Title: Categorization troubleshooting Last modified: May 20, 2021 --- # Categorization troubleshooting * [monstercoach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monstercoach/) * (@monstercoach) * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categorization-troubleshooting/) * Hi all! I have what is probably a newbie question about making categories work. * I’m combining my illustration site (previously on Wix) and my comics site (previously on Tumblr) onto a new site on WordPress. I have a bunch of comics already made and another in the works. My goal is to be able to organize them so there is a directory with links to each story, and the viewer clicks on a story to read those pages. * Here’s the issue: Even when I sort the pages (posts) into categories, WordPress shows them in chronological order of upload, upon clickthrough. In other words, if I upload 3 pages from Series A, then one from Series B, then another from Series A, the pages progress like this: A1, A2, A3, B1, A4. Ideally, clicking on “Series A” would only link the viewer to Series A category pages (posts), regardless of when they’re uploaded. * To put it another way – if I had a food blog with categories for salad, chicken, beef, etc… how can I ensure “chicken” only contains chicken posts, even if I’ve been uploading things other than chicken lately? * RE: The link I’m including: Only the bottom comic (“Eyes”) currently has links set up. I tried linking it to the “Eyes” category, which is a child of the “Comics” parent, and at first it looks like it worked (the thumbnails only show Eyes pages), but if you click through, a “Treasures” page is included. * Thanks in advance to anyone who can take the time to help me out! Let me know what other info I can provide 🙂 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcategorization-troubleshooting%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US) to see the link]_ Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) * [corrinarusso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corrinarusso/) * (@corrinarusso) * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categorization-troubleshooting/#post-14462431) * Are you using the paid version or free version of your Neve theme? There is Neve theme support here: [https://wordpress.org/support/theme/neve/](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/neve/) * Thread: [https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-and-tags-for-pages-3/](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categories-and-tags-for-pages-3/) * IMO, theme authors intentionally leave basic funcitonality out of their ‘free themes’ in order for you to contact theme author and pay for support. I’m not singling out Neve authors here at all – it’s my broad observation from working with WordPress for years. * Also, what does the **Count column** look like on your Categories page? [https://www.erinbushnell.com/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category](https://www.erinbushnell.com/wp-admin/edit-tags.php?taxonomy=category) In other words, is WordPress recognzing the Posts and Associated Categories. * You could also try adding a Category base: [https://www.erinbushnell.com/wp-admin/options-permalink.php](https://www.erinbushnell.com/wp-admin/options-permalink.php) * At worst, you could create your own index page per Category, like this: [https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-themes/how-to-create-category-templates-in-wordpress/](https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-themes/how-to-create-category-templates-in-wordpress/) * > when I sort the pages (posts) into categories, WordPress shows them in chronological > order * Fyi, you can change the Published Date any time: [https://www.acmethemes.com/blog/how-to-change-the-post-publish-date-on-wordpress/](https://www.acmethemes.com/blog/how-to-change-the-post-publish-date-on-wordpress/) [https://www.acmethemes.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/publish-date-in-wordpress.jpg](https://www.acmethemes.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/publish-date-in-wordpress.jpg) * Lastly, remove WooCommerce if you don’t need it. You should also go through your WP Settings – things are missing like your site Title for example. * > [Settings General Screen](https://wordpress.org/support/article/settings-general-screen/) * Thread Starter [monstercoach](https://wordpress.org/support/users/monstercoach/) * (@monstercoach) * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categorization-troubleshooting/#post-14463352) * Thank you so much for all your suggestions! To answer the question parts: * – I do just have the free version of Neve – The Count column seems like it’s working – right now it shows Comics: 5 (Comics being the parent category), Eyes: 4 and Treasures: 1 (they’re each child categories). * When I looked at the “index page per category” link you shared, I noticed free Neve doesn’t seem to have the category or archive templates that the article describes needing. So maybe a different theme would make my life easier, or maybe I’ll need to plan on getting a paid version of a theme – I’ll check around. * Maybe worst case scenario, I’ll edit the post dates as needed to keep things in order – thank you for telling me about that! * [corrinarusso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corrinarusso/) * (@corrinarusso) * [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categorization-troubleshooting/#post-14463543) * > Maybe worst case scenario, I’ll edit the post dates as needed to keep things in order – * This is not a solution tho. It’s just an option. 🙂 * Well – ask in the Neve forum regarding these templates. Or, you can just as easily add them yourself: – create a child theme: [https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-themes/how-to-create-a-wordpress-child-theme-video/](https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-themes/how-to-create-a-wordpress-child-theme-video/) * – create your php template files: [https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-themes/how-to-create-category-templates-in-wordpress/](https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-themes/how-to-create-category-templates-in-wordpress/) [https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/template-files-section/post-template-files/](https://developer.wordpress.org/themes/template-files-section/post-template-files/) * – add the files to your child theme * You can also upload and activate a default WP theme just to see if it works as expected: [https://en-ca.wordpress.org/themes/twentytwenty/](https://en-ca.wordpress.org/themes/twentytwenty/) Viewing 3 replies - 1 through 3 (of 3 total) The topic ‘Categorization troubleshooting’ is closed to new replies. ## Tags * [category](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/category/) * [comic](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/comic/) * [organization](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/organization/) * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 3 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [corrinarusso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corrinarusso/) * Last activity: [5 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/categorization-troubleshooting/#post-14463543) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics