Category tags are the labels that appear under your article — usually somewhere like "Filed under: Water Treatment · Compliance · Operations." They serve two functions:
- They let readers click through to other articles on the same topic — building internal navigation.
- They help your CMS (and Google) understand what cluster of content a post belongs to.
Your Complete Deployment Packet provides three tags per article in the SECTION 2: METADATA block of each article’s 1_README.pdf. Use them if they fit your existing structure. If you already have similar but differently-named categories, use yours — consistency across your blog matters more than matching us.
How to handle category vs tag:
Most CMSes distinguish:
- Categories — broad buckets (you might have 3-7 total). Each post should fit in 1-2.
- Tags — finer-grained topics (you might have 20-50 total). Each post might have 3-5.
The tags we provide can serve either function. If you only use categories, pick the most specific one and skip the others.
Where to set them by CMS:
- WordPress: right sidebar of the editor → Categories and Tags panels. Type to add new ones.
- Squarespace: post Settings → Tags / Categories.
- Webflow: if your CMS has a Categories collection, link this post to the right one. Tags are usually a multi-reference field.
- Wix: post Settings → Categories. Tags also under Settings.
- HubSpot: post Settings → Topics.
Common category / tag issues:
- My CMS has both Categories and Tags — which is which? Categories are the broad buckets (Water Treatment, Compliance). Tags are the finer specifics (specific chemistry names, equipment types, operational metrics). If your CMS only has one, use it for the most specific label.
- Too many categories piled on one post — each post should sit in 1-2 categories max. Pick the most specific one and skip the rest.
- The category doesn’t exist yet in my CMS — create it. Most CMSes let you add a new category directly from the post editor by typing the name into the field.
- Should I create a new category for every packet? — no. Categories are for your long-term site structure, not per-post. Reuse existing categories where possible; add new ones only when a topic really doesn’t fit.
Still stuck? Email us at contact@contentmatterslabs.com with your CMS and a screenshot. We’ll email you back within one business day with the answer.