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WordPress 5 Complete - Seventh Edition

You're reading from  WordPress 5 Complete - Seventh Edition

Product type Book
Published in Feb 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789532012
Pages 432 pages
Edition 7th Edition
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Author (1):
Karol Król Karol Król
Profile icon Karol Król
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters close

Preface 1. Section 1: WordPress
2. Introducing WordPress 3. Getting Started with WordPress 4. Creating Blog Content 5. Pages, Media, and Importing/Exporting Content 6. Section 2: Customizing WordPress
7. Plugins - What They Are and Why You Need Them 8. Securing your WordPress Website 9. Choosing and Installing Themes 10. Customizing your Website Appearance/Design 11. Developing your Own Theme 12. Social Media Integration, Podcasting, and HTTPS 13. Developing Plugins, Widgets, and an Introduction to REST API 14. Section 3: Non-Blog Websites
15. Creating a Non-Blog Website Part One - The Basics 16. Creating a Non-Blog Website Part Two - E-Commerce Websites and Custom Content Elements 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Adding and managing categories

Earlier in this chapter, you learned how to add a category quickly when adding a post. Now, let's talk about how to manage your categories in a bigger way. First, navigate to Posts | Categories. You'll see the Categories page, as follows:

This is a useful page that combines the ability to add, edit, and review all of your categories. As you can see, any category that you've added when working on your blog posts is listed here. You can Edit, Quick Edit, or Delete any category by clicking on the appropriate link in the list.

If you add a category on this page, you can also choose its Slug. The slug is the short bit of text that shows up in the URL of your site. If you don't choose a slug, WordPress will create one for you by taking the category name, reducing it to all lowercase, replacing spaces with dashes, and removing any other...

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