categories v tags in WP?

anyone have good pointers on how to collapse tags & categories in WP? seems like the admin UI in 2.7 is emphasizing tags more, and it’s probably a better way to do things anyway — is there some way to combine the 2?

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3 comments

  1. raccettura
    December 11, 2008 at 10:48 am

    iirc there's a plugin or two.

    Personally I keep a handful of categories, and utilize tags more loosely like keywords. IMHO no real point in combining since it doesn't really provide any benefit. Better off just ignoring one.

  2. Adam Nash
    December 20, 2008 at 6:58 am

    I find the categories invaluable, and really represent the consistent categorization for most of my blog. I use tags for non-obvious synonyms and keywords that describe the specific post I've just written.

    Originally, Wordpress only had categories. Here is a blog post that changed their mind:
    http://climbtothestars.org/archives/2006/02/11/...

    Here is the blog post where Wordpress explains their thinking:
    http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2007/09/22/tags-an...

  3. jaygoldman
    December 21, 2008 at 1:15 am

    John —

    Not sure what the best way to do that is, but you might want to try out the Fluency Admin plugin. Although I really liked what they did with 2.7, Fluency takes it one step further:

    http://deanjrobinson.com/projects/fluency-admin/

    Dean is the guy responsible for the Hahlo iPhone Twitter app, which is also great.

    Enjoy!