When I had no idea on how to categorize my new post, I just put it in a bucket called “uncategorized” on my home page. Recently, I realized this action just simply tells everyone: “I don’t know where to put my articles, so I just stacked them in a corner and waiting you to look for it.”
Someone who has seen my blog and told me: “Imagine you are looking for a book out of 1000 books on a shelf labelled “Unknown”, instead of “Science Fiction” or “Hobbies”. You will get frustrated, believe me.” Eventually, believe it or not, I’ve changed my habit to not “uncategorized” posts on my blog. Let’s see why and how this has happened:
WHY:
1. Save readers’ time to find the content they’re looking for.
2. Build a good impression that we are able to organize our posts well.
3. Make our categories look nicer without “uncategorized”.
HOW:
1. Edit post category: Log into WordPress account > click blog post button on the sidebar > choose post that you want to edit > click categories & tags > you can tick an existing category or add a new one > update.
2. Change default category: Dashboard > setting > writing > default post category > change to your favorite category.
3. If you are having problem looking for dashboard like I did, try to open an email “Please moderate your comment” that WordPress sent to you. Then, click approve and you will get into the Dashboard page.
Spend some time to tidy up your categories today, and let’s see what happens! Feel free to comment below and share it.
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I tend to use tags more so than categories. I perhaps need to change that. Thanks for the tip.
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You’re welcome, Hope these tips help. Cheers!
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This is a good post! I do it too! Sometimes I drop things here and there so that dont have to create a new category, in the long run I should!
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Thanks for your comment. It really helps as I’ve tried it since few days ago. Have a try. 🙂
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Some good advice here. I also use tags more than categories. Still getting my head around the differences.
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Ya, both of them have similar functions to make readers easily find certain posts with relevant key words. Thanks for visiting and honestly, I use many tags too. 🙂
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Wow! I’m so honored that you nominated me for this award. Thank you so much for bringing such a great surprise to me as it’s my second award in my blogging life. Appreciated with tears!
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You’re welcome:)
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Thanks for this. I guess putting the same category tags on every single post may also not be the way to go! There’s so much to learn. This is a good next thing to figure out. Thank you! in lak’ech, Debra
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I’m so happy that you found it useful, You’re welcome and feel free to share it to your friends if they need it.
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Hi Friend , I have nominated you for an Award. 🙂
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Such a great appreciation from you, thank you so much for nominating me for this award. 🙂
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I just started my blog recently. I had no idea. I am happy to get this information. TYSM for sharing =)
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All the best my dear!
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