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In this step-by-step tutorial, you will learn how to sort and reorder posts, custom post types, pages, categories, tags, WooCommerce products, and other taxonomies inside WordPress without touching code.
You’ll find them on the right-hand side under the ‘Document’ settings. You can also go to Posts » Categories and Posts » Tags to add new categories and tags. For more about the process of adding categories and tags, check out our explanations of What is a category? and What is a tag? for help and guidance.
Can you add categories and tags to a WordPress page?
By default both categories and tags are only limited to posts, so when you create a new page in WordPress, you will notice that there is no option to add categories or tags to your WordPress page. Recently one of our readers asked us if there was a way to have categories and tags work with both post and pages.
What’s the difference between a category and a post?
One of the biggest difference between tags and categories is that you MUST categorize your post. You are not required to add any tags. If you do not categorize your post, then it will be categorized under the “uncategorized” category. People often rename the uncategorized category to something like Other, ramblings etc.
How to set posts table with search and sort?
The easiest way to set your columns and other options is on the plugin settings page at Settings > Posts Table With Search & Sort. These global settings will affect all the posts tables throughout your WordPress site.
Is there a WordPress plugin to order posts?
Post Types Order is a free WordPress plugin that lets you order posts and custom post types using drag and drop. To install the plugin, go to to Plugins > Add Plugins (see our tutorial on installing plugins if you need help) and search for ‘post order’. Find the Post Types Order plugin and click on ‘Install Now’ …
How can I change the Order of my WordPress page?
Manually change the order of your page by changing the publish date and time, order ID, or nesting it under a different parent page. Change code in your WordPress templates (not a great option for non-techies, so we’ll skip this method).
What do you mean by tags in WordPress?
WordPress Tags Explained. A WordPress tag is one of the default tools you can use categorize your WordPress posts. Each post can contain multiple tags and visitors can click on a tag to find similar posts that have that same tag. Unlike WordPress categories, tags are completely optional.
The easiest way to noindex WordPress tag archive pages is via the free Yoast SEO plugin. Assuming you already have the plugin installed and activated, here’s how to do it. Now, your tag archive pages will still function regularly for humans, but Google and other search engines won’t index your tag archive pages and create duplicate content.