Why doesn't my post show up under its category?

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  vintagemaniac613 · Member · May 25, 2015 at 8:15 pm

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  I have posted my first blog up, but I am having difficult trying to place it under its proper tab. On the actual post itself it says it was filed under it but when you click the link to the category on my home page it shows nothing.

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  timethief · Member · May 25, 2015 at 8:19 pm

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  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.

  So when we create custom menu and add the dynamic (automatically updating) category pages to it we create the appearance (not the reality) of posting to more than one page.

  You need to be aware that:

  1. There are differences between posts and pages described here
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/post-vs-page/

  2. There are differences between static pages we bloggers create https://en.support.wordpress.com/pages/ that will not automatically update, and dynamic category pages created by the software when you publish a post which will automatically update https://en.support.wordpress.com/category-pages/.

  3. We organize posts by category assignment prior to publication. http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/categories/ and when we publish posts the dynamic category pages they automatically display on are determined by the categories we assign to them.

  So the process is:

  Assign Categories to your 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 page links into the menu https://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/view-all/#adding-category-pages