Can you change the category of an old post in WordPress after publishing it ?

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    lrrp · Member ·

    Can you let me know how to change the category of an old post in WordPress.com after publishing it ?

    Could you also mention how a published post can be changed back to Draft mode?

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  • staff-oikake · Staff ·

    Hi,

    You can change the categories of an already published post anytime. Here you have more info about categories:

    WP
    Create a Post » Organize Posts with Categories
    in WordPress.com Support
    5 min read
    Categories provide a helpful way to group related blog posts together. Follow the steps in this guide to create and categorize your posts and display them on your website. About Categories Categories keep your posts organized and easy for your readers to navigate. You might want to create categories for different topics you cover on your blog. For example: A food blog may use categorie

    You can switch a post back to draft mode at the post settings on the right sidebar:


    You can also change the visibility of the post to private:

    WP
    Control Who Can See a Page or Post
    in WordPress.com Support
    3 min read
    You can set content like pages and posts to public, private, or password-protected. This guide will show you how to adjust the visibility of your content. Video Tutorial Control How a Page or Post is Viewed Follow these steps to access the visibility settings for a page or post: Visit your dashboard. Click on Pages or Posts on the left side. Click on the title of the p

    Hope this helps!

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