Category vs Tag
In WordPress, you can organize your content using categories and tags. Categories and tags help users to find the content on your website. Categories and tags also help search engines to understand the content on your website.
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Summary
| Categories | Tags |
|---|---|
| Categories are hierarchical. Which means a category may have parent category or child category | Tags are not hierarchical. |
| Categories are used to group content. | Tags are used to describe content. |
| Categories are used to organize content. | Tags are used to filter content. |
| Categories are used to create a site structure. | Tags are used to create a site index. |