categories: can't edit, won't show up, can't delete, etc
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Please help!
I’m trying to use Categories. There was one called Uncategorized. I made ONE post, made a category called backstory. Yet, the only category showing up on my journal is the Uncategroized. When I click that, it says there are no entries. Well of course there aren’t. But backstory isn’t showing up. I can search backstory, but what comes up is NOT my one post with that category, but my second PAGE. Why??
Also, I wanted to edit my category so backstory is Backstory. But I can’t!!There is no way to edit categories.
There is no way to delete categories.
The one category I am using does not show up.
The one category I am NOT using DOES show up.WHY??? Can someone please help me? I am new, and I thought editing things would be intuitive and easy. But it is not. Every tutorial I’ve seen starts with a description of a wordpress version that I do not have. :(
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1. To edit or delete a category assigned to a post (whether it’s a draft or has already been published), go to Dashboard → Posts → All Posts in your dashboard, hover over the title and click the Edit link. To delete the post click the Trash link.
For editing post in the new editor see https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/#go-back-and-edit-posts
2. To edit/delete categories in your dashboard go to Dashboard → Posts → Categories
http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category
* You will have to replace “name_of_blog” with your actual blog’s name in that URL.
3. To edit or delete dynamic category pages from your custom menu go to Dashboard > Appearance > Menus
http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/wp-admin/nav-menus.php
* You will have to replace “name_of_blog” with your actual blog’s name in that URL.
4. To edit or delete Tags go to
http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=post_tag* You will have to replace “name_of_blog” with your actual blog’s name in that URL.
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I’m trying to use Categories. There was one called Uncategorized.
All support docs are at https://en.support.wordpress.com/
Search for categories https://en.support.wordpress.com/?s=categories
Results https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories/
Note: Setting the Default Category
https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories/#setting-the-default-category
No category will display unless or until you actually assign it to one post and publish that post.Create Menu
Then see https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/Dynamic category pages will automatically display all published posts that you have assigned to that specific category.
By default the front page of a blog displays all published posts in reverse chronological order with the most recently published post on top. When we publish a post on WordPress software the software automatically creates the same entry in the Archives, and on the dynamic (automatically updating) Categories and Tags pages in accord with the Categories and Tags we assign to that post.
Organizing posts
Dynamic category pages https://en.support.wordpress.com/category-pages/ created by the software when we assign categories to posts are also not the same as static pages https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/ we create.You can create a custom menu and include multiple dynamic category pages that automatically display the published posts assigned to the the specific categories in reverse chronological order.
Please see https://en.support.wordpress.com/customizer/Assign categories to posts. https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories
Create a custom menu. https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#1-create-a-custom-menu
Add the dynamic category pages to into the custom menu. https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-category-pages and arrange them as you wish them to appear https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#changing-the-order-creating-sub-menus -
Every theme has a detailed theme description page. See https://wordpress.com/theme/textbook and note that’s where set up instructions for it, the features of it, and the live demo site link is found.
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Thank you for this: “2. To edit/delete categories in your dashboard go to Dashboard → Posts → Categories
http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category”
Because it has allowed me to get to this mysterious dashboard that everyone keeps talking about. How come I normally don’t see wordpress this way?? Mine is a totally different layout.I’m still trying to work my way through all these links… are you saying I a category won’t show up unless one post is tagged with it? Because I don’t have any posts under UNcategorized and yet it’s still showing up. :(
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http://lilyrosehealthblog.wordpress.com/wp-admin is your dashboard link
Note: Setting the Default Category
https://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories/#setting-the-default-category
No category will display unless or until you actually assign it to one post and publish that post.Tags and categories are not the same thing.
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Thank you!!
Oops yeah I know categories and tags are different. I just worded it funny.
How come I don’t usually see this dashboard? Am I using a different format somehow? I can’t get to this dashboard unless I use the link you gave me. But thank you!!! -
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