links and tags help

  • Hey, I think I FINALLY figured out the difference between categories and links/tags.

    The categories are to seperate and help with searches on my blog itself-right??

    The tags/links I THINK are pretty much one and the same so people can do searches (like on google) and find subjects on my site. Am I right so far?? BY ALL MEANS, correct me where I’m wrong.

    NOW, the question is – how/where do I set up the links/tags?? I see a links thing on the left side of the dashboard so this is probably the where part. Now come the how part AND can I go back and add links/tags to some/all of my older posts?? Again, how??

    THANK YOU to anyone who cares to help with this issue.

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  • Thread Starter mommawolff

    (@mommawolff)

    https://blog.mommawolfzpack.com

    Am giving this a kick in case someone can help me.

    Actually both categories and tags are to help your visitors to find content, it’s just a different way of ordening things.

    Categories are useful in every website, they help put your content in “bite-size chunks”. Tags can be useful for blogs and websites which update there content a lot. Tags are usually also used to tie one piece of content to another; “If you like this post, then you might like this post too”.

    You can add a tag-cloud to your sidebar in the widgets area of WordPress, it’s under appearence -> widgets. Just drag & drop!

    And don’t be so cynical! Once you learn to work with WordPress you’ll find that there’s a great community behind this piece of software and that lots of people are willing to help you ??

    That’s the great thing about open source; it’s surrounded by digital hippies who are willing and caring to help anybody ??

    Thread Starter mommawolff

    (@mommawolff)

    Thank you so much for the help!!

    Hi. I’m new to WordPress. I accidently deleted the “Tag” Widget but still have the “Tag Cloud” Widget. Can I somehow restore the deleted widget? OR should I just use the “Tag Cloud” widget because the effects/results will be the same for both?

    Andrew Nevins

    (@anevins)

    WCLDN 2018 Contributor | Volunteer support

    Tonykastens,

    You’re more likely to receive help when you create your own thread on the issue, rather than replying to a 7 month-old thread.
    Also if you’re not contributing to the original poster, you should create your own thread.

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