- Navigate to your site’s Dashboard.
- Select Posts on the left side of the screen.
- Four links will now be displayed: Posts, Add New, Categories, and Post Tags. Select Categories.
- Name your category.
- Click Add Category.
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You have now created a category for your posts. By repeating these steps, you can create multiple categories. When you create a new post, you can choose to assign it to a category. This allows you to sort and view posts by a certain category, rather than searching through all posts.