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Wordpress plugin needed to put pages into categories

by kimkitch
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can somebody let me know if there is a wordpress plugin that lets me put my pages into different categories to show on my site.

Regards

Kim
#categories #needed #pages #plugin #put #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author Gasen
    Hi Kim
    In WP Admin, go to "add new plugin"
    In the search type "Misiek Page Category" and hit search

    I have not used this plugin.

    Hope this helps
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  • Profile picture of the author mistermint
    Hi, not sure what you mean here...

    Do you mean to show the post title in search results and change permalinks without losing any seo? which makes the links look much better..

    or..

    to re organize your cats?
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    • Profile picture of the author kimkitch
      Originally Posted by mistermint View Post

      Hi, not sure what you mean here...

      Do you mean to show the post title in search results and change permalinks without losing any seo? which makes the links look much better..

      or..

      to re organize your cats?
      I am looking to be able to have categories in my sidebar which show pages and not posts. I have some pages on my site that are only UK related and some that are only US related. Therefore i need something that will help me separate my US and UK pages. I hope this makes sense
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      • Profile picture of the author RobertAxelsen
        Originally Posted by kimkitch View Post

        I am looking to be able to have categories in my sidebar which show pages and not posts. I have some pages on my site that are only UK related and some that are only US related. Therefore i need something that will help me separate my US and UK pages. I hope this makes sense
        Do you mean that you want..
        A) category links in the sidebar, that direct visitors to the category page which lists all posts in that category..

        OR

        B) links in your sidebar that directs visitors to your blog pages (which you create using the Pages section in wordpress)

        From what I understand option A) happens on default, and option B) you could always code yourself using a text widget and put in the hyperlinks there.

        If you need help with the coding of option B) (if that is what you ment) I can always help - just PM me.
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  • Profile picture of the author Fraggler
    Whenever the subject has come up on te wordpress forum in the past, the general consensus seems to be that you should use posts rather than pages if you want to categorise them.

    The best way around it is by using the custom fields and writing a little piece of code to add any page with the field pageCategory to the appropriate category list.

    It won't be easy to explain if you aren't a coder.
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  • Profile picture of the author mistermint
    Interesting topic, I'm running in to this problem lately..e.g. If your running a site with the meta name set to :-
    <meta name="Distribution" content="global" />

    and, your site gets say an equal amount of UK and USA visitors should you have pages set especially for both markets with related offers such as Amazon

    I'm never sure which is the best approach, is my question also, same problem on blogs.

    That was why I wondered if you could change the permalinks settings such as they are now:

    /%category%/%postname%/
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    • Profile picture of the author RobertAxelsen
      In kimkitch' case (I PMed him) he used a text plugin and coded a list of his pages to go in his sidebar, like this:

      Code:
      <a href="http://www.yourblog.com/page1">Page 1</a><br>
<a href="http://www.yourblog.com/page2">Page 2</a><br>
<a href="http://www.yourblog.com/page3">Page 3</a><br>
<a href="http://www.yourblog.com/page4">Page 4</a><br>
<a href="http://www.yourblog.com/page5">Page 5</a><br>
<a href="http://www.yourblog.com/page6">Page 6</a>
      I noticed just now that there is a "Pages" widget included in wordpress by default (only on newer versions?), which could do the same for you with no coding.

      Originally Posted by mistermint View Post

      Interesting topic, I'm running in to this problem lately..e.g. If your running a site with the meta name set to :-
      <meta name="Distribution" content="global" />

      and, your site gets say an equal amount of UK and USA visitors should you have pages set especially for both markets with related offers such as Amazon

      I'm never sure which is the best approach, is my question also, same problem on blogs.

      That was why I wondered if you could change the permalinks settings such as they are now:

      /%category%/%postname%/
      By setting permalinks to /%category%/%postname%/ what are you hoping to accomplish?

      I would suggest to set permalinks to /%postname%/ for SEO purposes, but you can still put a "Category" widget in your sidebar to list your categories such as UK and US.
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      • Profile picture of the author mistermint
        Hi Robert:

        The WP default link looks like this and is quite unfriendly for search engines.

        Ugly permalink - h tt p://example.com/?p=123


        By changing the permalinks settings in the admin panel with :-


        /%category%/%postname%/


        You get a better looking link



        Pretty permalink - http://example.com/category/post-name/ or http://example.com/year/month/day/post-name

        Here is a live example from one of my blogs:_

        smart-coatings.com » Acrylic Paints

        How to choose between oils, acrylics, watercolours and pastels. One of the very first decisions you must make when you start painting is what sort of paint ...
        smart-coatings.com/tag/acrylic-paints/

        Quick Edit: The link above is from google index to do it I use the following free plugin:-

        Dean's Permalinks Migration With this plugin, you can safely change your permalink structure without breaking the old links to your website,and even doesn't hurt your google pagerank.


        Please note I'm not that WP savvy..

        Gordon.
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