# Categories

> Group your blog articles by topic, so readers and search engines can browse them.

This page shows you how to create categories, which group related articles on your blog, such as **Roof Repair** or **Storm Damage**.

Each category gets its own page on your blog that lists its articles, such as `blog.yourdomain.com/categories/roof-repair`. An article can belong to as many categories as you like. Its categories show on its card and at the top of the article, and each one links to the category page.

Go to **Blog → Categories** to see your categories. If you have more than one blog, each blog has its own tab, because every category belongs to one blog.

![The Categories page for Roofing Tips with five categories, Guides, Roof Repair, Roof Replacement, Hiring a Roofer, and Storm Damage, with their URL slugs and article counts, and the New Category button](/images/docs/blog-categories-list.jpg "Blog → Categories")

The **Articles** column shows how many articles are in each category.

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## Create a category

Create your categories before you write, so they appear as checkboxes in the article editor.

1. Go to **Blog → Categories**.
2. Click **New Category**. The **Add New Category** dialog opens.
3. If you have more than one blog, pick the **Blog**.
4. Enter a **Category Name**, such as `Storm Damage`. The **URL Slug** fills in for you.
5. Fill in the other fields if you want to.
6. Click **Create Category**.

![The Add New Category dialog for Roofing Tips with the name Storm Damage, the URL slug storm-damage, the display title Storm Damage Repairs, a description, and a meta title and meta description](/images/docs/blog-category-add.jpg "Add New Category")

| Field | What it does |
|---|---|
| **Category Name** | The name on article cards and in the editor's checkboxes. Required. |
| **URL Slug** | The end of the category page's address, such as `storm-damage` for `/categories/storm-damage`. Required. |
| **Display Title** | The heading at the top of the category page. If you leave it empty, the name is used. |
| **Description** | The text under that heading |
| **Meta Title**, **Meta Description** | The title and description search engines show for the category page |

Two categories on the same blog can't share a URL slug.

To put an article in a category, open the article and tick the category under **Categories** in the right-hand column. See [Articles](/docs/blog/write-and-publish/index.md#article-settings).

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## Edit or delete a category

Open the menu on a category's row and click **Edit** to change it, or **Delete** to remove it.

Changing the **URL Slug** changes the category page's address. Links to the old address stop working.

Deleting a category doesn't delete its articles. They stay published and leave the category. An article with no categories left shows as **Uncategorized** in your article list.

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## Next step

Upload the images for your articles. See [Media Library](/docs/blog/media-library/index.md).