WordPress - Edit Category

In this chapter, we will study the simple steps to Edit Categories in WordPress.

Following are the simple steps to edit categories in WordPress.

Step (1) − Click on Posts → Categories in WordPress.

Step (2) − You can view Category1 (Category1 was created in the chapter WordPress - Add Category). When the cursor hovers on the Categories, then a few options get displayed below the Category name. There are two ways to edit the categories i.e. Edit and Quick Edit

Edit − Click on Edit option in Categories section as seen in the following screenshot.

You can edit any of the required field, and then click Update button as shown in the following screen.

Category fields are same from the chapter WordPress - Add Category.

Quick Edit − Click on Quick Edit option in Categories section as shown in the following screen.

Here, you can only edit the Name and Slug of the category as seen in the following screen and then finally click on Update Category button.