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Category (or taxonomy) drill-down pages

June 14, 2016 Stephanie Leary 2 Comments

Diagram of three category pages. On the first two, for categories that have children, only a list of linked child categories is shown. The third, for a category with no more children, shows the usual post loop.

WordPress category archives are very inclusive. They list all the posts in a category, including all the child categories. This is also true for all other hierarchical taxonomies. If you have a deep hierarchy, it might make more sense to have your users drill down until they … [Read more...] about Category (or taxonomy) drill-down pages

WordPress categories, content strategy, taxonomies, themes

New book! Content Strategy for WordPress is now available

April 28, 2015 Stephanie Leary Leave a Comment

At long last, Content Strategy for WordPress is available everywhere! This is a relatively short book—less than half as long as WordPress for Web Developers was—and it’s aimed at a more general audience. Paradoxically, I’ve been working on it twice as long as on either of the … [Read more...] about New book! Content Strategy for WordPress is now available

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