Set categories to the posts

[Max]

An option to set categories for the posts would be fantastic

[Jason5 (Jason)]

Yes please

[Martin13 (Martin)]

Absolutely. Articles will become redundant after a while if people can’t navigate to categories of interest (they won’t scroll endlessly to find what they are looking for). Especially when there are various topics being written about or discussed. ‘Most recent’ articles don’t always mean the most relevant. Search intent is crucial in blogging.

[Max]

Hi there, @Martin13

Thank you for the feedback!

Absolutely agree with you! We’ll keep it in mind and see how others feel about it

[JP_Vandervaere]

Adding categories to blog option
as a caterer
I would love to see an option
“wedding blogs”
"corporate catering blogs:
“private event blogs”

[Max]

Hi there @JP_Vandervaere and welcome to the Community

We do realize the benefits of this feature for many users and already added this idea to the Wishlist. I’ve merged your comment with the topic where we’ll keep you in the loop

Thanks a bunch for your input, that’s much appreciated!

[User_1981 (Ivan)]

Yes, this is really needed. The navigation will be much easier and also it is good for SEO!

[Master_Web]

Greetings @Max et al.,

This is definitely a missing feature for us. Logically we expected this to be in the “Post” section when “Edit Post:” is selected and below options are made available:

1. Featured Image
2. Publication Date
3. “Category”
4. “Tags”
5. Author
6. URL Slug
7. Feature Post Button

Then we’d expect the option to select, or de-select it in “Card Elements” along with:

1. Post Intro
2. Author Name
3. Publication Date
4. “Category”
5. “Tags”

If this type of feature is too complex, or beyond the scope of the widget, then a feature for “Tags” would be great. Or does this already exist via customization? Or is there another thread for “Tags” that I can upvote?

cc: @Helga as Max is out on vacation.,

Best regards,
mw

[Helga]

Thanks a lot for this detailed comment, @Master_Web!

Unfortunately, we don’t support the “Category” and “Tags” features at the moment, but these are really good suggestions in my book. I’m afraid there is no option to customize tags, but you’re very welcome to upvote this idea: Add tags to posts and tag filter

Many thanks for your help!

[Master_Web]

Thank you @Helga . Just up voted.

I’ll also take a look at the other feature requests for the “Blog” widget using the tag under “All Widgets” found on the “Wish List” page. I just noticed it, as I was going to make a suggestion to add it to the forum.

What I will suggest is that this very neat feature be included in the Welcome to the Elfsight Community!| Beginner’s Guide.

Also feel free to share/remind us of all the cool features to easily navigate the Elfsight forum. I’m still learning, and like to be efficient without duplicating feature requests.

Best wishes,
mw

[Helga]

Thanks so much for sharing, @Master_Web! It’s a really good idea to update our welcome post for better navigation — I’ll definitely consider it!

I hope you’ll find this community helpful and insightful, and please feel free to share your thoughts anytime. Your feedback is always greatly appreciated!

[Piero_Biasi1 (Piero Biasi)]

Hello Helga
Any news on this feature? We are actually looking for another solution that is able to do this. I hope we can stay with Elfsight …
Greetings, Piero

[JP_Vandervaere]

I’m still waiting

[Max]

Hello guys, @JP_Vandervaere, @JP_Vandervaere

I am sorry, but we haven’t got any news about this feature yet!

You see, we priortitize requests based on their complexity and popularity. Right now, we have a bunch of requests with the higher priority and our devs are focused on them.

However, we see that this feature got significant interest from the community and I’d like to assure that we’re not going to abandon this idea. Let’s hope the devs will be able to consider it in 2025 and I’ll make sure to update if anything changes

Many thanks for your feedback and happy New Year

[Paul_Hayes1 (Paul Hayes)]

Using Categories has more benefits like SEO and organisation, I vote this option.

[Alan_Jordan]

Definitely need categories! I love the new blog layouts and it is perfect for my needs but without a categories feature it will not be of much use for me… and I really, really want to use this widget!

[Max]

Hi there, @Alan_Jordan

Thanks for upvoting this idea! Let’s hope the devs will be able to consider this feature in the near future, and we’ll be posting here in case of any changes

[Helga]

Friends, I’m happy to say that we’ve started working on an option to set categories for the post!

Right now, it’s in the Design stage, and we’ll keep you updated on the progress here

[Helga]

Update: the feature was moved to the Development stage!