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- WordPress Basics
- WordPress - Home
- WordPress - Overview
- WordPress - Installation
- WordPress - Dashboard
- WordPress Settings
- WordPress - General Setting
- WordPress - Writing Setting
- WordPress - Reading Setting
- WordPress - Discussion Setting
- WordPress - Media Setting
- WordPress - Permalink Setting
- WordPress - Plugin Setting
- WordPress Categories
- WordPress - Add Category
- WordPress - Edit Category
- WordPress - Delete Category
- WordPress - Arrange Categories
- WordPress Posts
- WordPress - Add Posts
- WordPress - Edit Posts
- WordPress - Delete Posts
- WordPress - Preview Posts
- WordPress - Publish Posts
- WordPress Media
- WordPress - Media Library
- WordPress - Add Media
- WordPress - Insert Media
- WordPress - Edit Media
- WordPress Pages
- WordPress - Add Pages
- WordPress - Publish Pages
- WordPress - Edit Pages
- WordPress - Delete Pages
- WordPress Tags
- WordPress - Add Tags
- WordPress - Edit Tags
- WordPress - Delete Tags
- WordPress Links
- WordPress - Add Links
- WordPress - Edit Links
- WordPress - Delete Links
- WordPress Comments
- WordPress - Add Comments
- WordPress - Edit Comments
- WordPress - Moderate Comments
- WordPress Plugins
- WordPress - View Plugins
- WordPress - Install Plugins
- WordPress - Customize Plugins
- WordPress Users
- WordPress - User Roles
- WordPress - Add Users
- WordPress - User Photo
- WordPress - Edit Users
- WordPress - Delete Users
- WordPress - Personal Profile
- WordPress Appearance
- WordPress - Theme Management
- WordPress - Customize Theme
- WordPress - Widget Management
- WordPress - Background
- WordPress Advanced
- WordPress - Host Transfer
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- WordPress - Spam Protection
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- WordPress Useful Resources
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- WordPress - Quick Guide
- WordPress - Useful Resources
- WordPress - Discussion
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.
![WordPress Edit Category](/wordpress/images/wordpress-edit-category/wordpress-edit-category-step1.jpg)
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.
![WordPress Edit Category](/wordpress/images/wordpress-edit-category/wordpress-edit-category-step2.jpg)
You can edit any of the required field, and then click Update button as shown in the following screen.
![WordPress Edit Category](/wordpress/images/wordpress-edit-category/wordpress-edit-category-step3.jpg)
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.
![WordPress Edit Category](/wordpress/images/wordpress-edit-category/wordpress-edit-category-step4.jpg)
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.
![WordPress Edit Category](/wordpress/images/wordpress-edit-category/wordpress-edit-category-step5.jpg)