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# How to add a new category in WordPress?

# Here's how to add a new category in WordPress

1. [Login to your WordPress admin dashboard](https://help.ex2.com/en/article/how-to-access-the-wordpress-admin-account-17gaz1d/?bust=1676395591170).

2. Under the dashboard menu of the [CMS](https://help.ex2.com/en/article/what-is-a-content-management-system-or-cms-1c48kdh/?bust=1784052067814), hover your mouse on Posts and then click on Categories.

![](https://www.ex2.com/clients/img/wp-dashboard-category-option.gif)

Enter the following details in Add New Category:
Name: Enter your category name such as Computer.
Slug: Enter a slug name or leave this as it is.
Parent: Leave this to None or should you select a category, it will become a sub-category of your chosen category, and the browser will show a URL like example.com/technology/pc
Description: You can leave this as it is.

Now click on the Add New Category button.

![](https://www.ex2.com/clients/img/wp-category-filling.gif)