{"id":12860,"date":"2024-02-09T18:46:15","date_gmt":"2024-02-10T01:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.luckyregister.com\/domain-hosting-tips\/?p=12860"},"modified":"2024-02-09T18:48:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T01:48:15","slug":"how-do-i-change-the-order-of-my-categories-on-the-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.luckyregister.com\/domain-hosting-tips\/2024\/02\/09\/how-do-i-change-the-order-of-my-categories-on-the-website.html","title":{"rendered":"How do I change the order of my categories on the website?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.luckyregister.com\/domain-hosting-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/change-category-order-taxonomy-terms-plugin-settings.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.luckyregister.com\/domain-hosting-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/change-category-order-taxonomy-terms-plugin-settings.png\" alt=\"How do I change the order of my categories on the website?\" class=\"wp-image-12862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.luckyregister.com\/domain-hosting-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/change-category-order-taxonomy-terms-plugin-settings.png 750w, https:\/\/www.luckyregister.com\/domain-hosting-tips\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/change-category-order-taxonomy-terms-plugin-settings-300x140.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To change the order of categories on your WordPress website, you can use a plugin such as &#8220;Category Order&#8221; or &#8220;Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order&#8221;. By default, WordPress displays categories in alphabetical order, but these plugins allow you to customize the order according to your needs. Here&#8217;s how you can do it:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" style=\"padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<li><strong>Install the Plugin<\/strong>: Go to your WordPress dashboard, navigate to&nbsp;<code>Plugins<\/code>&nbsp;\u2192&nbsp;<code>Add New<\/code>, search for &#8220;Category Order&#8221; or &#8220;Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order&#8221;, install and activate the plugin&nbsp;<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbeginner.com\/plugins\/how-to-change-the-category-order-in-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1<\/a><\/sup><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/themeskills.com\/change-order-categories-taxonomy-terms-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2<\/a><\/sup>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\" style=\"padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<li><strong>Access the Settings<\/strong>: Once activated, you can access the plugin settings by going to&nbsp;<code>Posts<\/code>&nbsp;\u2192&nbsp;<code>Taxonomy Order<\/code>&nbsp;(if using &#8220;Category Order&#8221;) or&nbsp;<code>Settings<\/code>&nbsp;\u2192&nbsp;<code>Taxonomies Terms Order<\/code>&nbsp;(if using &#8220;Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order&#8221;)&nbsp;<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbeginner.com\/plugins\/how-to-change-the-category-order-in-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1<\/a><\/sup><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/themeskills.com\/change-order-categories-taxonomy-terms-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2<\/a><\/sup>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"3\" style=\"padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<li><strong>Reorder Categories<\/strong>: In the settings page, you will see a list of all your categories. You can reorder them by dragging and dropping them into the desired positions&nbsp;<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbeginner.com\/plugins\/how-to-change-the-category-order-in-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1<\/a><\/sup><sup><a href=\"https:\/\/themeskills.com\/change-order-categories-taxonomy-terms-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2<\/a><\/sup>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"4\" style=\"padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<li><strong>Save Changes<\/strong>: After rearranging the categories to your liking, click the&nbsp;<code>Update<\/code>&nbsp;button to save the changes&nbsp;<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbeginner.com\/plugins\/how-to-change-the-category-order-in-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"5\" style=\"padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--70)\">\n<li><strong>Display the Updated Order<\/strong>: Visit your WordPress website to see the categories displayed in the new order you&#8217;ve set up&nbsp;<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbeginner.com\/plugins\/how-to-change-the-category-order-in-wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1<\/a><\/sup>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These plugins are particularly useful if you&#8217;re running an online store with WooCommerce and want to highlight certain product categories or if you simply prefer a different ordering system for your content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WordPress F.A.Q articles<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.luckyregister.com\/domain-hosting-tips\/2024\/03\/21\/how-to-use-the-wordpress-customizer-effectively.html\">How to use the WordPress Customizer effectively?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.luckyregister.com\/domain-hosting-tips\/2024\/03\/21\/how-does-the-customizer-handle-changes-to-the-websites-code-or-structure.html\">How does the Customizer handle changes to the website&#8217;s code or structure?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.luckyregister.com\/domain-hosting-tips\/2024\/03\/21\/what-is-the-wordpress-customizer.html\">What is the WordPress Customizer?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.luckyregister.com\/domain-hosting-tips\/2024\/03\/19\/how-can-i-ensure-that-my-custom-fields-are-properly-formatted-and-validated.html\">How can I ensure that my custom fields are properly formatted and validated?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.luckyregister.com\/domain-hosting-tips\/2024\/03\/19\/what-are-some-other-popular-plugins-for-adding-custom-fields-in-wordpress.html\">What are some other popular plugins for adding custom fields in WordPress?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To change the order of categories on your WordPress website, you can use a plugin such as &#8220;Category Order&#8221; or &#8220;Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order&#8221;. By default, WordPress displays categories in alphabetical order, but these plugins allow you to customize the order according to your needs. Here&#8217;s how you can do it: These plugins [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5752],"tags":[5788],"class_list":["post-12860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wordpress-f-a-q","tag-change-the-order-of-categories-on-your-wordpress-website"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luckyregister.com\/domain-hosting-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luckyregister.com\/domain-hosting-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luckyregister.com\/domain-hosting-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luckyregister.com\/domain-hosting-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luckyregister.com\/domain-hosting-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12860"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.luckyregister.com\/domain-hosting-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12860\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12863,"href":"https:\/\/www.luckyregister.com\/domain-hosting-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12860\/revisions\/12863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.luckyregister.com\/domain-hosting-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luckyregister.com\/domain-hosting-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.luckyregister.com\/domain-hosting-tips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}