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title: How to Add Categories and Subcategories in WordPress
description: "**In short:** In the dashboard go to **Posts → Categories**, type the category name, choose a **Parent Category** if you want a subcategory, then click **Add New Category**. Then select it for any post from the sidebar while editing. ##…"
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updated: "2026-10-21"
category: WordPress explanations
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  - WordPress
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# How to Add Categories and Subcategories in WordPress

**In short:** In the dashboard go to **Posts → Categories**, type the category name, choose a **Parent Category** if you want a subcategory, then click **Add New Category**. Then select it for any post from the sidebar while editing.

## Steps to add a new category

1. In the dashboard go to **Posts → Categories**.
2. Type the **Name** as visitors will see it.
3. Type the **Slug**, the part that appears in the URL; keep it short.
4. For a **subcategory**, choose its main category under **Parent Category**.
5. Add a short **Description** if you like; some themes show it on the category page.
6. Click **Add New Category**.

## Assign posts to a category

- **One post:** while editing it, tick the category under **Categories** in the sidebar and click Update. See [how to add a post in WordPress](https://www.hyyat.com/en/knowledgebase/how-to-add-a-new-post-in-wordpress/).
- **Many existing posts at once:** in **Posts → All Posts** tick the posts, choose **Edit** from Bulk actions and click Apply, tick the category, then click **Update**.

## Default category and deleting categories

- Any post without a category goes to **Uncategorized**. You can rename it or choose another default in **Settings → Writing**.
- Deleting a category does not delete its posts; they move to the default category.

To show the category in your site menu, see [how to add menu items](https://www.hyyat.com/en/knowledgebase/how-to-add-and-remove-menu-items-in-wordpress/).

## Video tutorial (Arabic)

[اضافه تصنيف - ووردبريس](https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/kVXT7_bFVWI?feature=oembed)

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