The document discusses various organization methods in WordPress including pages, posts, categories, tags, custom post types, taxonomies, and postmeta. Pages are for static content while posts are for regularly updated content. Categories and tags help with ordering and search engine optimization. Custom post types create customized content types, and taxonomies further group custom post types. Postmeta allows for additional sorting of content. The document recommends planning an organization structure tailored to each site's specific needs and content.
2. PAGES
Static Content
Infrequent changes, consistently relevant
Frequently navigated information
Do not utilize Categories and Tags
Good Example: A page with information
about you and your TV blog
3. P OSTS
Regularly updated content
Archive for future use/indexing
Show in RSS Feeds
Consistently update with relevant content for
users and search engines
Good Example: Regular blog posts about the
current weeks’ viewing schedule
4. C ATEGORIES
Internal Structures
Useful for ordering via
widgets and loops
Helpful for SEO with
proper permalinks
Good Examples:
“Episode Recaps”, “TV
News”, “Actor Info”
5. TAGS
SEO!
Internal Searching (Flickr,
Youtube, Gmail)
Limit Tag Usage - Relevant,
not repeated
Good Examples: “Sarah
Michelle Gellar, Buffy,
Angel, Joss Whedon”
Bad Examples: “Buffy,
buffy, buffy the vampire
slayer, vampire slayer”
6. C USTOM P OST T YPES
Custom theme
building
Ease of use for end-
user
Creates top-level
dashboard navigation
Multiple levels of
arguments for display
Examples: “TV
Shows”, “Networks”, “
7. TAXONOMIES
Grouping/Classification
Based on a single point of
information within a Custom Post
Type
Not useful for qualities that are
similar/unrelated
Good Examples: “Actors”, “Titles”
Bad Examples: “Season Number”,
“Episode Number”
8. P OSTMETA
More Finely Tuned
Grouping
Useful for additional
queries
Ability to further sort
while searching
Not useful for baseline
queries
Good Examples: “Episode
Number”, “Season
Number”, “Character”
9. F URTHER N OTES
Hierarchical vs. Non Hierarchical
Not consistent for all sites
Not all organization necessary in all cases
A full site scope is needed to determine
proper structure
Better to plan ahead accordingly than
attempt to integrate later
10. T HANK Y OU
David Laietta
WordPress Development and Consulting
david@davidlaietta.com
@davidlaietta
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