What You Will Learn © What WordPress Categories are for How to set them Setting categories is important for a number of reasons which might not be immediately clear. That said, trust us, when it comes to the advanced lessons, itll help us do things like setup Soft Silo hub pages and ensure that our Soft Silo Posts end up in the correct menu which we set up with Gael earlier. This only applies to Soft Silo Posts, you dont need to do this for Pages. Setting The Category The practical part of this is super simple, and for now there's really not much else to do. Simply navigate to Categories in your sidebar and select the correct category. If you need to add a new category, go ahead and do it now. Categories a Nutrition Tips Dog Food, Add New Category And that's it! We'll put these categorizations into good use later. Remember that you can freely adjust and change these if you're using a Soft Silo.