To make a category display as a page, Go to your WP Dashboard and go to Appearance > Menus




(There are no themes that I know of in Wordpress that don't support Menus but if somehow you found one, get rid of it and get a newer one that does.)

If you're not already familiar with making Custom Menus then I suggest going over to this training before you go any further here https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/share_zone/view/1085

On the Menu page, roll all the way down to the bottom and you'll see this on the left hand side.



Simply check the ones you want to display on your Menu and press Add to Menu.

Now, you can also do this for tags or authors as well, you just need to grab the URL of the tag/author page you want and go back to the Menus page and make a Custom link menu item.

One last thing, I want to be able to have a menu that shows the sub-categories under the main category as well Wordpress does make it easy to do this so I just click all the categories I want and Add to Menu but it doesn't put the sub-categories under the main category in the menu. So we have you do that manually, but it's quick and easy to If you've forgotten how to do that, let's refresh your memory:



Click and hold on the ones you want to display under the main category and drag to the right.


Save your changes and take a look at your website!

There's a lot you can do in the wonderful world of Wordpress and some of us here are very knowledgeable on Wordpress, so don't hesitate to ask or request a training for something you want to learn how to do because chances are high that someone knows how to do it. Have a great day everyone :)
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shelley8492 Premium
I'm on my next lesson of authorship. Some of my pages are showing up with authorship, though it says "no excerpt is showing...". Do I need to add descriptions to my pages for that to change? Maybe I missed that in earlier training. Next thing- some of my "pages" are really categories. I felt a set up that way was best for me for exactly the reason you mentioned in this video. I noticed if I check authorship in the snippet tool for a place where blog posts will go - http://flowerphotographyfordummies.com/category/learning-flower-photography it does not have authorship, but if I take out the word "category" in the URL it does. Since most of my posts will be in categories and not pages, how could I set this up so I receive authorship on my blogs, or do we really only need it on a page? I don't think I will be adding any blogs to my pages, only the categories. Does this make sense?
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reefswimmer Premium
hey, thx so much for this ! Lots of details I will find helpful.

When I read the first page---your intro--I wanted to insert just one thought. Moving content around, between blog and website for instance, I do think we have to be super-careful not to create duplicate content by mistake or simply by being unaware. . You know how deeply Google despises duplicate content, and what happens to websites when people do that. Sometimes people don't even realize that a blog IS a website.

I'm really no expert, but I do think this awareness is important. Agree?
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michaeli Premium
HELP! I followed your instructions and the post disappeared from the front page but it is not on the Blog Page there is a link still on the Home page for the post but I need to make the new Blog page home for the posts instead of just a page.
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klrrider Premium
I have one site in particular that this will really help me on.

Thanx for creating this resource.

P. S. I'm starting to have more plugins than Chins in a Chinese phone book!
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karashort
You're welcome klrrider! Be careful not to get too lost in the book of plugins, it's easy to do!
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slayton1s Premium
I haven't read it all to be honest, but nice post. I know this is just 1 method of doing things that is more oriented towards keeping things simple for your reader. A good example of a website that doesn't keep it simple for your readers & does the exact opposite of what this is teaching is http://ivetriedthat.com/ (lol). You have to weed out the 400+ posts he has on his website and figure out everything that's on it, which can take days without buying his products directly. I'll save this & go back to it later. I see you've found a few other plugins besides the Exclude Pages one.
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karashort
Yes but the main issues with the others is they haven't been updated to work in the latest upgrades to Wordpress. Sometimes it's difficult to keep up with Wordpress because they're always making changes! Someday I will learn how to make plugins...once I get a steady income from this business! His website is disorganized but you know, at least he has the content and has the solutions out there whenever he decides to look for them ^_^
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slayton1s Premium
Hey Kara, that's cool you're wanting to make plugins in the future. My plan was to make a few plugins in the future too when I started understanding more about computer language. I'm pretty sure most of the plugins are built around PHP, so you'd have to learn all about that.

- http://www.php.net/

Is a great site I found for learning this on your own time anyway. :) If you need help with something too, just send me a message. I know a lot about Internet Marketing.
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karashort
Thank you. I'm sure we will have a nice business relationship :)
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slayton1s Premium
Hey Kara,

I'd be happy to build a business partnership with you. :) You're welcome too. ;) Good luck with your online campaigns.
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