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# Managing post tags in WordPress

> Learn how to manage tags in WordPress.

One of the tools you can use to group your posts based on similar content or categories is [WordPress](https://hosting.com/hosting/platforms/wordpress-hosting/managed-wordpress-hosting/) tags. Tags play an important role in organising your site's content, so try to use them as much as possible to make your site more user-friendly.In this post, we'll go over how to manage blog post tags on a WordPress site.

To manage tags in WordPress effectively, follow these steps:

1. Log in to your **WordPress** site with an administrator account.

2. On the Dashboard in the left sidebar, click **Posts**, and then click **Tags**:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb_wp_dashboard_tag.jpg)

3. There are options to create and edit tags on the Tag settings page:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb_wp_tagsetting.png)

4. Enter a name, a slug, and a description for a new tag, then click the **Add New Tag** button:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb_wp_addnewtag.jpg)

5. To edit an existing tag, scroll down the list of tags or use the search option to find an existing tag:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb_wp_searchtags.jpg)

6. Hover on any tag, to see the option to edit or delete an existing WordPress tag:\
   ![](https://static.hosting.com/kb/kb_wp_tag_edit.jpg)

## Related articles

* [Creating default text on blog posts in WordPress](/docs/creating-default-text-on-blog-posts-in-wordpress)

* [Adding external RSS feeds to your WordPress site](/docs/adding-external-rss-feeds-to-your-wordpress-site)