{"id":22283,"date":"2026-08-27T14:00:15","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.curiaweb.ch\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=22283"},"modified":"2026-08-27T14:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T12:00:16","password":"","slug":"create-and-manage-wordpress-categories","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.curiaweb.ch\/en\/hilfe\/wordpress\/wordpress-kategorien-erstellen-verwalten\/","title":{"rendered":"How to use WordPress categories correctly: Structure your posts meaningfully"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With <strong>Categories<\/strong> Can you organize blog posts by topic in WordPress? They help your visitors find related content faster and also give search engines an understandable structure of your website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, if you run a blog about web hosting, categories like <strong>WordPress<\/strong>, <strong>Email<\/strong>, <strong>Domains<\/strong> or <strong>SEO<\/strong> be used. All posts on the same topic are thus grouped together in a common category archive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Briefly explained:<\/strong> Categories are the overarching subject areas of your WordPress posts. They are suitable for a few, clearly defined topics and can be further structured into main and subcategories if needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is a category in WordPress?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WordPress distinguishes between different types of content. <strong>Pages<\/strong> are typically used for permanently created content, while <strong>Posts<\/strong> specifically intended for blogs, news, tutorials, or other regularly published content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Categories help to sort these posts by topic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assuming you run a website for a travel company and regularly publish new articles. Possible categories would be, for example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Switzerland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Italian<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hiking<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>City breaks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Travel tips<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A post about a hike in the Engadin could, for example, belong to the category <strong>Hiking<\/strong> and depending on the structure, additionally assigned to another matching category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WordPress automatically creates an overview page for each category used, on which the assigned posts are displayed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why are categories important?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A good category structure makes it easier for visitors to find their way around your website. Anyone reading an interesting post can discover more content on the same topic via the category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Categories can also be used for different areas of your website, for example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Blog Navigation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Category Archives<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Menus<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Contribution lists<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Filter functions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>thematic overview pages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Categories are also helpful for the internal structure of your website. They show which topic areas belong together and prevent blog posts from sitting next to each other in a completely disorganized way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Important:<\/strong> You should create categories based on the actual topics of your website and not just because a single post contains a specific word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to create a new WordPress category<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can create new categories directly in the WordPress admin area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Procedure:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Log in to the WordPress admin area.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open in the left navigation <strong>\u201eContributions\u201c<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on <strong>\u201eCategories\u201c<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Enter a name for the new category.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Set a slug if necessary.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Optionally select a parent category.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Add a description if necessary.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click on <strong>\u201eCreate new category\u201c<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new category will then be available immediately and can be assigned to your posts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What does the category name mean?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The name is the designation of your category that is visible to visitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Use terms that are as short and unambiguous as possible. A visitor should understand what content to expect there based on the name alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Good categories would be, for example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>WordPress<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Web design<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SEO<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Instructions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>News<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Less useful would be very general designations like <strong>Interesting<\/strong>, <strong>Other<\/strong> or <strong>Miscellaneous<\/strong>, if it does not indicate what content lies behind it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the category slug?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <strong>Slug<\/strong> is the URL-friendly name of a category. WordPress uses it for the address of the category archive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A category named <strong>WordPress Tips<\/strong> could, for example, the slug:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WordPress tips<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">use.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Depending on the permalink configuration, the category archive might then be accessible at an address like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/deine-domain.ch\/category\/wordpress-tipps\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exact structure depends on your WordPress and permalink configuration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Recommendation:<\/strong> Use short, understandable terms in lowercase for slugs. Spaces in URLs are normally replaced by hyphens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Assign posts to a category<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can assign a category to a post either while creating it or later when editing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Here is how to assign a category to a post:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Open the desired post in the WordPress editor.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open the post settings.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Search the area <strong>\u201eCategories\u201c<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Activate the desired category.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Save or update the post.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can generally assign a post to multiple categories. However, that does not mean that every post should be given as many categories as possible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How many categories should a post have?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is no fixed technical rule for this. In practice, however, a mapping that is as clear as possible is usually better than the inflationary use of many categories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A post should be assigned to the categories whose topics it actually covers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When almost every post is given five or six categories, categories quickly lose their actual purpose: to create a clear thematic structure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Rule of thumb:<\/strong> Use as many categories as necessary and as few as possible. A category should represent a real subject area of your website.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Use main categories and subcategories<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WordPress supports hierarchical categories. So you can nest one category under another.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A possible structure could look like this, for example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Web hosting<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>cPanel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Email<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Domains<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>WordPress<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Plugins<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Themes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Safety<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The parent category is listed as <strong>Parent category<\/strong> or referred to as Parent Category. The categories underneath are subcategories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Such a hierarchy can make sense for extensive blogs. For a small blog with five or six clear topic areas, on the other hand, it would often be unnecessarily complicated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When do subcategories make sense?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You should only use subcategories when a topic area is large enough to be meaningfully subdivided further.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, if you only have three WordPress articles, you probably don't need subcategories for plugins, themes, security, and performance yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If, on the other hand, there are numerous posts on each of these topics later on, an additional subdivision can significantly improve navigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Structure before detail:<\/strong> It is better to start with a few main categories. You can add more subcategories later when there is enough suitable content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the default WordPress category \u201eUncategorized\u201c?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WordPress requires a default category for posts. In many installations, this is initially named <strong>\u201eGeneral\u201c<\/strong> or in an English installation <strong>\u201eUncategorized\u201c<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you publish a post without selecting a category yourself, WordPress automatically assigns it to the designated default category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For a professional website, a large collection of posts under \u201eGeneral\u201c is usually not very helpful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can therefore set a more meaningful category as the default and subsequently rename or remove the previous default category if necessary, once it is no longer used as the default.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Edit categories<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You can update existing categories at any time via <strong>\u201ePosts\u201c &gt; \u201eCategories\u201c<\/strong> edit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There you can, among other things:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>change the name,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>adjust the slug,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>define a parent category,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>change the description.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For established websites, you should pay particular attention to changes in <strong>Slug<\/strong> Handle with care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Caution when changing a category slug<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wenn ein Kategorie-Archiv bereits \u00f6ffentlich erreichbar und m\u00f6glicherweise bei Suchmaschinen indexiert ist, ver\u00e4ndert ein neuer Slug dessen URL.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/deine-domain.ch\/category\/wordpress\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">k\u00f6nnte beispielsweise werden:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/deine-domain.ch\/category\/wordpress-tipps\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Die bisherige Adresse existiert danach m\u00f6glicherweise nicht mehr. Externe Links, Lesezeichen oder Suchmaschinenergebnisse k\u00f6nnen dann auf eine nicht mehr vorhandene URL zeigen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SEO Note:<\/strong> \u00c4ndere Slugs bereits ver\u00f6ffentlichter und indexierter Kategorien nicht ohne Grund. Wenn sich eine bestehende URL \u00e4ndern muss, sollte gepr\u00fcft werden, ob eine permanente 301-Weiterleitung von der alten auf die neue Adresse erforderlich ist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kategorien l\u00f6schen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eine Kategorie kann ebenfalls \u00fcber <strong>\u201ePosts\u201c &gt; \u201eCategories\u201c<\/strong> gel\u00f6scht werden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dadurch werden die zugeh\u00f6rigen Beitr\u00e4ge nicht gel\u00f6scht. WordPress entfernt lediglich die Zuordnung zur betreffenden Kategorie. Beitr\u00e4ge, die danach keiner anderen Kategorie zugeordnet sind, k\u00f6nnen der Standardkategorie zugewiesen werden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pr\u00fcfe deshalb vor dem L\u00f6schen, welche Beitr\u00e4ge betroffen sind und ob eine andere Kategorie sinnvoller ist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is the difference between categories and tags?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kategorien und <strong>Keywords or tags<\/strong> dienen beide der Organisation von Beitr\u00e4gen, erf\u00fcllen aber unterschiedliche Aufgaben.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Categories<\/strong> beschreiben gr\u00f6ssere Themenbereiche deiner Website. Sie k\u00f6nnen hierarchisch aufgebaut werden und Unterkategorien besitzen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Keywords<\/strong> beschreiben dagegen einzelne Merkmale oder spezifische Themen eines Beitrags und besitzen keine solche Hierarchie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ein Artikel mit dem Titel <strong>\u201eWordPress mit Softaculous installieren\u201c<\/strong> k\u00f6nnte der Kategorie <strong>WordPress<\/strong> zugeordnet sein und zus\u00e4tzliche Schlagw\u00f6rter wie <strong>Softaculous<\/strong>, <strong>Installation<\/strong> or <strong>cPanel<\/strong> own.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eine ausf\u00fchrliche Anleitung zu Schlagw\u00f6rtern erstellen wir innerhalb dieser WordPress-Knowledgebase ebenfalls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sind Kategorien wichtig f\u00fcr SEO?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kategorien sind in erster Linie ein Werkzeug f\u00fcr die Organisation deiner Inhalte und die Navigation deiner Besucher. Eine logisch aufgebaute Website-Struktur kann aber auch Suchmaschinen helfen, thematische Zusammenh\u00e4nge zwischen deinen Inhalten zu verstehen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WordPress erzeugt f\u00fcr Kategorien eigene Archive. Diese k\u00f6nnen \u2013 abh\u00e4ngig von Theme, SEO-Konfiguration und Umfang der Inhalte \u2013 ebenfalls von Suchmaschinen indexiert werden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eine Kategorie mit zahlreichen hochwertigen Beitr\u00e4gen zu einem klar abgegrenzten Thema kann deshalb eine n\u00fctzliche \u00dcbersichtsseite darstellen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Problematisch wird es dagegen, wenn zahlreiche fast leere Kategorien angelegt werden, in denen jeweils nur ein einziger Beitrag erscheint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SEO-Grundsatz:<\/strong> Erstelle Kategorien f\u00fcr echte Themenbereiche und nicht f\u00fcr einzelne Keywords. Eine gute Kategorienstruktur entsteht aus deinen Inhalten und der Nutzerf\u00fchrung \u2013 nicht aus dem Versuch, m\u00f6glichst viele zus\u00e4tzliche URLs f\u00fcr Google zu erzeugen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Zu viele Kategorien vermeiden<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ein h\u00e4ufiger Fehler beim Aufbau eines neuen WordPress-Blogs besteht darin, f\u00fcr nahezu jeden Beitrag eine neue Kategorie anzulegen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Das f\u00fchrt schnell zu einer Struktur wie:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>WordPress Tips<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WordPress Hilfe<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WordPress Tutorials<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WordPress Anleitungen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WordPress Ratgeber<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Solche Kategorien unterscheiden sich inhaltlich kaum und helfen weder Besuchern noch bei der Strukturierung deiner Website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Besser w\u00e4re beispielsweise eine zentrale Kategorie <strong>WordPress<\/strong>, in der alle passenden Beitr\u00e4ge gesammelt werden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eine Kategorie sollte mehrere Beitr\u00e4ge enthalten k\u00f6nnen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bevor du eine neue Kategorie anlegst, kannst du dir eine einfache Frage stellen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201eWerde ich in Zukunft mehrere Beitr\u00e4ge zu diesem Thema ver\u00f6ffentlichen?\u201c<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wenn die Antwort eindeutig nein lautet, ben\u00f6tigst du daf\u00fcr wahrscheinlich keine eigene Kategorie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eine Kategorie ist eher ein dauerhaftes Regal f\u00fcr mehrere thematisch passende Inhalte als ein Etikett f\u00fcr einen einzelnen Beitrag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kategorien in der Navigation verwenden<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Je nach Aufbau deiner Website kannst du Kategorien auch in Men\u00fcs oder anderen Navigationsbereichen verwenden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bei einem umfangreichen Blog kann beispielsweise ein Men\u00fcpunkt direkt zu einem Kategorie-Archiv f\u00fchren. Besucher gelangen dadurch zu einer \u00dcbersicht aller Beitr\u00e4ge dieses Themenbereichs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ob das sinnvoll ist, h\u00e4ngt von deiner Website ab. Bei einer Unternehmenswebsite k\u00f6nnen Kategorien haupts\u00e4chlich f\u00fcr den Blog verwendet werden, w\u00e4hrend die Hauptnavigation weiterhin aus normalen WordPress-Seiten besteht.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kategorien regelm\u00e4ssig \u00fcberpr\u00fcfen<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mit zunehmendem Umfang eines Blogs ver\u00e4ndert sich h\u00e4ufig auch dessen Themenstruktur. Kategorien, die beim Start sinnvoll erschienen, k\u00f6nnen sp\u00e4ter \u00fcberfl\u00fcssig werden. Andere Themen entwickeln sich m\u00f6glicherweise so stark, dass eine neue Unterkategorie sinnvoll wird.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pr\u00fcfe deshalb gelegentlich:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Welche Kategorien enthalten kaum Beitr\u00e4ge?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gibt es mehrere Kategorien mit nahezu identischer Bedeutung?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sind die Kategorien f\u00fcr Besucher verst\u00e4ndlich benannt?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gibt es gen\u00fcgend Inhalte f\u00fcr bestehende Unterkategorien?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sind neue Themenbereiche entstanden, die eine eigene Kategorie ben\u00f6tigen?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eine gute Kategorienstruktur muss nicht von Beginn an perfekt sein. Sie sollte sich aber kontrolliert mit deinen Inhalten entwickeln.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Kategorien passen in die gesamte WordPress-Struktur<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wenn du WordPress gerade erst kennenlernst, solltest du Kategorien nicht isoliert betrachten. Sie geh\u00f6ren zum gr\u00f6sseren System der WordPress-Inhaltsverwaltung.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Einen allgemeinen \u00dcberblick \u00fcber WordPress, Beitr\u00e4ge, Seiten, Themes und Plugins findest du in unserem Grundlagenartikel <a href=\"\/en\/help\/wordpress\/was-ist-wordpress\/\">Was ist WordPress und wie funktioniert es?<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wenn du WordPress gerade neu installiert hast, empfehlen wir ausserdem, zun\u00e4chst die grundlegenden Einstellungen der Website zu konfigurieren, bevor du gr\u00f6ssere Mengen an Inhalten ver\u00f6ffentlichst.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kategorien helfen dir dabei, WordPress-Beitr\u00e4ge in \u00fcbersichtliche Themenbereiche einzuordnen. Du erstellst und verwaltest sie unter <strong>\u201ePosts\u201c &gt; \u201eCategories\u201c<\/strong> und kannst sie anschliessend einzelnen Blogbeitr\u00e4gen zuweisen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Verwende wenige, klar verst\u00e4ndliche Kategorien, die tats\u00e4chliche Themen deiner Website abbilden. Unterkategorien sind sinnvoll, wenn ein Themenbereich gen\u00fcgend Inhalte besitzt, um eine weitere Unterteilung zu rechtfertigen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Vermeide zahlreiche nahezu identische oder kaum genutzte Kategorien. \u00c4ndere Slugs bereits ver\u00f6ffentlichter Kategorien nur mit Bedacht, da dadurch bestehende URLs ver\u00e4ndert werden k\u00f6nnen. Eine durchdachte Kategorienstruktur verbessert vor allem die Benutzerf\u00fchrung und unterst\u00fctzt gleichzeitig einen logisch aufgebauten WordPress-Blog.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mit Kategorien kannst du Blogbeitr\u00e4ge in WordPress thematisch ordnen. Sie helfen deinen Besuchern dabei, verwandte Inhalte schneller zu finden, und geben auch Suchmaschinen eine verst\u00e4ndliche Struktur deiner Website. Wenn du beispielsweise einen Blog \u00fcber Webhosting betreibst, k\u00f6nnten Kategorien wie WordPress, E-Mail, Domains oder SEO verwendet werden. 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