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Wix Blog: Creating and Managing Blog Categories

8 min
In this article
  • Creating blog categories
  • Assigning posts to categories
  • Reordering your categories
  • Deleting a category
  • FAQs
Categories help you organize your blog posts by topic, making it easier for readers to discover content that interests them. You can create and manage categories from your site dashboard, or the Wix app. Once you've set up your categories, you'll be able to display them on your blog pages as a category menu on your main blog feed.
A screenshot showing the category topics on a blog feed.

Creating blog categories

Create categories for each topic your blog covers. You can assign posts to more than one category (up to 10 per post), giving you the freedom to organize your posts however you choose. Use clear titles and descriptions for your categories, so readers know what to expect.
Dashboard
Wix app
  1. Go to Categories in your site's dashboard.
  2. Click + Create Category.
  3. Enter the Category name in the field provided.
  4. Describe what the category is about in the Description field. 
  5. Click the Add icon   under Category image to add an image for your category.
  6. (Optional) Click Edit next to SEO settings to customize the category SEO settings
  7. Click Save.
A screenshot showing the option to create a category in the dashboard.
Tip:
You can also create a new category as you're creating your blog post. Click the Categories tab on the left of any blog post to assign and create new categories. 

Assigning posts to categories

Assigning posts to categories helps readers find related content and lets you keep your blog organized as it grows. 
Dashboard
Wix app
  1. Go to Blog in your site's dashboard.
  2. Choose what you want to do:
    • Create a new post:
      1. Click + Create New Post.
      2. Add the title of your post. 
      3. Add the relevant content to the main body of the post.
    • Edit an existing post:
      1. Hover over an existing post and click Edit.
  3. Click the Settings tab. 
  4. Click the Categories tab. 
  5. Select the categories you want to assign the post to. (Up to 10 categories).
  6. Click Publish
A screenshot showing the option to assign a post to a category.

Reordering your categories

Your categories appear in the category menu and feed in the order that you create them. You can change this order by dragging them up and down the list on the Categories tab.
Dashboard
Wix app
  1. Go to Categories in your site's dashboard.
  2. Click and drag the Reorder icon  to move the categories up or down.
A screenshot showing the drag and drop feature.

Deleting a category

You can delete categories if you no longer need them. Deleting a category does not delete the posts inside it. The posts still appear under All Posts and any other categories they were assigned to.
Dashboard
Wix app
  1. Go to Categories in your site's dashboard.
  2. Hover over a category and click the More Actions icon
  3. Click Delete.
  4. Click Delete to confirm.
A screenshot showing the option to delete a category.

FAQs

Click a question below to learn more about creating and managing blog categories.