories
When you need to delete a category in WordPress, there are a couple of ways to do it, and some things to keep in mind.
You have WP 2.7, 2.8, or 2.9
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Adding link categories
Links can be grouped under various categories and there are two ways to add new link categories.
You have WP 2.6
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Categories – changing, moving, deleting
Once you have some categories, WordPress allows you to make all sorts of changes to them, very easily.
You have WP 2.7, 2.8, or 2.9
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Quick editing of posts or pages
If you only need to change basics, like the title of a page or the categories for a post, you can do that faster with the Quick Edit feature.
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