How to Tag Posts in WordPress

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Article Title: How to Tag Posts in WordPress

Article Description/Summary: Tutorial on how to add tags to posts, and how tags 
are displayed and used on WordPress and WordPress Themes. 

This could become an article to be included in the class shell.

Note: A request for an article about how to develop and choose tags to describe 
a post would be a good one to link to, if completed and published.

Skill Level: Intermediate

Skills: WordPress, Research, Writing, Graphics, WordPress
Themes, Tags and Categories

Original issue reported on code.google.com by lorelle...@gmail.com on 31 Dec 2013 at 5:40

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Original comment by hunt4...@gmail.com on 24 Jan 2014 at 5:48

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Original comment by hunt4...@gmail.com on 24 Jan 2014 at 8:36

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Just want to be sure you understand what this article is asking. This is not 
about how to choose tags, come up with the words, but about the basics of 
WordPress taxonomy. 

Thanks!

Original comment by lorelle...@gmail.com on 24 Jan 2014 at 8:41

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I think I have it figured out. Im focusing on how to set tags and what that 
does to make certain posts interconnected, beyond the standard connection 
achieved through categorization.   
Am I on the right track?

Original comment by hunt4...@gmail.com on 24 Jan 2014 at 8:53

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Sorry for the delay in responding. 

The goal is to keep this about the process of adding tags to WordPress posts. 
You need to explain what the difference between tags and categories are, 
demonstrate how to add tags to a post, how to edit tags to correct spelling, 
etc., and the basics of WordPress taxonomy.

It would be nice to include a paragraph or two on the problems found in the URL 
of categories when the category is a tag first. Here is a summary.

In WordPress, one table holds all the categories and tags, the taxonomy of 
WordPress. In MySQL, when you add a field to a table, the name must be unique. 
If you have a tag called restaurants, then you decide to add a category called 
restaurants, the name already exists. So the URL/slug for the category becomes 
restaurants-2. For those who like clean links for categories, the user has to 
do the following:

1. Delete the tag for restaurant.
2. Edit the category slug for restaurant from restaurant-2 to restaurant. That 
fixes it. 
3. If the tag is still desired, which is appropriate, the tag must be added and 
applied to posts where appropriate again. 

I wish there was a way to have this happen automatically in WordPress. I call 
it the dash-2 bug, but it is an issue with the database tables not specifically 
WordPress, but it is because of how WordPress merged categories and tags 
together into a single table instead of two. 

Hopefully this helps and it isn't too late. Do the best you can. Thanks. 

Original comment by lorelle...@gmail.com on 27 Jan 2014 at 1:28

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Thanks for all the help!

Original comment by hunt4...@gmail.com on 28 Jan 2014 at 2:24

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Hey there Hunter.  It sounds pretty good.  I am going to have it passed on to 
Lorrelle for a quick look since she best understands what she explained and 
wanted for you to explain in this article.  Also I am not sure if when you put 
a definition if you need it to be in a block quote or not.  I do see that you 
set it apart with a different color text.  Let's see if she has any feed back. 

One other thing your second picture needs to be set as attached.

Thanks,
jO

Original comment by jojogrlw...@gmail.com on 28 Jan 2014 at 4:04

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http://clarkwp.wordpress.com/?p=2269&preview=true

Definitions, if appropriate to highlight, maybe in a blockquote. Just an 
emphasis design decision. 

Jo, as mentioned in class, do not force color, design, or formatting in the 
post area like setting something apart with colored text, not unless it is a 
very small detail. It may get screwed up if we changed Themes, so be cautious 
with that. 

Hunter, I edited the last part of the article to help explain the dash 2 issue 
with tags and categories. I know it is probably a bit over your head, but you 
did a good job. I just clarified the details. 

I fixed the image and cleaned the little things up. All good to go. Good job, 
and thanks for trying to take on a much harder challenge to describe than you 
were ready for. Much appreciated!

Original comment by lorelle...@gmail.com on 28 Jan 2014 at 6:24

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Original comment by lorelle...@gmail.com on 7 Mar 2014 at 11:49

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